Power Point Imbedding Video?

[Perryg114]

My past experiences with powerpoint and inserting video have not been good. The problem is the video is not attached to the actual powerpoint file. Instead it creates a link to where it is on your hard disk. Now you take your presentation to another computer and your videos don't work. So how do you deal with this problem?

Perry

 

[doan]

Make sure the .ppt file and the video are in the same folder and you'll be fine. If the video is in a different directory from the .ppt file, PowerPoint will make a hard link to its path.

 

[corkyg]

You might also consider putting the Powerpoint presentation along with the video file on a flash media drive. It can also have Powerpoint Viewer so you don't have to rely on anyone else's computer software.

 

[homercles337]

I have all my machines (work, home, and laptop) set up with the same path for presentations. "C:\*\presentations\*\video", or whatever. I give talks all the time and this works best if i have a video. That way if PP decides to link a full path or relative im safe. To be honest, i would be surprised if PP2007 had the same erratic behaviour as 2003, but i havent played with 2007 much.

Edit: Stupid emoticons...no clue how to fix.

 

[C1]

Seems that this issue has recently been addressed:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2021720

 

[Perryg114]

Thanks for the responses. I did some research and you can go to file/publish and it puts everything in a folder with all the viewers etc. I will also try putting the file in the same directory as the powerpoint file but think doing the publish thing is probably the safest if you are not sure of your software on the host machine.

Perry