Im having trouble getting my extracted movies to import correctly and play in PowerPoint for Windows. What should I do?
PowerPoint for Windows is extremely picky about what movies it will import and play correctly. There is also a certain amount of politics involved, as Microsoft is trying to promote its own proprietary Windows Media Video file format over other more open formats. In any case, we recommend one of the following methods to get your extracted movies into PowerPoint: • Use MPEG-2 Program Stream format In Cinematize, set both the audio and video to decode to MPEG-2 Program Stream. Then set the Output Format to MPEG-2 Program Stream File. The result will be a file with extension .MPG that should import easily into PowerPoint. If necessary, you should then adjust the movie frame size in PowerPoint to match the 4:3 or 16:9 playback aspect ratio the movie requires. • Use the MPEG-4 File format The procedure is the same as we describe here for saving for use on the web. • Convert to WMV format using Windows Movie Maker In Cinematize, set the video to decode to QuickTime with the appropriate DV co
