So… you’ve been given this task where you need to present movies in your Powerpoint presentation…
How does one go about inserting movies into Powerpoint without massively increasing the size of the presentation?
Well, by default, Powerpoint allows you to insert MPEG/AVI files in via the Insert menu, but we all know that MPEG/AVIs are HUGE in size…
So… what do we do? We use the latest hype in Web 2.0 language – SWF/FLV files! “How do we insert those, Russ ?” you might ask. Well, that’s where this article and a few other come in handy:
1) You cannot import FLV files! But … … you CAN import SWF Video files. What’s the difference? The extension and size limitation(s). the reason FLV exists is because SWF by default can only support upto 16,000 frames. There are a few software out there that have been successful in beating this limit, by “stitching” the multiple files together. Mainly, Sorenson Squeeze and Allok’s FLV Converter come to mind (edit by jez: A free FLV converter). By using these tools, you point to the MPEG, define the parameters for the SWF/FLV file and click “Convert”.
2) Tools needed:
a) Sorenson Squeeze, Allok FLV Converter, or any other converter of your choice that you feel comfortable with in generating SWF/FLV files with.
b) Powerpoint ’00/’03/’07
c) Patience and Comprehension
d) These M$ articles:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291875 AND http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291876