Video not available, cannot find ‘vids:dvsd’ decompressor

[Steve Ross]

When I try to insert a particular AVI file into my Power Point 2003 slide the
top of the slide displays "Video not available, cannot find ‘vids:dvsd’
decompressor." I can play the file outside of Power Point and have verified
that the correct codec is installed. I have also tried messing with the
video acceleration and colors to no avail.

Anu suggestions?

Regards,

Steve

[Austin Myers]

Download the same version of Windows Media Player you currently have and
re-install it.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com

Post by Steve Ross
When I try to insert a particular AVI file into my Power Point 2003 slide the
top of the slide displays "Video not available, cannot find 'vids:dvsd'
decompressor." I can play the file outside of Power Point and have verified
that the correct codec is installed. I have also tried messing with the
video acceleration and colors to no avail.
Anu suggestions?
Regards,
Steve

[Steve Ross]

Thanks for your reply, Austin. Since my posting, I downloaded and installed
Media Player 11 (was running 10) and had the same result. I have tried to
run this AVI file on three different systems all running Windows XP Pro SP2
with the same results.

Post by Austin Myers
Download the same version of Windows Media Player you currently have and
re-install it.
Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com

Post by Steve Ross
When I try to insert a particular AVI file into my Power Point 2003 slide the
top of the slide displays "Video not available, cannot find 'vids:dvsd'
decompressor." I can play the file outside of Power Point and have verified
that the correct codec is installed. I have also tried messing with the
video acceleration and colors to no avail.
Anu suggestions?
Regards,
Steve

[Austin Myers]

Post by Steve Ross
Thanks for your reply, Austin. Since my posting, I downloaded and installed
Media Player 11 (was running 10)

That was a mistake. <g>

and had the same result. I have tried to

Post by Steve Ross
run this AVI file on three different systems all running Windows XP Pro SP2
with the same results.

Then I suspect its an issue with the avi files. Have you read this
tutorial?

http://www.playsforcertain.com/tutorial.htm#Multimedia_in_Microsoft_PowerPoint


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com