Inhibiting rewind in Media Player Xenophile 17.06.2007 18:46:00 Since upgrading my computer and getting Media Player 9 all my old demos have become useless because the new Media Player automatically rewinds at the end of the movie file and I need it to stop on the last frame as it used to. The Rewind option is NOT set. Thanks -- without a way to stop the player from rewinding I am in deep trouble.

Re: Inhibiting rewind in Media Player Corentin =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Cras-M=E9neur?= <korventeen[ at ]NoSpam.mvps.org> 18.06.2007 15:37:14 In article <D6DE28E2-255C-47BA-A95F-4E0C46BB021D[ at ]microsoft.com>Xenophile <Xenophile[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Since upgrading my computer and getting Media Player 9 all my old > demos have become useless because the new Media Player automatically > rewinds at the end of the movie file and I need it to stop on the > last frame as it used to. The Rewind option is NOT set. Rewind option?? I don't remember that from WMP9 on Mac OS X.... I've never experienced your problem. What type of files do you experience that with? Corentin -- --- Mac:MS MVP (Francophone) http://www.cortig.net/wordpress/ --- http://www.mvps.org - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com MVPs are not MS employees - Les MVP ne travaillent pas pour MS Remove "NoSpam" to e-mail me - Retirez "NoSpam" pour m'écrire

Re: Inhibiting rewind in Media Player Xenophile 24.06.2007 04:07:01 MVP (Francophone) is absolutely right, as I have discovered after a lot of painful experimentation. There is no consistency, although if I embed the AVI in Powerpoint I can at least use the features mentioned below whereas if I hyperlink the movie so it plays through WMP outside of Powerpoint I have no choice. Strange way to design such a widely-used media player -- I suppose all they care about is movies and not animated demos. "Xenophile" wrote: [Quoted Text] > > > "Corentin Cras-Méneur" wrote: > > > In article > > <D6DE28E2-255C-47BA-A95F-4E0C46BB021D[ at ]microsoft.com>Xenophile > > <Xenophile[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > > Since upgrading my computer and getting Media Player 9 all my old > > > demos have become useless because the new Media Player automatically > > > rewinds at the end of the movie file and I need it to stop on the > > > last frame as it used to. The Rewind option is NOT set. > > > > Rewind option?? I don't remember that from WMP9 on Mac OS X.... > > I've never experienced your problem. What type of files do you > > experience that with? > > Corentin > > > > > -- > > > --- Mac:MS MVP (Francophone) http://www.cortig.net/wordpress/ --- > > http://www.mvps.org - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com > > MVPs are not MS employees - Les MVP ne travaillent pas pour MS > > Remove "NoSpam" to e-mail me - Retirez "NoSpam" pour m'écrire > > Versions 9-11, under "edit movie" allow you to set or unset "auto rewind at > end of moview). Different versions behave quite differently and when it > comes to whether they stop on the last frame or go straight to the first > frame it also matters whether the movie is embedded in the PowerPoint slide > AND also whether it is being viewed in slide-show mode or edit mode . There > is no consistency in what it will do. So I kept trying options until I found > one combination that worked. None of this is documented anywhere.

Re: Inhibiting rewind in Media Player Corentin =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Cras-M=E9neur?= <korventeen[ at ]NoSpam.mvps.org> 28.06.2007 20:54:01 In article <B4EBFBD5-3EB7-4E27-8742-5C92C34B245F[ at ]microsoft.com>Xenophile <Xenophile[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > MVP (Francophone) is absolutely right, as I have discovered after a > lot of painful experimentation. There is no consistency, although if > I embed the AVI in Powerpoint I can at least use the features > mentioned below. AVI files, played in PowerPoint rely on QuickTime. That's quite different from WMP and that might explain why the behavior is different. > whereas if I hyperlink the movie so it plays through > WMP outside of Powerpoint I have no choice. Strange way to design > such a widely-used media player -- I suppose all they care about is > movies and not animated demos. WMP 9 is EXTREMELY limited (and buggy) on MacOS X... I strongly recommend installing the FLip4Mac WMV codecs and playing everything through QuickTime (either through apps like PPT or through QuickTime player itself). Corentin -- --- Mac:MS MVP (Francophone) http://www.cortig.net/wordpress/ --- http://www.mvps.org - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com MVPs are not MS employees - Les MVP ne travaillent pas pour MS Remove "NoSpam" to e-mail me - Retirez "NoSpam" pour m'écrire

Re: Inhibiting rewind in Media Player Xenophile 29.06.2007 17:48:00 I should have made it clear that I am running under WinXP_Pro and I can't run Quicktime inside Powerpoint -- only WMP. Quicktime is a better player for my purposes but it can't be embedded in Powerpoint. I have to first convert from QT Pro to AVI. "Corentin Cras-Méneur" wrote: [Quoted Text] > In article > <B4EBFBD5-3EB7-4E27-8742-5C92C34B245F[ at ]microsoft.com>Xenophile > <Xenophile[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > MVP (Francophone) is absolutely right, as I have discovered after a > > lot of painful experimentation. There is no consistency, although if > > I embed the AVI in Powerpoint I can at least use the features > > mentioned below. > > AVI files, played in PowerPoint rely on QuickTime. That's quite > different from WMP and that might explain why the behavior is > different. > > whereas if I hyperlink the movie so it plays through > > WMP outside of Powerpoint I have no choice. Strange way to design > > such a widely-used media player -- I suppose all they care about is > > movies and not animated demos. > > > WMP 9 is EXTREMELY limited (and buggy) on MacOS X... I strongly > recommend installing the FLip4Mac WMV codecs and playing everything > through QuickTime (either through apps like PPT or through QuickTime > player itself). > Corentin > > > -- > --- Mac:MS MVP (Francophone) http://www.cortig.net/wordpress/ --- > http://www.mvps.org - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com > MVPs are not MS employees - Les MVP ne travaillent pas pour MS > Remove "NoSpam" to e-mail me - Retirez "NoSpam" pour m'écrire > >

Re: Inhibiting rewind in Media Player Corentin =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Cras-M=E9neur?= <korventeen[ at ]NoSpam.mvps.org> 03.07.2007 16:02:44 In article <ACD22049-C3C6-4B0E-A6A2-F477002FAA96[ at ]microsoft.com>Xenophile <Xenophile[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > I should have made it clear that I am running under WinXP_Pro and I > can't run Quicktime inside Powerpoint -- only WMP. Quicktime is a > better player for my purposes but it can't be embedded in Powerpoint. > I have to first convert from QT Pro to AVI. I see....... You probably didn't realize that you were in the group for the Mac version of WMP..... You should repost your question in the PowerPoint group. I suspect they might the best group to find an answer to your question. There is no way indeed that you can use QuickTime controls in PPT for Windows. Corentin -- --- Mac:MS MVP (Francophone) http://www.cortig.net/wordpress/ --- http://www.mvps.org - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com MVPs are not MS employees - Les MVP ne travaillent pas pour MS Remove "NoSpam" to e-mail me - Retirez "NoSpam" pour m'écrire