Video from PowerPoint won't import

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Video from PowerPoint won't import

I have created .mov files from a PowerPoint presentation. I have tried to import these files into GarageBand to add sound tracks.

But the .mov files will not import.

Does anyone know why these videos won't import?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on May 26, 2008 3:10 AM

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Answer 1

May 26, 2008 3:44 AM in response to Mary Sharon Cohen

Did you drag it into the video track?

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Answer 2

May 26, 2008 4:01 AM in response to Christoph Drösser

Yes.

I dragged it in the same way I drag other QT movies.

I don't get the cursor with the + sign in green as I do with other movies

And when I release the mouse, nothing happens.

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Answer 3

May 26, 2008 4:22 AM in response to Mary Sharon Cohen

I just tried the same with a ppt presentation and had the same problem. Somehow Powerpoint doesn't create a correct movie. What worked for me:

1. Opening the .mov file in Quicktime Player and exporting it again as a QT movie. (I think you need QT Pro to do that.)

2. Opening the ppt file in Keynote and creating a movie that I could import into GB without a problem.

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Answer 4

May 26, 2008 4:58 AM in response to Christoph Drösser

Thank you.

I really needed to know that it wasn't my PowerPoint slideshow or settings that was causing the problem.

I was able to get the movie into the GarageBand by running the PowerPoint show and then recording it using iShowU.

But the Keynote to QT route sounds good. I'll remember it.

I wonder what it is that causes the .mov from PowerPoint not to work.

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May 26, 2008 5:38 AM in response to Mary Sharon Cohen

I wonder what it is that causes the .mov from PowerPoint not to work.

as a guess? it's a filetype/creator-code thing

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Answer 6

May 26, 2008 6:28 AM in response to HangTime

Good guess, but I don't think it's that. I changed the file type and creator of the original file, and that didn't make it work either.

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May 26, 2008 6:37 AM in response to Christoph Drösser

huh.

in that case it's important to remember that a .mov is a container which can contain multiple types of media and use various codecs, so it sounds like GB simply doesn't support whatever ppt is exporting (like the way some MIDI files, and even some mp3s (correctly labeled) won't import without pre-processing.

it would be interesting to find out what exactly ppt IS exporting.

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