Problems importing movies into Keynote

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Problems importing movies into Keynote

I have been using Keynote for a couple of years (now using Keynote 08 on a MacBook running 10.5.5). I recently started having problems importing movie files into my Keynote presentations. I usually just drag a .mov file and it plays with no problems, but lately when I do this it doesn't appear on the Keynote slide and when I play the presentation I get only audio w/ no video. I tried importing the files to quicktime and exporting them again to be sure they were in the correct format. This seemed to work a few times, but now that isn't working either. Any suggestions?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Dec 28, 2008 10:55 PM

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Jan 12, 2009 10:43 PM in response to kristyntx

I'm having the same issue with both '08 and now trial of '09. Movie is showing handle for sizing and shows a black box while playing but only audio plays, no video.

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ljch

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Feb 20, 2009 6:04 PM in response to Jerald Smith

I'm having what sounds like the same problem. I have Quick Time video from a Flip Cam that I want to use in a KeyNote presentation. I added the movie successfully at first, but when I opened the file to continue work, it appeared as a black box. It has sound, but no image. I can see it ok in the navigator. I've searched the forum for answers, but haven't found anything that works yet.

Does the display setting have anything to do with this? One of the computers I work on has the display set to use with a LED projector. Thanks

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Feb 22, 2009 9:21 AM in response to kristyntx

that sounds like a codec issue. try opening the movie in QT PRO (not the free version) or FCP, iMovie, or whatever and exporting it to a more standard codec, like h264 or Photo-Jpeg. Do the same for audio and choose AAC. good luck.

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ljch

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Feb 23, 2009 8:09 AM in response to chrogers2000

Thanks for your recommendation. I also learned from Flip Cam tech support that I can resave the videos in a MOV format, which is more compatible.

I did try opening the videos in iMovie, but they couldn't be read as AVI.

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Feb 23, 2009 10:13 AM in response to ljch

no problem. glad to help. good luck.

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