I wonder if the Plays for Certain add-in could help you. Check it out at
http://www.playsforcertain.com/

I'm pretty sure there is a free trial period so you can see if it helps
your problem before buying it.

--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

Bernard Bakker <bernardbakker@gmail.com> wrote in news:d9ea3e74-aafc-
4897-ad8a-038d6185a6f4@34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to insert a movie in a PowerPoint presentation. I have
> tried to insert a *.MOV *.MPEG and a *.MP4 movie, as this didn't work
> in converted the movie to WMV. The WMV movie can be played in Media-
> Player, but when i insert it in PowerPoint, PPT crashes completely. I
> am using:
> PowerPoint 2003, SP2
> Windows Media Player 10
> DirectX 9.0C
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Bernard
>