Chas,Charles L. Cotton wrote:I use PowerPoint for almost all of the classes I teach. In the PPIH and PPOH courses, I also embed two or three movie clips that are in MPEG format (at least I think that's the format) in a slide along with other information and photos. When I click on the movie, it goes to full-screen and plays on the computer, but not the projector.
I use a new projector that's only a few months old. I'm using an S-video cable, but the projector has HDMI input as well. The projector works fine on all aspects of the PowerPoint presentation, until I launch the movie. The screen goes blank and there is no video. I've tried to find a setting on the projector that looks like it may have an impact, but nothing makes any difference. I can't recall the name of the projector, but TraCoun may jump in with it. I've tried using TraCoun's laptop in case it was the computer, but that made no difference.
Has anyone run into this before? Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Chas.
Some others have answered the video resolution problems they experienced but I've seen the problem manifest itself in the S-video cable that connects the pc or laptop to the projector. If you are using that cable and projector very frequently you might want to inspect the cable often. Jiggle the cable and try rebooting and se if that fixes the problem.
The fact that it worked previously in a certain configuration is proof that it will work in the video mode you had it set to previously unless there has been external changes to hardware, OS or software. Make you a few notes about the configuration so you will have it for future use when this problem rears its ugly head in one of your classes. That will help you solve it more quickly.
This problem was occurring for a CHL Instructor. It took him about 30 minutes to get it straightened out. The cable and the video resolution had to be fixed in that case. The problem was that the CHL instructor could not remember how he did it previously. Configuration notes would have helped him.
Hoppes