Playing a DVD in Powerpoint

Do any of you know how or if it is possible to play a DVD movie in PowerPoint? If you can, I know that the speed of the computer will probably be a factor. If you can't play it in PowerPoint anyone have any suggestions? What about a quick Alt-Tab between applications? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I found an answer to my question, how to Play a DVD in PowerPoint. No need to buy those expensive plugins like OnStage DVD or SpinWare IControl PE. I thought I would post the answer for anyone who wants to give it a try.

This method works with Windows XP, PowerPoint 2000, and Windows Media Player 9.

Insert a Blank Slide into your Presentation

In Normal View Choose View >> Toolbars >>Control Toolbox

A new Toolbar will pop up.

On that toolbar Click the image that looks like a hammer.

Choose Windows Media Player from the list of options.

On the slide, draw the media player.

With the media player still selected, click the Properties Button.

Click In the White Space beside the (Custom) field. You will see a button with three dots, click it. A Dialouge box will appear.

In the Field Name or URL box click browse. Navigate to your DVD drive.

Most DVDs have a Video_TS folder, open the folder. In the File Type Box at the Bottem, change from Media Files to All Files

Look for the files Names Video_TS.IFO (Usually this is the file name) and select it. Click Open.

Click OK on the Windows Media Player Box. You may close the Properties dialouge windows if you wish.

Run your slide show. It will take a couple of seconds for the DVD to spinup, but should start playing.

If you need help or want more information I will be posting a more detailed procedure (with pictures) at http://www.zionyork.org/aboutzion/st...s/dvdinppt.asp in the next few days. Feel free to email me at if you have further questions.

[pianoman12]

Thanks For the Steps. This will help my Church alot.

[Catticus]

Trying to use Windows Media Player for playing a DVD is a waste of time. You can't control the DVD at all. It just plays from the beginning, so the instructions that jdhemm provides are of no use to most churches.

What is on the DVD supplements everything else we are doing. We just want to play a clip, so it is way better to have settings that define a start and end time or that play a chapter on the DVD.

OnStage DVD for PowerPoint by Visible Light was our choice. We had to mirror our display onto the projector screen, but there is a link from the Visible Light page to help do that. Lots of features and it plays in full screen when we want, which looks great. Nice people and they know a lot about DVD.
http://www.visiblelight.com/onstage/...ts/powerpoint/

Ed

[[Admin] osborn4]

ATI Radeon and nVidia GeForce drivers have a "theatre mode" setting (or something like that).

If you turn that on, any video you play on screen one, will automatically be played full screen on screen 2. Works slick.

[owaits]

You should try using Screen Monkey, it will play both the DVD and Power Point realy well. No need to switch between applications.

Oh and it is free and easy to use

[[Admin] osborn4]

Originally Posted by owaits

You should try using Screen Monkey, it will play both the DVD and Power Point realy well. No need to switch between applications.

Oh and it is free and easy to use

I thought about Screen Monkey, but I went to the site and did a search on DVD and got no hits, so I assumed it didn't support them.

Glad to hear it does.

[owaits]

Well if I can ever get on the site I will make sure it does say DVD. I am surprised I have not put DVD in the list of features. Sorry!

I am having misery with my host providers 1and1 at the moment which is why the site is down all the time at the moment

[DonRupert12345]

Originally Posted by jdhemm13

Do any of you know how or if it is possible to play a DVD movie in PowerPoint? If you can, I know that the speed of the computer will probably be a factor. If you can't play it in PowerPoint anyone have any suggestions? What about a quick Alt-Tab between applications? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

We have been using a product from www.playsforcertain.com It allows you to play any selected clip from the DVD you want and even lets you use closed captioning, alternative languages, or any other special features on the DVD.

It comes with a basic video editor too. You can edit your video clips, resize them, crop them, etc.

Best of all, they give big discounts to educational and chruch groups.

Oh yeah, it comes with a fully functioning two week trial so it costs nothing to give it a test.

[rjwalker]

Originally Posted by jdhemm13

Do any of you know how or if it is possible to play a DVD movie in PowerPoint? If you can, I know that the speed of the computer will probably be a factor. If you can't play it in PowerPoint anyone have any suggestions? What about a quick Alt-Tab between applications? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

FWIW, this question was a major reason we went to a worship program (EasyWorship in our case.)

We still use the vast library of ppt songs our graphic artist worked up over the years within EW, but service prep time is down to a few minutes, DVDs are now a joiy rather than a dread (as are AVIs)

Best few hundred we have spent.

[EdFetz]

How are you seg-waying between these other programs and Power Point?

Does the congregation see your desktop and you using the mouse??

We have been using Power point for announcements and lyrics. Today we played a short DVD after announcements. I looking for a clean way to switch between the two. If I use the Hide function on the Projector it has a delay and still shows symbols in the corners of the screen while hidden.

Today I switched while he was doing the opening prayer, right after the announcements. So most people weren't looking at the screen.

This is my first post here. Looks like a good place to learn. Thanks. Ed

[gower2352]

Originally Posted by EdFetz

How are you seg-waying between these other programs and Power Point?

Does the congregation see your desktop and you using the mouse??

We have been using Power point for announcements and lyrics. Today we played a short DVD after announcements. I looking for a clean way to switch between the two. If I use the Hide function on the Projector it has a delay and still shows symbols in the corners of the screen while hidden.

Today I switched while he was doing the opening prayer, right after the announcements. So most people weren't looking at the screen.

This is my first post here. Looks like a good place to learn. Thanks. Ed

yeah the freeze button on the projector has done wonders for me using PowerPoint