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From: Mci error on powerpoint Mci error on on 9 May 2008 19:53
hi Rob,

I see you got the answer to this problem I just started having as well,
running xp with sp2 and 2003 office. If you or someone would email the
instructions, i would appreciate it. dennisspeaks(a)gmail.com

Have a great day

"Austin Myers" wrote:

> Rob,
>
> Sent an email this morning that should help you sort it out.
>
>
> --
> Austin Myers
> AT&W Technologies
>
> Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
> www.playsforcertain.com
> "Rob Davey" <Rob Davey(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7A2242F6-F0CB-4BC3-AC67-E6F873880142(a)microsoft.com...
> > Would love some help here.
> >
> > I have PPT 2003 and XP sp2. Using this set-up I have created many ppt
> > presos
> > with media in them and they have all worked fine. Up until now that is.
> >
> > Now I am getting this MCI error ("The specified file cannot be played on
> > the
> > specified MCI device. blah blah.."). The offending media in question is an
> > mp3
> >
> > I have run mplayer2.exe (WMP6?) and mp3s will not work there either, the
> > error being "The source filter for this file could not be loaded.
> > (Error=80040241)".
> >
> > The same mp3s work fine though in every other application I've tried
> > (WMP11,
> > Winamp, RM). So does this mean the problem is not the codecs?
> >
> > I've tried uninstalling and re-installing WMP11 I don't know how many
> > times.
> > I have also uninstalled pretty much every program I can think of that
> > could
> > potentially be causing a codec clash, including:
> > - Winamp
> > - Real Player
> > - Samsung PC Studio
> > + any other programs I saw which had anything to do with multimedia (exlc.
> > VLC and PowerDVD)
> >
> > I have never downloaded and installed a codec pack, rogue or otherwise. To
> > be honest until today I didn't even know what a codec was.
> >
> > The number of character in the file path is well less than 100 too.
> >
> > I would be most grateful for any advice as honestly I am at my wits end. I
> > just don't understand how it could all work fine one day and now it
> > doesn't.
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Rob
> >
>
>
>
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