On 2012-12-31, Francisco Ares wrote: > 2012/12/30 Nuno J. Silva <[email protected]> > >> On 2012-12-30, Francisco Ares wrote: [...] >> Keep in mind that the support for videos in powerpoint presentations >> will vary greatly across different powerpoint versions, windows versions >> and even across different installs of the same versions. Even if you >> manage to get a version of powerpoint to "like" the container and >> codecs, it may not work on all computers. >> >> The AVI container has been used by windows for a long time, so I'd say >> chances are that it will work on more systems, but I can't say for sure. >> > > Thanks for the advice. I know that, have already been caught in that > pitfall. That is why I always carry a free viewer of the same version as > the one I build the presentation (sigh!!), a bunch of video codecs (K-Lite) > and, in case everything fails, a portable VLC. > > If my colleagues would at least be kind enough to have OpenOffice installed > on their machines also...
Perhaps a portable version of OpenOffice/LibreOffice? There used to be one from PortableApps.com(?), it will be big, heavy, but should at least work. But I don't know whether it offers universal support for some specific codec. If it relies on Video For Windows, then it will be as good as PowerPoint. -- Nuno Silva (aka njsg) http://njsg.sdf-eu.org/
