Windows 10: Powerpoint movies inserted appeared only as black box!

I found this old thread dated back in 2012 with the same exact issue and it seemed unresolved:https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/movie-appears-as-black-box/7c19b62e-71ac-4366-8a73-8ff8433ff9c2?page=1Back then it was suspected either some MS updates or perhaps Apple graphics card issue. However, my is a Dell computer.This issue just all of a sudden popped up. Powerpoint works just fine one day... and then all of a sudden it quit working... or all inserted movies now ended up as black boxes. Movies inserted earlier can still be played and viewed on PPT, but you just can't ins

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Why when inserting a video in PowerPoint it shows like a black box?

When inserting a video in PowerPoint, it shows like a black box. I have Windows 10 Microsoft® PowerPoint® for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2306 Build 16.0.16529.20100) 32-bit. I can play the video, but I have to add a picture on top of the black box and use animation to exit before playing the video in PowerPoint Show.

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zip file to powerpoint?

Hi LBS62,

My name is Douglas and I am an Independent Advisor. I would like to help you. Let's try first to download your flash file from website:

"Open the video site in Firefox. Navigate to the Flash animation that you want to watch. Firefox is the easiest browser to use when downloading a Flash file directly from a website.

This method will not work with YouTube, Vimeo, and other streaming sites. This is for Flash animations and games on sites such as Newgrounds. To download YouTube videos, use the Method 4. If you right-click on the movie itself, you will not find the View Page
Info option. You must click somewhere on the page that is not the video or a link.

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Visit the website with the animation you want. Once the animation has loaded in Firefox, right-click on the page. Make sure you're right-click on the page's background, not on the Flash object itself.

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Select “View Page Info” from the right-click menu. This will open a box with detailed information about the site you are viewing. At the top of the box, you will see a set of tabs that can display different information about the site.

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Click on the Film icon. This will show a list of all of the multimedia objects that the site contains, such as button graphics and banners. It will also contain the .SWF file of the animation. Click the Type column heading in the list to sort by object type.

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Find the Flash file. The movie will be in .SWF format, and will be listed as an "Object" or "Embed" in the Type column. The name of the file is often similar to the title of the animation on the website. Select it from the list and click "Save As...". Name
the file whatever you would like and click Save.

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Play the movie. Once you've downloaded the movie, you can open it in any browser that has Flash installed. When you first try to open the file, Windows may tell you that you need to specify a program. If your browser is not listed as a suggested program, search
your computer for it. Most browser programs are located in the Program Files folder on your hard drive, in a folder labeled by the company (Google, Mozilla, etc.)"

More details here:

https://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Flash-Animation-...

Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised
on the site before you decide to download and install it.

Then insert Flash into PowerPoint:

Open a PowerPoint presentation or create a new one, then select a slide where you want to insert Flash.

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Now under the Developer tab in the Controls section, click on the More Controls icon.

The More Controls icon on the PowerPoint 2016 toolbar

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Scroll down, select Shockwave Flash Object and click on OK.

Inserting a Shockwave Flash Object into PowerPoint 2016

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Draw a rectangle on the slide that will be the placeholder for your .swf Flash file. You can resize the placeholder by dragging its handles.

Resizing the Flash movie box in PowerPoint

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Right-click on the placeholder and select Property Sheet.

Choosing Property Sheet for a Flash movie in PowerPoint

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You will see the Properties dialog box. Next to Movie, enter the full path to the SWF file, including the filename and extension. You can either insert a SWF file from your computer (e.g., C:\movie.swf) or from a website (e.g.,
http://www..com/movie.swf). Set EmbedMovie to True.

The properties of a Flash movie in PowerPoint

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The Properties window has a few other settings for fine-tuning the movie playback:

Set the Playing value to True if you want the Flash movie to start playing automatically.

Set the Loop value to True if you want the Flash movie to start over automatically after the playback is finished.

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Close the Properties dialog box. To see the animation in action instead of a white placeholder, click on the SlideShow button under the View tab, or press F5 on your keyboard. To start the slideshow from the current slide, press Shift+F5.

More details here:

https://www.ispringsolutions.com/articles/how-t...

Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised
on the site before you decide to download and install it.

Let me know, please. kinds Regards

 

Why when inserting a video in PowerPoint it shows like a black box?

Hi MargaritaDismukes

Thank you for posting in the Microsoft Community forum. I hope you're doing well.

Based on your description, it seems to be that you have a problem with inserting video on PowerPoint wherein it shows like a black box. Let's work together to find the best solution to this problem.

I would like to ask some questions to better understand the problem.

• What is the product name of PowerPoint you are using? Is it Microsoft 365 Family/Personal or Business? Kindly provide us a screenshot just like the image below. You may refer to this link here for instructions. About Office: What version of Office am I using? - Microsoft Support
  
  
  
  
  
• When did the problem started?
  
• Can you provide us a video recording of problem? You can upload it to OneDrive.com and provide us the shareable link. Make sure it is clickable.
  

In the meantime, I recommend checking for Office updates. This way, you can make sure you get the latest updates and fixes for your Office program. Click this link here to learn more about how to update your Office program. Install Office updates - Microsoft Support

I look forward to your reply.



Sincerely





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