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Raise your hands...How many of you have ever seen a speaker show a video in a presentation only to have the projector display a black box on the screen while the audio and video plays just fine on the laptop?

I'm here to admit that I have been this presenter. In a crowded room, I went to show off one of my Camtasia Studio videos and you guessed it...black screen of embarrassment. After fumbling around for what seemed like forever, I remembered to go into the Control Panel and the Display Properties to disable my hardware acceleration. Problem solved.

Obviously, this isn't a Camtasia Studio issue. It's a video issue. It doesn't matter what you use to create the video...it's your default computer settings.

So, in order to save you from the pain and humiliation I've experienced, I thought I'd share this article from a friend, Steve Rindsberg, who is a PowerPoint MVP: Videos play correctly on computer but not on projector (black box)

Thankfully this did not happen during my presentation at HTCIA with Duane Hopkins on Wednesday!