![]() ![]() This was your beginner’s guide to adding videos in PowerPoint. And there you have it – a beautiful export of your deck – videos, transitions, animations and all – saved in a location of your choice. Save your presentation, go to File -> Export -> Create a video (or click on the Record tab in the ribbon and select the Export to video option). You may want to save a recorded version of the finished deck to avoid any connection failures. When it comes to videos, you always need to make sure the video you put on your slides works properly. This way you’d never need to worry about connection failure again. Why don’t you consider any YouTube downloader app or an online tool like this one ? These allow you to quickly download a variety of video formats and custom set the output format. Go the extra mile and whenever you can, download the video you want to add to your slides. Keep things nice and short and avoid videos longer than 90 seconds, except for the times when you must be more elaborate, and a longer video makes perfect sense.Ģ. While embedding a video is a fantastic way to illustrate your thoughts, using a video from your device makes your deck way heavier. Make sure you really need multimedia on your slide ![]() PowerPoint / File / Info / Optimize Media Compatibilityīecause this feature is aimed at creating compatibility for HTML5 publication (a browser technology that aims to replace Flash on devices such as iOS and Android) it’s likely that this won’t help the backwards compatibility with PowerPoint.1. ![]() PowerPoint 2013 includes this feature here: When we inserted a WMV file on slide 1 and the MP4 version of the same video on slide 2, we got the same unhelpful notice:Īnother feature you could try is to optimize (aka optimise) the embedded media. It’s a pity that Microsoft don’t declare what the Check Compatibility feature is actually checking at this stage because “Check for features not supported by earlier versions of PowerPoint” is not what it’s doing! PowerPoint / File / Info / Check for Issues / Check Compatibility You can try the compatibility checker in PowerPoint 2013 here: Why? Because the compatibility checker only considers the differences either side of the major upgrade between PowerPoint 20 as stated by Microsoft! Now, given PowerPoint has had a cross-version compatibility checker feature integrated for a while now, you’d think that the above kind of issue would be highlighted when you used it. Read more about these in the individual Microsoft Office pages under the References section below. There are several caveats regarding playback quality and compatibility. The table below is a summary compilation of the Microsoft declared video compatibility for various versions of PowerPoint. But if you need portability and guaranteed no hassle playback for everyone that you send your file to, we think you’d be better off using the legacy Windows ‘standard’ format of WMV is it doesn’t have third party dependencies which you have to explain to the recipients of your work of art. So, if you want the best video playback experience in PowerPoint 2013 and only in this version, then it makes sense to use MP4. qt formats can be played in PowerPoint if the Apple QuickTime player is installed. For PowerPoint 2010, the equivalent Microsoft Office support article does not include MP4 in the table of supported formats but does include a caveat note below it: If we just consider the previous release, then a problem raises it’s head immediately.
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