PowerPoint Video Formats - Select the Best Video Format for PowerPoint

Part 1. Supported Video Formats for PowerPoint

Part 2. Make Unsupported Video into the Best Video Format for PowerPoint

Many people may have encountered issues such as "PowerPoint cannot insert a video from the selected file" or video can't be played in PowerPoint. The main reason for this is that your PowerPoint does not support your video format. If you want to successfully embed and play videos in PowerPoint, you should change your video into a PowerPoint supported video format. Let's take a look at the compatible PowerPoint video formats below.

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Part 1. Video Formats for PowerPoint in Different Versions

	PowerPoint for Microsoft 365, PowerPoint 2021/2019/2016	PowerPoint 2013	PowerPoint 2010	PowerPoint 2007 and lower versions
Windows	.asf .avi .mp4, .m4v, .mov .mpg or .mpeg .wmv	.asf .avi .mp4, .m4v, .mov .mpg or .mpeg .wmv	.asf .avi .m4v, .mp4, .mov .mpg or .mpeg .wmv	.asf .avi .mpg or .mpeg .wmv
macOS	.avi or .vfw .mp4, .mpg4 .m4v .mpg, .mpeg, .mpe, .m75, .m15 .m2v .ts .mov or .qt .dif	#	#	#

Note: PowerPoint 2010 can only play an .mp4 or .mov file when a QuickTime Player is installed on your computer.

In sum:

Recommended Video Formats for PowerPoint for Windows:

PowerPoint 2010 and older versions: WMV

Newer versions of PowerPoint: MP4 - H.264/AAC

Recommended PowerPoint Video Formats for macOS:

MP4 - H.264/AAC

Part 2. Make Unsupported Video into the Best Video Format for PowerPoint

If your video file is not supported, you need to change the video into one of the PowerPoint video formats above. You can use a simple free program WonderFox Free HD Video Converter Factory to handle this conversion. Below, I will demonstrate how to make a video file PowerPoint-compatible:

Before start, please free download free download the software and install it on PC.

Step 1. Run the software and open “Converter”. Next, click “+Add Files” to load your video file into the program.

Step 2. On the right side of the program, click the format image to open the output format page. Then click the "Video" tab and choose WMV or H264 as the output format.

Step 3. Click “Run” to start conversion.

Now, you should have no problem inserting the converted video into your PowerPoint.

At last...

That’s all I want to share about PowerPoint video formats. If you need to change your video to a PowerPoint supported format, you can download the software now and give it a try. Thanks for reading.

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