'PowerPoint couldn't insert a movie from the selected file. Either the file is non-standard, or QuickTime is not properly installed.' Many people encountered error message when they tried to insert MP4 file into PowerPoint slide, no matter PowerPoint version is 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003 or 2000. Things could get even worse, you successfully embed a MP4 movie in PowerPoint, but you still get a 'Cannot play back the file. The format is not supported' message when you play the video during a presentation.
Part 2: How to Convert Video to Embed in PowerPoint on Windows/Mac. To embed video into PowerPoint without any trouble, you can convert videos to MPEG-1. FonePaw Video Converter Ultimate can help you have this job done. As a processional video converter, FonePaw video Converter can convert your videos to PowerPoint compatible formats like MP4, SWF, WMV, AVI, ASF, and MPG (MPEG-1). Jump to Part 2: How to Convert Video to Embed in PowerPoint on Windows/Mac - Convert video to PPT format. Play MP4 in PowerPoint.
Why Can't we Insert MP4 into PPT Successfully? PowerPoint 2007 and lower version: According to Microsoft, PowerPoint 2007 and lower version only support WMV, AVI, ASF, and MPG (MPEG-1) video formats, that's why you can't play MP4 in PowerPoint 2007/2003/2002/2000/97/95. PowerPoint 2010: Only support.mp4,.mov, and.qt formats if the Apple QuickTime player is installed. PowerPoint 2013: Only support.mp4 videos encoded with H.264 video (a.k.a.
MPEG-4 AVC) and AAC audio. If the source MP4 file doesn't meet the above requirement, PowerPoint won't play it. The following article will show you three popular and efficient solutions to smoothly embed MP4 in PowerPoint 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003 and 2000. Solution One: Insert MP4 into PowerPoint with Ease Simply converting MP4 to PowerPoint WMV (with WMV8 codec), AVI (with some ancient codec) and MPG format, which are universal formats among all versions of PowerPoint, is a highly recommended and widely accepted solution. To complete the conversion as easy as a pie, Faasoft MP4 to PowerPoint Converter (, ) offers superb support. It supports 30 times faster, so the whole conversion process may only take a few seconds. The best part is that you can view your MP4 in PowerPoint with nearly the original quality after convert MP4 to PowerPoint standard video formats.