By incorporating videos into your PowerPoint, you can take it to the next level entirely. But how do you place a video that is within a PowerPoint slide? There are numerous approaches to this, all of which remain relatively uncomplex.
In this guide, you will learn how to incorporate a video from your computer, the YouTube site, or the Internet into your PowerPoint presentation.
Embedding a Video From Your PC Into PowerPoint
With offline video inserted, you can easily place a video stored by your PC into your PowerPoint even without the internet. The other benefit of using local content is that your video will always be capable of playing, even without a WiFi connection.
However, one important thing to remember is that you can only embed videos in PowerPoint from the Windows application. The content you want to add must also be in one of the standard video formats supported.
1. Switch your computer to that of the presenter, and before joining the presentation, open your PowerPoint presentation.
2. Click on the slide where you want to insert the video.
3. Go to the top of the screen where the toolbar is and click Insert.
4. Under Media, choose Video, then go to Insert video from, and then select This Device.
5. Look for the desired video on your PC and click on it to choose. Resize your video if needed.
6. Test the video by playing it.
7. This step is crucial since it means your video is well placed in the middle of your post.
8. To make a final test, choose the video and click on Playback menu.
In the Playback section, you can watch it from the beginning through the end, so there would be no concern with the proper embedding. Also, you can practice presenting, going to the slide with the embedded video, and looking at everything.
Embedding a Stock Video Into PowerPoint
If you need to embed royalty-free video clips into PowerPoint directly, you can select one from Microsoft’s library.
1. Start your PowerPoint presentation.
2. Navigate to the right slide in which you want to embed your YouTube video.
3. Choose it from the menu toolbar at the window’s top.
4. Select Video.
5. This is done by navigating to the Search Bar, clicking on the Stock Videos icon, and looking out at the top of the list of options that appear.
6. They are grouped, and you choose the one you want and click on Insert to put the video in the category.
7. Stretch the video to your preferred size and then run the video to ensure everything is fine.
Embedding a YouTube Video Into PowerPoint
This is also true with PowerPoint presentations since you can place a video from YouTube or any other well-known site online. The advantage of this method is that there is no need to download the video to the computer’s hard drive.
If you are a fan of aesthetics, or you would like to adjust virtually all of your presentation, you should remember them:
1. Open your PowerPoint presentation.
2. Navigate to the right slide where you would want to embed your YouTube video.
3. To insert the values, go to the menu toolbar and click on the insert.
4. Select Video.
5. From the pulling-down menu that appears, you should click on Online Video.
6. Copy the URL given by YouTube pointing to the specific video you want to add and paste the URL on the hyperlink box that appears blank.
7. Tab Insert.
8. Shrink or enlarge your video and ensure it is placed at the right location on YouTube.
9. There isn’t a possibility to change the cover image.
10. Test the video in Play mode. The video will be titled on YouTube, and the keys for pause and play will also appear from the clip.
What Kind of Videos Can You Insert Into PowerPoint?
Before embedding PowerPoint videos, you should take note of the following criteria:
Video Format
You’ll find in this guide that embedding MP4 videos with H.264 codec into PowerPoint is very easy. Among the formats that can employ this codec are mp4, m4v, and move. These are recommended as they give good compatibility and a good compression ratio. However, many common video formats will work, some of which include:
- Movie (.mpeg, .mpg)
- Windows Video (.wmv, .asf)
- AVI (.avi)
Maximum Video Size
Technically, there is none, but smaller videos are more versatile and would be better for the most part. Ideally, the video files should be below 50MB up to 100MB to be easily played back and shared. Some problems you may encounter are crashes, low motion and lag, and large file sizes in large videos.
