Video format in Microsoft PowerPoint
If you was wondering about what are the video format supported in Microsoft PowerPoint then this article posted by blogote explains clearly what are the video format supported in PowerPoint for presentations.
As said in the original article, there are various version of Microsoft PowerPoint available and the video format files may vary from one version to the other. Here is an attempt to summarize the list of video format supported by Microsoft PowerPoint 2011:
| PowerPoint Supported Video File Format |
|---|
| AVI – Audio Video Interleave |
| 3GP – Also known as 3GPP |
| MOV – QuickTime Movie |
| MP4 – MPEG-4 Part 14 |
| M4V – Similar to MP4 |
| MPG – MPEG-1 |
| DV – Digital Interface |
| QTFF – QuickTime File Format |
| 3G2 – Also known as 3GPP2 |
| GIF – Graphics Interchange Format |
| MS-CRAM – Microsoft Video 1 |
| M-JPEF – Motion JPEG |
Because iTunes videos are compatible with PowerPoint, H.261, H.262, H.263, and H.264 video standard should play perfectly fine, though it’s best to stick with a video format that is used almost everywhere – AVI and MP4 video format, for example.