Saturday, April 29, 2017

Why can’t I add AVI to PowerPoint for presentation?

Found some torrent movies or TV shows in AVI format, or some family AVI footages from your digital camcorders or mobile phone that is perfect for your PowerPoint presentation and would like to embed it  to make the PPT more interesting and appealing? However, many people encountered error message when they tried to insert the AVI video file into PowerPoint slide, no matter PowerPoint 2016, 2010, 2003, 2007 or lower version. Things could get even worse, you successfully add an AVI 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. Well, read on to learn detailed reason and solution.



Why we can't insert an AVI video into PowerPoint PPT successfully?

First, look at the best Video Formats for PowerPoint:

The best video formats for PPT can be varied depending on what version of PowerPoint and what computer system you are using. Here is a concise list:

1. PowerPoint 2007 and lower version 

According to Microsoft, PowerPoint 2007 and lower version only support WMV, AVI, ASF, and MPG (MPEG-1) video formats,  However,   some .avi files may require additional codecs, if your computer doesn't install according video and audio codec, the AVI video embed may cannot playback in PowerPoint 2007/2003/2002/2000/97/95.

For the best video playback experience,
  • If you are using a Windows 8 or Windows 10 computer, we recommend you to use .mp4 videos encoded with H.264 video and AAC audio to inserted to PowerPoint 2013.
  • If you a Windows 7 or Windows Vista or Windows XP computer, we strongly recommend you to use WMV or MPEG-1 videos.
2. PowerPoint 2010 

Only support .mp4, .mov, and .qt formats if the Apple QuickTime player is installed. That's why you can't play AVI in PowerPoint 2010.

3. PowerPoint 2013 or 2016

Only support .mp4 videos encoded with H.264 video (a.k.a. MPEG-4 AVC) and AAC audio. That's why you can't play AVI in PowerPoint 2013 or 2016.

In order to play all kinds of AVI in PowerPoint with no restriction, the simple and efficient way is to convert AVI to WMV (with WMV8 codec), AVI (with some ancient codec) or MPG format, which are universal formats among all versions of PowerPoint. This solution will ensure that you can insert any AVI files into PowerPoint slide for playing successfully. Here are two parts to finish your task. 

Part I. Convert AVI to PowerPoint supported video formats

Recommended Tool: Dimo Video Converter Ultimate (Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac)

This is a nice small video converter took kit that is just the right AVI to PowerPoint Converter which can convert all kinds of AVI to PowerPoint supported WMV, AVI, MPG, MP4. Besides converting AVI to PowerPoint, it also helps to convert any other video formats including MOV, MKV, FLV, MP4, VOB, 3GP, MXF, MTS, AVCHD, WebM, and etc to PowerPoint video or audio format. It even supports to convert FLAC, OGG, AC3, etc to PowerPoint compatible AIFF, MP3, WMA, WAV, AU. with fast encoding speed and excellent output quality. After the conversion, you can easily use your movie files in any version of PowerPoint Presentation including PowerPoint 2016, 2010, 2007, 2003, 2000, 2002, 2005 or even PowerPoint 95, 97. 

It also features basic editing features such as trimming, rotating, cropping, watermarking, adding effecting, 3D creating. By using the trimming action you can clip a specific duration from a video clip and turn it into PowerPoint preferred format. Now just get the right version and follow the guide below to convert AVI to PowerPoint supported video formats.

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Simple clicks to convert AVI to PowerPoint supported formats

1. Load AVI videos

Click the"Add File" button to load AVI files from your computer or other devices like USB device, camcorder, AVI player, etc. You can also directly drag the files you want to convert to the main interface. Double click the video to preview it with the built-in AVI player. 



2. Select output format

Click Select Format bar and choose PowerPoint supported video format as output format.

Tips:
  • To insert and play AVI in PowerPoint for Windows, converting MP4 to MPEG-1 is recommended, you may also try WMV, AVI, ASF as the output video format.  For PowerPoint 2013 and later version, you can select MP4 format which has already been preset as H.264/AAC by default.
  • To add and play AVI in PowerPoint for Mac, converting AVI to MOV or H.264 MP4 is recommended.
3. Edit the AVI videos (Optional)

Click the "Edit" button and edit your videos before processing format conversion. There are main seven functions available: Trim, Adjust, Watermark,  Effect and 3D. When enter the edit > Trim interface, you should either drag the slider bar back and forth or set the start time and the end time for the video to get the part you want. 

4. Do video/audio settings (Optional)

This AVI to PPT converter looks to be a simple program until you see all the rather complex advanced options hidden away in the "Setting" button, where there has support of configuration for each of the variety of video formats and codecs.



In addition to converting AVI to PowerPoint video, the program has presets from columns on the left side for dozens of popular devices like the iPad, iPhone, TV, VR and many more. Just select a preset and it will fill in all the settings for you accordingly.

4. Start the conversion

Click "Start" to begin converting AVI to PowerPoint compatible video files. After the conversion, you will get the desired videos in the destination folder.

Part II. Insert your converted AVI video to PowerPoint

Before starting adding video to PowerPoint, you need to create a folder and put both your converted video and your PowerPoint presentation in this folder. Then open the PowerPoint in this folder to insert the converted video file which is just located in this folder.

Open your PowerPoint presentation and click "Insert".
  • For PowerPoint 2013, click the Video drop-down arrow, then select Video on My PC. Locate and select the desired video file, then click Insert.
  • For PowerPoint 2007, choose Movie and select the video clips.
  • For PowerPoint 2003, select "Movie and Sounds" > "Movie from File" to choose the video clips.


In this way, you can play any kind of AVI file in PowerPoint without the limitation! The workflow is convenient and flexible in spite of the PowerPoint version you are using. Now, everything should run as smooth as clockwork. Just enjoy your vivid PowerPoint slide presentation. 

So here is the whole tutorial. Hope you have found the solution for your question and if you thnk it's helpful, please share the tip with others. 

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Thursday, April 27, 2017

How to Convert MKV to MP4 in Mac OS and Windows

MKV is a highly adaptable video format that compresses unlimited number of subtitle tracks, videos, sounds, and pictures in a single file. No wonder it is one of the most popular video formats of the past few years. However, there are still some shortcomings that can not be ignored. On the one hand, MKV is still far from extensive support for mobile devices. On the other, MKV always has a large size, and sometimes it is too heavy to play smoothly. Considering this fact, here this article will introduce a workable solution to transcode MKV files to MP4 without fuss.



Best Tool to Convert MKV to MP4 on Windows/Mac

With a suitable MKV to MP4 Converter, you can convert MKV to MP4 on Mac/Windows in a more efficient way. Among that abundance of free Mac MP4 video converters Dimo Video Converter Ultimate for Mac just stands by to help you perform this kind of task easily; it works as a versatile Mac video converter to convert MKV to MP4, as well as convert MKV to MOV, VOB to MP4, MOV to MP4, AVI to MP4, WMV to MP4, etc. on Mac (macOS Sierra/El Capitan included). It can handle nearly all popular video conversion like converting YouTube to MP4, free convert MKV to iPhone 7/6S/SE/6S Plus, convert Vimeo to iPad Air 2/mini 4/iPad Pro, etc. in splitting speed.

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How to Convert MKV to MP4 Easily and Quickly

Step 1: After downloading the program, install and launch it. Click “Add File” to import all  MKV files. This video converter supports batch conversion. Also, you can directly download online videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook for conversion.



Step 2: Choose output format. Click "Format" and move to " Video" category. Then you can easily select "MP4" as the output format.

Tip: Tap "Settings" button to do corresponding settings regarding to video, audio like video codec, file size, video bitrate, frame rate, etc.  



Step 3: Click "Start" button to start transcoding MKV to MP4. Once the conversion finished, click the Open button and you can locate the output files effortlessly. And then you can play, share, stream the converted MKV files on any supported devices like iPhone, iPad, Android, etc..

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