PowerPoint is a good way for people to present content in front of others. Therefore, it is widely used in many occasions. For example, when students need to give a speech in class; when businessmen need to make professional reports...
Sometimes when making PowerPoint, people may want to embed videos in PowerPoint to make the content more visual and intuitive. So today’s blog will take you through how to embed videos in PowerPoint using different Microsoft PowerPoint software and methods.
Contents [Common methods] Insert YouTube online videos into the new version of PowerPoint How to embed YouTube videos in PowerPoint without a network?
[Common methods] Insert YouTube online videos into the new version of PowerPoint
PowerPoint allows people to embed videos from online platforms and local folders into PowerPoint. In this part, we will first introduce how to embed online videos from YouTube into PowerPoint using the new version (Microsoft 2019 and Office 365).
Supported platforms: YouTube, Vimeo
Step 1. First, open a web browser on your computer and find the video you want to embed into PowerPoint. Then copy its URL.
Step 2. After getting the video URL, go back to PowerPoint and find the slide where you need to embed the video.
Step 3. Please move to the Microsoft PowerPoint toolbar and go to "Insert">"Video">"Online Video".
Step 4. When the "Online Video" dialog box opens, please paste the URL of the video directly into the blank bar. Subsequently, submit "Insert" to embed the video into PowerPoint.
# NOTE
Note that because you are embedding the video directly from the online platform, when you play the video in PowerPoint, it will be played directly from the website. Additionally, PowerPoint offers other features such as fade, bookmark, trim, etc. etc., cannot be used to play online videos.
In addition, you must be connected to the Internet when playing online videos, otherwise playback will fail.
How to embed YouTube videos in PowerPoint without internet?
If you need to play embedded video in PowerPoint and you cannot connect to the Internet or are worried about the network condition, a safe way is to download the YouTube video and then embed it into PowerPoint. So, first, you need to download the YouTube video offline, and then Add local video to PowerPoint directly. The steps are as follows.
Step 1. In your web browser, please go to YouTube and find the video you want to embed into PowerPoint. Again, you need to copy its URL.
Step 2. Please launch VideoHunter on your computer, then enter the downloader in VideoHunter and paste the URL of the online video into the download bar.
Step 3. Press the "Analyze" button, VideoHunter will convert the video and then provide output options for you to save the video. Please select your option and click the "Download" button to start the download process.
Step 4. Go to "Finish" and click "Open Folder" to get the downloaded video. Now please run PowerPoint on your computer and select the slide where you want to embed this downloaded video.
Step 5. Go to "Insert">"Video">"Videos on My Computer", you can select the video files stored on your computer.
Step 6. Select the video you just downloaded in the Insert Video box. Finally click Insert to embed the video.
PowerPoint supported formats: MP4 files encoded with H.264 video (aka MPEG-4 AVC) and AAC audio
# Tip - Add a video link in PowerPoint
Inserting videos directly into PowerPoint will greatly increase the size of the PPT document, so some people will choose to add links to videos stored on their PC to reduce the size of the PowerPoint file. The method is as follows.
Note: It is recommended to place the downloaded video in the same folder where the PowerPoint file is stored to reduce the possibility of broken links.
Step 1. First, move the downloaded video from VideoHunter’s download folder to the folder where you store your PowerPoint file. Then launch your PowerPoint file.
Step 2. Navigate to the slide in the PPT and prepare to add the link to the video file.
Step 3. Please go to the above toolbar and click on the "Insert" tab. Now you should select "Videos" > "Videos on My Computer".
Step 4. Now, please select the video to which you want to add a link in the "Insert Video" box. You should select the down arrow next to the "Insert" button and then select the "Link to File" option.
# Why choose VideoHunter?
VideoHunter is an excellent video downloader that helps you save online videos from YouTube, Vimeo and more than 1,000 other platforms. It helps you download from more websites Video so you can embed videos from more PowerPoint platforms besides YouTube and Vimeo.
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