2 Free and Easy Methods to Fix “PowerPoint Cannot Insert a Video from the Selected File” Issue
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by Oswald
Updated on Feb 27, 2023
In the century of videos, a PowerPoint presentation with vivid videos as side dishes does seem a cut above the old-school ones. But you might come across the error message “PowerPoint cannot insert a video from the selected file” while adding a video to PowerPoint-and the video is alright because you’ve checked it already. If you have no idea what the reason could be but would care for an easy solution, this PowerPoint video converter can be your key to easily inserting videos. Download it now and see how to easily fix the PowerPoint crashes when inserting videos issue.
Typical SymptomsWhatever the version it is, PowerPoint supports certain types of video formats, thus not all videos can be directly inserted into PowerPoint. Adding unsupported videos into PPTX will bring about error messages like what’s shown on the left picture. But we can still implement the video inserting, by changing video format to a PowerPoint-friendly type, or installing the proper codec as required.
According to Microsoft Office support.office.com:
Supported video formats: .asf,.avi,.mp4,.m4v,.mov,.mpg or .mpeg,.swf,.wmv.
Recommendations:
PowerPoint 2010: .wmv
PowerPoint of later versions: Video encoded with H.264 video + AAC audio, wrapped in MP4 container (.mp4)
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Free HD Video Converter Factory is a simple yet powerful video to PPT converter that can help you fast convert any videos to PowerPoint-compatible formats & codecs effortlessly. It also supports over 500 other formats and device profiles for easy conversion. Besides, you are also allowed to download, edit, and compress videos freely. Enjoy it for free and without worry!
Free HD Video Converter Factory can get your videos easily converted to PowerPoint-friendly formats at a fast speed. Before we start, please free downloadfree download and install this video to PowerPoint converter on your PC. Then follow the guide below to fix the PowerPoint cannot insert video from the selected file issue.
Install and install WonderFox Free HD Video Converter Factory, open Converter and click “Add Files” button to load videos you want to convert into the program. Then define the output file folder at the bottom of the program (inverted triangle icon).
Click on the output format section on the right side of the main workplace, then click the video section from the category box above. Now, if you’re using PowerPoint 2010, click WMV icon to convert videos to WMV (WMV2 video/WMAV2 audio by default); If you’re using a later version (2013/2016/etc), click “MP4” icon to convert videos to MP4 (H.264 video/AAC audio by default).
After that, hit “Run” to start the conversion. Once the conversion is down, the output videos will be perfectly supported by your PowerPoint, just re-insert and proceed your works.
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Installing a codec pack from a third-party source will grant your PC the compatibility to these originally unsupported videos, that compatibility includes: playing; using in programs like PowerPoint, WMP; etc. The recommended codec pack here is K-lite codec pack. See how to use this pack below.
Download a Proper 32/64-bit Codec Pack for PowerPointStep 1. Navigate to the safe download source: https://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm
Step 2. As you can see, four different variants of packs are provided, these packs all include 32-bit and 64-bit codecs for PowerPoint, and the later contains the more comprehensive codec sets. “Basic” pack will suffice in most scenarios, so hit “Download Basis”
Step 3. If there’s any former codec pack, remove it.
Step 4. Launch and install the K-Lite Codec Pack to your Windows PC.
Step 5. Re-insert unsupported videos into PowerPoint, they should be nicely supported this time.
At last...
These two solutions are as easy as you can see. However, converting video to PowerPoint format/codec is the more recommended method, for it is more stable and safer than installing a codec pack. Now, get this converter and follow the tutorial to get your problem solved! And you won’t be bothered by some “PowerPoint cannot insert a video from the selected file” message anymore. Cheers.
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