Title: Video and audio file formats supported in PowerPoint - Office Support
Headings: Video and audio file formats supported in PowerPoint
Video and audio file formats supported in PowerPoint
Video recommendations
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Supported formats
Supported video file formats
Supported audio file formats
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If you experience slow playback, a lag between audio and video, audio stuttering, or frames being lost, see Tips for improving audio and video playback and compatibility. PowerPoint may also support additional file types if you install additional codecs on your PC. If you want to learn about finding codecs for your PC, read Are you having playback issues (in PowerPoint)? Certain older video file formats may not compress or export properly in Office on a Windows RT PC. Instead, use modern media formats such as H.264 and Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), which PowerPoint 2013 RT supports. PowerPoint 2010 supports the AAC format if the correct codec (such as ffDShow) is installed. Want to see what version of Office you're using? Video recommendations
.mp4 files encoded with H.264 video and AAC audio
Audio recommendations
.m4a files encoded with AAC audio
These names and formats sound complicated, but you can easily convert to and use these formats without having to know anything more than the names. Tip: Check out these YouTube videos from Microsoft Creators for more help with video and audio!