Title: Insert and play a video file from your computer - Office Support
Headings: Insert and play a video file from your computer
Insert and play a video file from your computer
Supported video formats
Embed a video stored on your PC
Link to a video stored on your PC
Find out where a linked video is stored
YouTube video
Play a video automatically or when clicked
Want to insert an online video instead?

Content: On the PowerPoint ribbon, on the Video Tools Playback tab, open the Start list and choose Automatically: For more details about the options for playing the video in Slide Show, see Set the 'Play' options for a video. Support for Office 2010 ended on October 13, 2020
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Supported video formats
In PowerPoint 2010, we recommend that you use .wmv files. For more details, see Video and audio file formats supported in PowerPoint. Embed a video stored on your PC
In Normal view, click the slide in which you want to embed the video. On the Insert tab, in the Media group, click the arrow under Video. Select Video from file, and then browse to the location of your video, and select it. On the Insert button, click the down arrow, and then click Insert. Link to a video stored on your PC
To help prevent broken links, we recommend copying the video into the same folder as your presentation, and then linking to it there.