AVI files wont play in Powerpoint (MAC)?

Question

I cant get any of my AVI movie files to play in my Powerpoint (MAC) at all...even when I try renaming them MPG/WMV....any ideas?

Answer 1

Mac PowerPoint supports uncompressed avi format. Compressed avi movies won't play. DON'T change the extension thinking that also changes the file type - it doesn't.



PowerPoint also supports .mov and (if you install the free Flip4Mac Quicktime codecs) wmv. Both mov and wmv are much more compressed formats and play back at higher quality, so I recommend them over uncompressed avi.



Several web sites are available that will convert your avi to wmv or mov for free. I usually use http://www.mediaconverter.org/ but there are others.

Answer 2

Play Avi On Mac

Answer 3

AVI format is not support in macs by defualt.

AVI format is MIcrosoft's audio/video format, not apple's



renaming them into MPG or WMV will not do anything but cause an error, because the data was still writen in AVI format.



Try a CONVERT program to convert the AVI file into an mpg format. MPG is a audio/video format that is more cross-platform.



Here is a mac software that can convert AVI to MPG:

http://www.iskysoft.com/video-converter-mac.html

Answer 4

Okay, guys there.

You can try Pavtube Video Converter for Mac.

http://www.pavtube.com/video-converter-mac/

It supports various video formats conversion.

Good luck

Answer 5

Try different converter. I ran into that problem too. i used DivX Converter - a free download.

Answer 6

Aaron is right, but he forgot totell ya that ya cain't put Chevy parts in a Ford unless ya do sumpin to 'em ta makes 'em fits.

;-)