Embed Youtube Video into PowerPoint with Youtube Add-in

Following tutorial will enable you to embed YouTube Videos directly into PowerPoint using video URL.

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PowerPoint Options - Add YouTube Add-in in PowerPoint

YouTube Video Add-in

Insert YouTube Video Via URL in PowerPoint

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YouTube Video in PowerPoint

YouTube Video Playing in PowerPoint

Explanation

While you can always download YouTube videos and insert them into PowerPoint but there is another easy way to embed YouTube videos in PowerPoint if you do not want to download YouTube video and want to insert video using its URL from YouTube.

You will need an add-in for PowerPoint which will add a new option of 'YouTube Video' under 'insert Tab'.

Download add-in based on MSOffice version at the bottom of the post and add add-in in PowerPoint using the following method. Its a YouTube Video Wizard (YTV) add-in for PowerPoint.

For PowerPoint 2003 and earlier versions

• Extract the contents of the zip to a folder.
• Launch PowerPoint.
• Click on Tools > Add-ins to bring up the add-ins window.
• Click on Add New and navigate to the folder where the contents of the zip file was extracted and select 'YouTubeVideo.ppa' and click OK.
• You might be prompted with the macro virus warning. Enable the macros. When the Add-in is properly loaded, it will display a tick against the add-in name.
• That's it. You have successfully loaded the add-in.

For PowerPoint 2007 or 2010

• Extract the contents of the zip to a folder.
• Launch PowerPoint.
• Click on Office Button > PowerPoint Options.
• In the PowerPoint Options dialog, select the Add-ins tab.
• Select 'PowerPoint Add-ins' from the Manage drop down and click 'Go'
• On the Add-ins dialog, click 'Add New' and navigate to the folder where the contents of the zip file was extracted and select 'YouTubeVideo2k7.ppa' and click on OK.
• You might be prompted with the macro virus warning. Enable the macros. When the Add-in is properly loaded, it will display a tick against the add-in name.
• That's it. You have successfully loaded the add-in.

Using Microsoft PowerPoint You can also double click 'YouTubeVideo2k7.ppa' directly which will bring up PowerPoint and the add-in will be loaded for you for that session to use.

Download YouTube Add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint

Download YouTube Add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint (2003 and earlier versions) (40 KB)
Download YouTube Add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint (2007 or 2010 versions) (46 KB)

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Above solution works great, the only problem is that it streams live videos so an internet connection is required to playback the video during the slide show. If you plan to deliver a presentation without internet, take the following approach.

If you are interested in embedding YouTube videos in PowerPoint offline then you have to download and convert video from YouTube first and then embed into PowerPoint. First download the YouTube video locally in either WMV or AVI format because PowerPoint doesn't understand the default FLV or MP4 formats of YouTube. You can either use free online services to save any YouTube video as an AVI file. Simply use insert option in PowerPoint and then select 'Movie' tab to embed video from your computer into PowerPoint.

Actually, there are also other methods of embedding a Youtube video into PowerPoint, see the tutorial:

How to play Youtube video in PowerPoint 2003/2007?

PowerPoint's Likes on Audio and Video Formats

Comfort and convenience are what in current computer technology. With computer-riding multimedia converters (e.g. Moyea PPT to Video Converter) or screen recorders (like Camtasia Studio), it is duck soup for you to transform a PowerPoint presentation to distinct video and extract or convert a favored sound from PowerPoint to a desired audio format. Nevertheless, when trying to put a song or a video clip to your PowerPoint presentation, you may strike a snag - The sound can’t be recognized by PowerPoint！The video clip shows no graphics! What is the problem? You are probably inserting a song or video with improper file format to the PowerPoint.

To solve the problem of format incompatibility, you should know what multimedia formats can be applied to your PowerPoint. You will not be able to play the song or video in your presentation unless converting it to a PowerPoint-supported file format. Below lists all multimedia formats that you can use in MS PowerPoint, categorized by audio and video. Have a quick browse to see whether yours is included.

Audio File Formats Compatible with PowerPoint

AIFF Audio file (*.aiff): Audio Interchange File Format
A sound format originally used on Apple and Silicon Graphics (SGI) computers. Waveform files are stored in an 8-bit monaural (mono or one channel) format that is not compressed and can result in large files.

AU Audio file (*.au): UNIX Audio
Often used to create sound files for UNIX computers or the Web

MIDI file (*.mid or *.midi): Musical Instrument Digital Interface
A standard format for the interchange of musical information between musical instruments, synthesizers, and computers

MP3 Audio file (*.mp3): MPEG Audio Layer 3
A faddy digital audio encoding format of lossy data compression, used for consumer audio storage and the transfer and playback of music on digital audio players

Windows Audio file (*.wav): Wave Form
An audio file format that stores sounds as waveforms. Depending on various factors, one minute of sound can occupy as little as 644 kilobytes or as much as 27 megabytes of storage.

Windows Media Audio file (*.wma): Windows Media Audio
A sound file compressed by the Microsoft Windows Media Audio codec, a digital audio coding scheme developed by Microsoft that is used to distribute recorded music, usually over the Internet.

Video File Formats Compatible with PowerPoint

Windows Media file (*.asf): Advanced Streaming Format
A file format that stores synchronized multimedia data and can be used to stream audio and video content, images, and script commands over a network.

Windows Video file (*.avi): Audio Video Interleave
One of the most popular multimedia file formats for storing sound and moving pictures in Microsoft Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) format. The AVI format has audio or video content compressed with a wide variety of codecs.

Movie file (*.mpg or *.mpeg): Moving Picture Experts Group
This is an evolving set of standards for video and audio compression developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group. This file format was designed specifically for use with Video-CD and CD-i media.

Windows Media Video file (*.wmv): Windows Media Video
This file format compresses audio and video by using the Windows Media Video codec, a tightly compressed format that requires a minimal amount of storage space on your computer’s hard disk.

Got it? If your sound or video insert is not listed above, convert it to a supported file format by using some third-party conversion programs or utilities. For instance, the free online Media Converter, standalone Leawo Free Video Converter, etc.

Note: Your sound or video insert may not work in PowerPoint if you haven’t installed the right codec or if the file codecs are not recognized by your OS, even if you have the same file format as one listed above.

PowerPoint Tips:Embed a Video into PowerPoint 2007

Summary: 2 easy ways to insert video (movie) into PowerPoint 2007, play video in PowerPoint 2007.

If a video can be inserted into PowerPoint, how convenient will it be for a PowerPoint user?

It means lots of vivid videos on the internet can be inserted into PowerPoint, and people can insert videos that made by themselves into PowerPoint too. And these videos surely can add attraction to PowerPoint presentation.

In this article, I will introduce two methods on "How to insert a video into PowerPoint 2007".

Method 1: Direct insertion

Step 1: On the Insert tab, point to Movies and Sounds, and then click Movie from File.

Step 2: Click the video you want to use and then click OK.

Step 3: After you click OK, you' are promoted with a message asking how you want the movie to start in the slide show. I recommend you choosing "Automatically "even if you want the movie to play when clicked. And that's done.

Tips:

1. This is the easiest way to insert a video.
2. When playing the video that is inserted in this way in the PowerPoint, it only shows the video picture, and only has two control options: play or stop. So you can't select the playing time freely

3. Only video in formats of AVI, MPEG and WMV can be inserted in this way
4. Always put the movie in the same folder as your PowerPoint presentation.If you later move the PowerPoint presentation to another computer, copy the movie too. Keeping your movie in the same folder as your presentation ensures the link will still work. However, you should always test the movie on a new machine just to be certain. Re-insert the movie, if necessary.

Method 2: Windows Media Player Insertion

If you want to view the video in PowerPoint just like viewing in Windows media player, you can try this insertion method.

1. Step 1: Enable control. Because the default state in PowerPoint 2007, control function is hidden, we need to enable it firstly as follows:
   1. Left click" office" button in PowerPoint 2007
   2. Hit" PowerPoint options" to open it
   3. In the open box, select" Common" tab, check the option that" show the' development tool' option in function area", at last click" OK".
   Return to the PowerPoint edition interface, there will be a new option-"development tool".t.

2. Step 2: Insert videos.
   1. Click" development tool" button to enter its menu layout
   2. Select" Other controls" button in " control" area, there will pop up a dialogue box
   3. In the dialogue box, select" Windows Media Player", click" OK" to close the dialogue box. Then the mouse will become"+".
   4. Drag the mouse, the player interface of Windows Media Player will appear in the PPT.
   5. Select the player interface, right click, select" properties", a dialogue box will pop up.
   6. Input the path and name of video file in" URL" option.
   7. Close" properties", and you have inserted the videos successfully.

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PowerPoint Tips:Embed a Video/Movie into PowerPoint 2003

Applies to: Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

By Mary Feil-Jacobs, Microsoft Presentation Design Specialist

Many PowerPoint presentations include graphics, sounds and PowerPoint's built-in animation. However, effectively adding video clips to a presentation can really make it stand out. This article explains how to use video edit magic to create videos to use in PowerPoint.

Tips for creating good PowerPoint presentations

• Be sure each slide contributes toward the primary point of your presentation. Shorter presentations are more understandable and more memorable, so if a slide isn't adding something important to the main thrust, either remove it or move it to the background materials.
  
  
• If the PowerPoint show is meant for unattended viewing (the viewer watches it with no speaker present) use voice narration. Video Edit Magic lets you illustrate and discuss concepts using selected images and your own voice.
  
• Unique presentations get the attention they deserve, so think of innovative presentation techniques. For example, have a "mascot" cartoon character, doing the actions the presentation talks about, and "saying" some of the text in word balloons. Presentations should reflect your personal (or corporate) style.
  
• Graphics and photographs are self explanatory and focus the audience's attention. Illustrating points can let you eliminate many words from the slides, and text-heavy presentations can lose the audience. With Video Edit Magic you can take snaps from video footage, and use the still pictures to illustrate your presentatio

Insert a movie and play it automatically

In PowerPoint 2003, you can run your movies full screen. This is a very excellent feature.

• On the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, and then click Movie from File.
• Click the video you want to use and then click OK.
• Tips: Always put the movie in the same folder as your PowerPoint presentation. If you later move the PowerPoint presentation to another computer, copy the movie too. Keeping your movie in the same folder as your presentation ensures the link will still work. However, you should always test the movie on a new machine just to be certain. Re-insert the movie, if necessary.
• After you click OK, you' are promoted with a message asking how you want the movie to start in the slide show.





I recommend choosing Automatically even if you want the movie to play when clicked- I will talk about how to set this part too. (If you choose when clicked you have to click the black box to start the movie. Because I don't like to show the black box on the slide, I do this a little differently.)

• You should now have a small rectangle sitting on your slide.
  
  

• Insert a movie using a file on your computer or in another location, such as a server.
• The movie appears as a still frame on your slide.

The trick I use is to move that rectangle off the slide, so it is sitting next to it, but not on it. You can size it down if you like. Click the movie (that is, the rectangle) and then drag it off the slide.





Play the movie full screen

• Right-click the movie object (the small rectangle) and on the shortcut menu, click Edit Movie Object.
• The Movie Options dialog box appears. Under Display Options, select the Zoom to full screen check box, and then click OK.
  
• If you want your movie to play automatically when you advance to this slide, you can stop here.

Test this now to see how it workd by starting the slide show. (On the Slide Show menu, click View Show.) Advance to the slide with the movie, (best if you have the title of the movie on it). Within a couple of seconds, the movie starts to play full screen. When the movie finishes, you return to the same slide (but no unsightly box appears). Click to advance to your next slide.

Add an On Click effect to start the movie

If you prefer, you can click to start the movie. This requires one more step, setting an On Click animation effect.
1. On the Slide Show menu, click Custom Animation. The Custom Animation task pane appears on the right side of the PowerPoint window.

2. Click the movie object (the rectangle) to select it.

3. In the Custom Animation task pane, click Add Effect, point to Entrance and then click Appear.

You have added an On Click effect. The animation effect you added is the one with the Green star next to it and a gray rectangle around it. If it doesn't have a gray rectangle, click it to select it. Your Custom Animation task pane should look like the picture below (except with the name of your movie in the list).

4. The last step is to move that animation up to the top of the effects list.
To do this, make sure the animation effect is selected, and then click the Up Re-order arrow at the bottom of the Custom Animation task pane. Or simply click and drag the animation effect to the top of the effects list.

5. Your effects list should now look like this:


6. You are done. Test this to make sure it works by starting the slide show.
(On the Slide Show menu, click View Show.) When you advance to the slide with the movie, you should not see the movie. When you click the slide, the movie zooms to full screen and plays. When it finishes playing, you are returned to the same slide. Click to advance to the next slide.

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