wma files.įor PowerPoint 2010: Though PowerPoint 2010 announced to embed and play MP4 files, it has some limitations: In PowerPoint 2010, we recommend that you use. mp4 files encoded with H.264 video (a.k.a. Video: In PowerPoint 2013 and later, for the best video playback experience, we recommend that you use. Does’t PowerPoint support MP4 files? Well, it depends.ĭoes PowerPoint 2016, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2007… support MP4 Files?

But quickly, you maybe get a message 'PowerPoint cannot insert a video from the selected file'. You perhaps originally thought that if you want to insert MP4 files to PowerPoint, you just need to click Insert tab of the ribbon, on the Media panel, choose the arrow under Video, and then choose the appropriate command for inserting your file.