{"id":55,"date":"2017-10-09T06:22:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T06:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.remorepair.com\/blog\/?p=55"},"modified":"2017-10-09T06:23:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T06:23:13","slug":"how-to-fix-audio-and-video-not-playing-in-powerpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.remorepair.com\/blog\/how-to-fix-audio-and-video-not-playing-in-powerpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix Audio and Video not Playing in PowerPoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.remorepair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/audio-and-video-300x157.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.remorepair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/audio-and-video-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.remorepair.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/audio-and-video.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You have inserted audio\/video file in PowerPoint, but during the slideshow, it doesn\u2019t play the media file. There is a number of reasons which cause this issue. Mainly, it happens because PowerPoint doesn\u2019t support all the media formats. Hence, here I have listed out some handy fixes to solve PowerPoint doesn\u2019t play audio\/video issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fix #1: Use Optimize Media Compatibility Option<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You need to check whether your media file has compatibility issue or not. For that navigate to File-&gt; Info. If the media file has a compatibility issue, then you will get Optimize Media Compatibility message on the screen. To Optimize Media Compatibility do as following-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select Optimize Media Compatibility and confirm the action<\/li>\n<li>It will display playback issues<\/li>\n<li>Next, click View Links and then select Break Links for each link to embed video files in your PowerPoint<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fix #2: Get Required Codecs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Video or audio doesn\u2019t play on PowerPoint if you don\u2019t have required codes on your Windows system. Therefore, get required codecs and install them on your Windows system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fix #3: Path Issues<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PowerPoint fails to play audio or video exists of it due to path issues. It happens when you transfer your PowerPoint to other location, or when source path of the video is modified. Hence, to avoid this, create a new folder and copy all the video\/audio file, including PowerPoint file in this folder. Make sure that both media files, as well as PowerPoint file, is located in the same folder.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fix #4: Video\/Audi File Corruption<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In case, you have inserted corrupted audio or video file inside PowerPoint file, then it won\u2019t play them. In order to fix this issue, insert a playable and healthy file. If you don\u2019t have a healthy file, then fix the corrupted video using Video File Repair software.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Fix #5: PowerPoint File Corruption<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, your PowerPoint file gets corrupted, thus the video files embedded inside it becomes unplayable. In such situation, you need to use PowerPoint Repair tool to fix PowerPoint presentations that aren\u2019t playing video and audio. PowerPoint Repair tool even helps you to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.remorepair.com\/windows\/ppt-image-cannot-be-displayed.html\">fix PowerPoint file showing image cannot be displayed<\/a><\/strong> error.<\/p>\n<p>As per research, most of the time you will get this kind of error due to compatibility issue. Hence, before proceeding with any troubleshoot technique, ensure that media file formats are compatible with your PowerPoint file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have inserted audio\/video file in PowerPoint, but during the slideshow, it doesn\u2019t play the media file. There is a number of reasons which cause this issue. Mainly, it happens because PowerPoint doesn\u2019t support all the media formats. Hence, here I have listed out some handy fixes to solve PowerPoint doesn\u2019t play audio\/video issue. Fix &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.remorepair.com\/blog\/how-to-fix-audio-and-video-not-playing-in-powerpoint\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Fix Audio and Video not Playing in PowerPoint&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Fix Audio and Video not Playing in PowerPoint - Remo Repair Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Fix Audio and Video not Playing in PowerPoint - Remo Repair Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You have inserted audio\/video file in PowerPoint, but during the slideshow, it doesn\u2019t play the media file. 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