How to Fix Videos Not Playing in PowerPoint Issue

Whether you need to create a presentation for your office or for your academic, PowerPoint offers a professional yet interesting way to present your ideas through. Microsoft incorporates some really good features to it that helps you create presentations that appeals to the audience and attracts their attention, like with the option to add images, videos, GIFs, and more.

While the videos would play just fine on your PC, they may not play at all when connected to a projector or another computer. The videos not playing in PowerPoint is an issue being reported by some users and can be quite discomforting. This majorly happens due to the fact that the PowerPoint is not optimized for media compatibility. However, that can be done quite easily and once optimized, it will apply to all of your previous and future presentation. Let’s see how.

 

Solution: Check Optimize Media Option

 

Step 1: Open the PowerPoint presentation with which you are facing the issue and go to the File tab on the upper left.

 

 

Step 2: Now, select Info from the File menu.

 

 

Step 3: You will now see some options on the right side with the Optimize Media Compatibility on the top.

This means that there’s a media format of your presentation that is not compatible with other devices. So, click the Optimize Media Compatibility icon and once you confirm, it will open the progress window.

 

*Note – You will see the Optimize Media Compatibility option only when your presentation is not optimized for compatibility for certain media formats. If it doesn’t appear, then it means that the presentation is compatible and that the videos should play.

 

Wait for the optimization process to complete and let it fix any compatibility issue. Once completed, you can restart your presentation and the videos in the PowerPoint should not play.