09-02-2016, 04:13 PM
Below is a table showing the audio and video file formats you can use in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. If you do not see a file format listed below, you will not be able to play the sound or movie file in a PowerPoint 2007 presentation unless you first convert the file to a supported file format.
• PFCMedia – is an add-in that automates the formatting of multimedia.
• Microsoft Windows Media Encoder – a free program that makes some files compatible with PowerPoint 2007.
NOTE: Although your sound or video file may have the same file extension as one listed below,it may not play correctly if the correct version of the codec (an abbreviation for compressor/decompressor; software or hardware used to compress and decompress digital media) is not installed, of if the file is not encoded in a format that is recognized by your version of Microsoft Windows. Encoding is the process of converting data into a stream of ones and zeros.
Audio File Formats
File Format Extension More Information
AIFF Audio File .aiff Audio Interchange File Format. This sound format originally was used on apple and Silicon Graphics (SGI) computers. Waveform (.wav) files are stored in an 8-bit monaural (mono or one channel) format, which is not compressed and can result in large files. AU Audio File .au UNIX Audio. This file format typically is used to create sound files for UNIX computers or the Web.
MIDI File .mid or.midi
Musical Instrument Digital Interface. This is a standard format for the interchange of musical information between musical instruments, synthesizers, and computers. MP3 Audio File .mp3 MPEG Audio Layer 3. This is a sound file that has been compressed by using the MPEG Audio Layer 3 codec (an abbreviation for compressor/decompressor; software or hardware used to compress and decompress digital media), which was developed by the Fraunhofer Institute. Windows Audio File .wav Wave Form. This audio file format stores sounds as waveforms. Depending on various factors, one minute of sound can occupy as little as 644KB or as much as 27MB of storage.
Compatible Multimedia File Formats 2
File Format Extension More Information
Windows Media
Audio File.wma Windows Media Audio. This is a sound file that has been compressed by using the Microsoft Windows Media Audio codec (an abbreviation for compressor/decompressor; software or hardware used to compress and decompress digital media), a digital audio coding scheme developed by Microsoft that is used to distribute recorded music, usually over the Internet. Video File Formats File Format Extension More Information Windows Media File .asf Advanced Streaming Format. This file format 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. This is a multimedia file format for storing sound and moving pictures in Microsoft Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) format. It is one of the most common formats because audio or video content that is compressed with a wide variety of codecs (an abbreviation for compressor/decompressor; software or hardware used to compress and decompress digital media) can be stored in an .avi file.
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 (an abbreviation for compressor/decompressor; software or hardware used to compress and decompress digital media), a tightly compressed format that requires a minimal amount of storage space on your computer’s hard disk.