Monday, January 19, 2009

How to insert Flash Video to PowerPoint and convert PowerPoint to FLV

What is FLV video format?
FLV is the short term for Flash Video, a kind of video format that is accepted by many websites. Notable users of the flash video format include YouTube, Google video, Reuters.com, Yahoo video and My Space.

How to insert FLV into PowerPoint?
Now and then, you may find attractive videos in FLV format on the above websites such as YouTube. Want to embed them in your PowerPoint and share with others?

As FLV is a video format that PowerPoint doesn’t accept, before embedding a FLV video into PowerPoint, you should convert FLV movie to a video format that PowerPoint accepts such as MPEG, AVI, WMV and ASF. Below are three ways for you to do this:
1. If the FLV video is on YouTube or MySpace, follow these steps:
Copy the YouTube or MySpace video URL >>
Go to http://vixy.net (a free online conversion service), paste the URL in the conversion box >>
Select the output format such as AVI, MOV and MP4. Then click Start. The conversion process would be done automatically >>
When the conversion is done, download the output video to the local disk on your computer >>
Insert the video to PowerPoint ( PowerPoint -> Insert -> Movies and sounds -> Movie from File)


2. If the FLV video is already on your computer, visit http://www.media-convert.com/ (a free online conversion service) and follow these steps:
Browse your local disk and select the FLV video needs to be converted >>


Select the output format you want, and click OK button on the right >>
When the conversion process is over, download the converted video to your computer >>
Insert the video to PowerPoint ( PowerPoint -> Insert -> Movies and sounds -> Movie from File)

3. Use some conversion software to do this: If you have lots of FLV videos need to be converted, you can use some professional conversion tool to help you save your time, because many tools support batch conversion. You can try this one Video Converter. It can help you convert your FLV (YouTube) video to almost all other video formats.

After inserting Flash Video from popular video sites to your PowerPoint, have you ever thought you can also upload your PowerPoint to these popular video sites for wide sharing? You can click here to know more benefits of uploading PowerPoint to online-sharing websites.

As it has been mentioned above, YouTube, Google video, Reuters.com, Yahoo video and My Space all accept video formats in FLV. Before uploading your PowerPoint to these sites, you need to convert your PowerPoint to FLV first. Here are some tools you can use to convert your PowerPoint to FLV.

Acoolsoft PPT2Video Converter, Wondershare PPT to Video: help convert your PowerPoint to almost all popular video formats such as FLV, MPEG, AVI, MP4, WMV, 3GP, FLV and MOV.
After converting your PowerPoint to FLV, the next step is to upload the converted video to these websites. It’s all that easy. For more details about how to do it step by step, you can click here.

Choose the method you like to insert flash video to your PowerPoint, and convert your PowerPoint to FLV. Have more fun about it.

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