Help inserting video into powerpoint/ change video type?

I have to make a powerpoint and I need to insert some videos that I took a while ago into my powerpoint. The problem is that the videos are in I guess a quicktime format and they would even play on my computer. I cant watch them on Windows Media Player to even see which videos I would want to include. I need to know how to change the format of the videos to play on media player or embed them into my powerpoint somehow. I am desperate and I need to have this finshed by the end of the weekend. Thanks to all that help. If you need more info I'll be happy to supply it.Help inserting video into powerpoint/ change video type?
I had the same problem about a week ago. Here is what I found out:



if you got your video online or just want to change the format of the video then i suggest using mediaconverter to change the video format. Here is the link: http://mediaconverter.org/



1. Input the video url or if it's your video then just upload it

2. click on go to next step

3. for the output format select either wmv or mpeg (these are the ones that worked the best for me)

4. click ok then click start. It will begin to convert your video.

5. when it is finished click download and save the file on your computer.



That should make it play on your computer.



To put it in powerpoint:



1. go to the slide you want to put the video on.

2. click on the insert tab and find the movie option.

3. click on movie from file

4. find the video file where you saved it and select it

5. select whether or not you want it to start automatically and you're done. The video should play in your powerpoint



hope that was helpfulHelp inserting video into powerpoint/ change video type?
PowerPoint supports such video formats as MPEG, AVI, MOV or WMV.



Upload the video to a free video conversion service http://www.leawo.com/video-converter/fre and select to convert it to AVI.



Then go to PowerPoint -%26gt; Insert-%26gt; Movies and Sounds-%26gt;Movies from File. That's it.