The Windows Media content (OverDrive WMA Audiobooks, WMA Music, and WMV Video) that OverDrive offers cannot be played on a Macintosh computer due to the DRM used to protect the files. When selecting content from your library's digital media site, be sure to select the appropriate file format (MP3) so that they can playback on the Mac. PowerPoint actually can't play movie files at all, either on Mac or PC. Instead, it depends on the system software (QuickTime on Mac, Windows Media Player or the older MCI Media Player on Windows) to play movies. QuickTime doesn't support WMV files, so PowerPoint Mac won't even allow you to.
Some have reported that this method has stopped working since Sierra. It has, but it seems mostly with the default unarchive that ships with OSX. What will happen is that you will rename to a zip file, and then when you unzip it will turn in to a .cpgz file. If you unzip that it will turn in to a zip file – and it goes round I circles.
For me, I found that if I installed the Unachiver, and then unzipped using that instead, then no problem (the steps below work as described). I hope this helps.
You can download the Unarchiver from their website or the Mac App Store. See download information here: https://theunarchiver.com
Lately I’ve been receiving a number of files in pptx format, but I present using my iPad and so convert these presentations to Keynote. If the slides contain images and text only, this conversion is relatively painless – usually there are just a few formatting and alignment issues that need to be addressed and then I’m good to go. All I need do is open the pptx file in keynote, either on my Mac or iPad, and Keynote handles the conversion quite well.
If, however, the presentation contains media, then this process will not transfer across the video presentations, and I end up with an image snapshot of the video in the slide as a placeholder where the video used to be (or an image of a play symbol, if the media is an audio file).
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In order to access media files embedded within pptx files, follow these steps (and they work on both Windows machines and Macs):
Step 1 Make a copy of the pptx file.
Step 2 Rename the pptx file – change the extension from ‘pptx’ to ‘zip’.
You will probably get a message warning you about the change of extension. Make sure you allow the change so that the file name will end in ‘.zip’.
Step 3 Extract the zip file (or browse the zip file contents). You will see a directory structure now present in the folder. Navigate to ppt > media and all your image and media files will be present. You can now copy these files (and convert, if necessary) for use in other presentation mediums.
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Apple apps such as QuickTime Player, Photos, and Keynote work with many kinds of audio and video formats. Some apps prefer specific formats, but QuickTime movie files (.mov), most MPEG files (.mp4, .m4v, .m4a, .mp3, .mpg), some AVI and WAV files, and many other formats usually work in most apps without additional software.
Older or specialized media formats might not work in your app, because the format requires software designed to support it. If that happens, your app won't open the file or won't play back its audio or video.
How to search for an app that works with your file
You might already have an app that supports the format of your file. If you don't know which of your installed apps to try, your Mac might be able to suggest one:
Control-click (or right-click) the file in the Finder.
From the shortcut menu that opens, choose Open With. You should see a submenu listing all of the other installed apps that your Mac thinks might be able to open the file.
If none of your installed apps can open the file, search the Internet or Mac App Store for apps that can play or convert the file:
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Include the name of the media format in your search. To find the format, select the file and press Command-I to open an Info window. The format might appear after the label Kind, such as ”Kind: Matroska Video File.”
Include the filename extension in your search. The extension is the letters shown at the end of the file's name, such as .avi,.wmv, or .mkv.
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QuickTime Player (version 10.0 and later) in OS X Mavericks through macOS Mojave converts legacy media files that use certain older or third-party compression formats.
Learn about incompatible media in Final Cut Pro and iMovie.