PowePoint 365 says it only supports WAV audio

I recorded some voice clips for my presentation with Microsoft's Voice Recorder app, but when i tried to insert the audio files into my presentation, PowerPoint claims it only supports WAV format, (despite Microsoft's own website claiming it also supports m4a).

Which is an issue because i need to upload the .PPTX file into my university platform that supports 20MB per file max. (The presentation weights 60MB with the WAV-converted files).

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mriormro@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

That m4a file was probably encoded with ALAC and not AAC, which is the more supported m4a codec.

Ppt does support mp3's, though. I just inserted some into one of my slide decks both from my phone and on the desktop app. I'd suggest just converting the file.

Granixo@feddit.cl · 5 pts · 2y

Thank you!

(But i really gotta state how dumb it is that i can't just pass an audio file i recorded IN a Microsoft app into ANOTHER Microsoft app.)

kn33@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Is it already in mono? Could you reduce the sample rate?

https://superuser.com/questions/457025/reduce-wav-file-size

Granixo@feddit.cl · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I could only get as low as 25MB.

Oh well, time to re-record i guess.

ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de · 4 pts · 2y
ffmpeg -i input.m4a output.wav