PowerPoint – Video Backgrounds

Add a video as the background for your slides

  1. On the Insert tab, in the Media group, click the arrow under Video.
  2. To insert a video from your computer or a file share, click Video on my PC.
  3. In the Insert Video dialog box, locate and click the video that you want to embed, and then click Insert.
  4. NOTE:  To embed or link to a video from an online source, go to Add and play a video in a presentation.

  5. If necessary, click and drag a corner sizing handle of the video to size it to fit the entire background of the slide.

Left corner sizing handle

Applies To: PowerPoint 2016 PowerPoint 2013

For more information about other types of slide backgrounds see: