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Keynote movie conversion mayhem

Keynote latest update creates a never-ending search to convert videos. Have tried uninstalling and reinstalling. Any other advice?

Posted on Apr 20, 2018 8:02 AM

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Gary Scotland

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Posted on Apr 20, 2018 1:09 PM

Keynote will convert video files if they are not H624 based video, Keynotes preferred video file format is MPEG-4 (mp4) .m4a, convert to that using Quicktime Player before placing in Keynote.

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