PowerPoint Video Tool

Purpose & User Intent: This tool addresses the need to verify and optimize video assets for PowerPoint presentations. Target users include presentation engineers, educators, marketers, and consultants who embed video in slides and require reliable playback across devices and PowerPoint versions. It solves issues where video assets fail to play due to format or encoding incompatibilities and guides users to compatible settings.
Core Logic & Features: Required inputs include video_format, width_px, height_px, length_seconds, frame_rate, and audio_codec; outputs provide a compatibility verdict and recommended PowerPoint-ready settings. Optional features include batch checks, version-specific presets, and exportable reports. Core capabilities are a rule-based compatibility assessment, encoding recommendations, and an actionable plan to re-encode assets with minimal quality loss.
Inputs & Outputs: Inputs cover video_format (string), width_px (int), height_px (int), length_seconds (int), frame_rate (float), audio_codec (string), target_ppt_version (string, optional). Outputs include compatibility (boolean), recommended_format, target_resolution (width, height), target_bitrate_kbps, and notes.
Algorithms & Calculations: The tool uses PowerPoint-agnostic constraints: if video_format is MP4 with H.264 and resolution <= 1920x1080 and length <= 600s and frame_rate <= 60 and audio_codec in AAC/MP3, then compatibility is true. Otherwise, it recommends MP4/H.264 1080p30, AAC audio, 2-pass encoding and provides a conversion plan.
Error & Edge Cases: Missing or malformed inputs trigger explicit flags; unknown formats trigger default recommendations; extremely high resolutions or lengths trigger truncation or segmentation guidance; if external data is unavailable, fall back to safe defaults. Industry/Region & Localization: Aligns with common Windows/macOS PowerPoint requirements and 16:9 presentation norms; uses metric-based units for dimensions, seconds for duration, and kbps for bitrate.
Assumptions & Exclusions: Assumes the video resides locally or accessible via a URL; does not perform actual transcoding or playback testing; excludes non-video media such as GIFs or animated slides.