How to Get One Video to Start Automatically After the Other One Has Finished in PowerPoint?

How to get one video to start automatically after the other one has finished in PowerPoint? This tutorial will show you how to get one video, on a PowerPoint slide, to automatically start playing after another video, on the same slide, has finished. You will also learn how to start any videos that you have on a slide automatically. This is ideal for any presentations that are pre-recorded. This means you can have a video presentation in a reception area or email a presentation to a potentional client with the confidicence that the pre-recorded videos won't stop the flow of your masterpiece.

First, you will need two videos. Place them on the same slide in PowerPoint. I used two mp4 videos.

Next, Add a bookmark to the end of the video on the left.

1. Drag the playhead to the end of the video.
2. Click the Playback Tab.
3. Click Add Bookmark.

Note that the bookmark has been added to the video timeline.

Now click on the video you would like to be played when the bookmarked is reached.
(Basically, when the video on the left get's to the bookmark you've added, it will then trigger the playback of the video on the right.)

Once you've selected the video on the right, click Playback then choose Automatically from the Start drop down list.

Now, with the video selected, click Animations - Trigger - On Bookmark - Bookmark 1. Bookmark 1 is the name of the bookmark you want to use as a trigger. Obviously if you've renamed your bookmarks you would use the appropriate name.

Note in the animation pane, click Animations and Animation pane if necessary, the trigger has been created.

Now to test. Press F5 on the keyboard to test. Press the play button on the first video. To save time drag the playhead to just before the bookmark. Voila! Your second video should automatically start to play.