Add video and audio

You can add video and audio to a document, then set how it plays.

Note: Video and audio files must be in a format that QuickTime supports on your Mac. If you can’t add or play a video or audio file, try using iMovie, QuickTime Player, or Compressor to convert the file to an MPEG-4 file (with a .m4a filename extension) for audio, or a QuickTime file (with a .mov filename extension) for video.

Add video or audio

Do one of the following:

Click the Play button on the media to play it in the document.

Set video or audio looping and volume

By default, a video or audio file plays one time when you click the Play button . You can have it repeat in a loop, and you can adjust its volume.

  1. Select the video or audio on the page.

  2. In the Format  sidebar, click the Movie or Audio tab.

  3. Do any of the following:

    • Set media to repeat: Click the Repeat pop-up menu, then choose Loop to have the media play until you click it again, or choose Loop Back and Forth to have the media play forward and then backward until you click it again.

      Note: Audio that you recorded in Pages on your iOS device can’t loop back and forth.

    • Adjust the volume: Drag the volume slider.

Replace video or audio

  1. Select the video or audio on the page.

  2. In the Format  sidebar, click the Movie or Audio tab.

  3. Click Replace.

  4. Select a video or audio file, then click Open.

Trim video or audio

  1. Select the video or audio on the page.

  2. In the Format  sidebar, click the Movie or Audio tab.

  3. Click the disclosure triangle next to Edit Movie or Edit Audio, then drag the Trim sliders.

Note: You can’t trim audio that you recorded in Pages on your iOS device.

Change the poster frame for a video

You can choose the frame that’s displayed on a page to represent the video.

  1. Select the video on the page.

  2. In the Format  sidebar, click the Movie tab.

  3. Click the disclosure triangle next to Edit Movie, then drag the Poster Frame slider.

Adjust playback volume

  1. Select the video or audio on the page.

  2. In the Format  sidebar, click the Movie or Audio tab.

  3. Drag the volume slider.

You can set Pages to optimize the format and quality of movies and images that you add to documents.

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