PowerPoint 2010 will play mp4 on a PC but only if:

EITHER It is on Windows 8
OR Quicktime is installed

My good friend Troy Chollar has published a compatability chart which you might find useful

http://www.thepowerpointblog.com/wil...ay-this-video/

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