A great PowerPoint presentation must have matching MP3 music in the background. A background MP3 music does not only make the PPT presentation more attractive, but also give the viewers a more immersive experience so that they will be more likely to enjoy your presentation and get your idea clearly. Inserting an MP3 to PPT file is not a hard thing to do. You can choose to either insert the MP3 in the Microsoft PowerPoint program itself while editing the PPT file, or use a professional PPT converting program to add a piece of music to the presentation file and then convert it to a more attractive video file. If you want to add a piece of MP3 music to your PPT file but not don’t know how, keep reading this article as we will provide inclusive guides on how to insert a piece of MP3 music with both Microsoft PowerPoint, and with the best PowerPoint to video converter programs. In addition, we will also show you how to play the inserted MP3 after you inserted it. I believe you will be capable to make a better PPT after knowing how to insert MP3 to PPT and how to play the MP3 in PPT. 

Part 1: Insert MP3 to PPT with Microsoft PowerPoint

In case you didn’t know before, Microsoft PowerPoint provides an easy way to insert an MP3 to PPT presentation file as the background music or real time narrative. With the built-in MP3 support, you can make the music play either automatically or on click according to your own actual needs. Adding an MP3 to PPT file is easy. By following the instruction below, I believe you can insert your MP3 audio file to your PPT presentation file within a minute.

Step 1: Open your PowerPoint presentation file or create a new one using Microsoft PowerPoint. Once there is a PPT file opened in Microsoft PowerPoint, land on the first page of the entire presentation project.
Step 2: Click “Insert” in the toolbar, and find “Audio” button on the right. To import an MP3 audio file from your computer, just click on the “Audio” button, then choose “Audio on My PC” from the dropdown menu.
Step 3: Then a pop-out window will appear, from which you can find and select the MP3 audio you want to insert and double click it. Once you do, there will be a little speaker icon showing up on your presentation page, and that’s how you know your MP3 is successfully inserted into your PPT presentation.  

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Part 2: Insert MP3 to PPT with Leawo PPT to Video Pro

Although Microsoft PowerPoint provides native support for the MP3 insert, there are still a lot of limitations and restrictions within that program when it comes to adding background audio files. In order to get more customization options for your MP3 and for the final output media file, it’s suggested that you use a professional PPT to video converter program to add the MP3 to PPT presentation file, and then convert it to a playable video afterwards. By doing so, you will not only have the best performance for your inserted MP3 file, but also have a fully customized and highly compatible presentation file in form of video, which can be accessed and smoothly played on a lot of platforms and devices. In order to do that, what you need is a reliable PPT to video converter program like Leawo PPT to Video Pro. With Leawo PPT to Video Pro, you can freely customize and convert your PPT to a highly compatible video file with your MP3 file inserted in the background, and then share the PowerPoint online or with your friends with no limitations.

As one of the most popular professional PPT to Video converter programs, Leawo PPT to Video Pro has the ability to convert your PPT presentation file to any kind of video file you want. It supports more than 180 video formats for output, and from each of them, you can get the best quality possible. In the converting process, Leawo PPT to Video can keep all of the details and elements in your original PPT presentation no matter how complicated it is. What’s more, Leawo PPT to Video Pro also provides a lot of additional customization options for you to make the video unique and special. You can use Leawo PPT to Video Pro to add your own watermark to the converted video, modify video or audio performances, record your own narration, and of course, insert MP3 audio to the output file.

Another great feature of Leawo PPT to Video Pro is its ease of use. Although there are a lot of practical functions built in, this PPT to video converter can still keep an easy, simple and user-friendly program interface. With the intuitive software design, you can easily convert any of your PPT presentation files to any kind of video with tons of customization options. Of course, adding MP3 audio to the PPT would be also a piece of cake, just like any other customizations in this program. If you want to try using Leawo PPT to Video Pro to add an MP3 to PPT but at the same time you are not sure how to do that, just take a look at the following guide and I’m sure it’ll help.

Step 1: Download, install and then Launch Leawo PPT to Video Pro. After launching, you can import your PPT file by clicking the “Add” button.
Step 2: After your PPT file being imported, you can then click the “Customize” button next to the “Add” button to go to the customization panel, where you can have multiple customization options, including music inserting.

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Step 3: On the customization settings panel, go to “Presentation” tab, then find the “Music” subtab to insert a piece of local MP3 music to the background of your PPT. Once done, click “OK” to confirm.

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Step 3: Going back to the main interface, choose an appropriate output video format from the "Profile" box, then set an output directory in the “Output” box and click the big “Start” button to start the conversion immediately. You can monitor the converting progress and have a preview of your PPT while it’s being converted.

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Part 3: Insert MP3 to PPT with Xilisoft PowerPoint to Video Converter Free

Besides Leawo PPT to Video Pro, another program that can be used to add MP3 to PPT is Xilisoft PowerPoint to Video Converter Free. As a similar product with Leawo PPT to Video Pro, Xilisoft PowerPoint to Video Converter Free can also convert your PPT presentation file to a video file with music inserted. In fact, Xilisoft PowerPoint to Video Converter Free is the free version of another program Xilisoft PowerPoint to Video Converter. Comparing to the original program which not free, Xilisoft PowerPoint to Video Converter Free has fewer functions provided, but can also do the MP3 inserting task just fine. To add an MP3 to PPT file and convert it to a video, just follow the instruction below.

Step 1: Download, install and Launch Xilisoft PowerPoint to Video Converter Free.
Step 2: Click the “Add” icon, which is the first icon in the toolbar to import your source PPT file into this program for conversion.
Step 3: On the right there are several performance settings. The music section is at the bottom. Check the checkbox next to the “Music” to enable music playback in your final media file, and then navigate and select your MP3 file using the directory box for inserting.
Step 4: Finally, set an output directory in the “Destination” box, and then click the “Convert” icon in the toolbar to start converting your PPT file.

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Part 4: How to play the inserted MP3?

In the above parts, we discussed several ways to insert an MP3 to PPT. As you can see, inserting MP3 audio to a PPT presentation file is actually nothing hard. However, according to the different approaches you use to import the audio, the way you play it might be different. Therefore, you might encounter the MP3 playing problem after inserting the MP3 file into your PPT. So, after inserting the MP3 into the PPT, how to play it?

Well, let’s talk about the first scenario first. If your MP3 is imported by Microsoft PowerPoint, then there are some operations you need to do after importing it so that you can let the MP3 play like the way you need it to. When you have successfully added the MP3, select “AUDIO TOOLS” at the top, then choose “Play in Background”. In addition, you also have to make sure that the “Start” parameter is set to “Automatically” so that the music will automatically play instead play on click. Then you better check both the “Play Across Slides” and the “Loop until Stopped” checkboxes, so that the music will keep playing instead of stop in the middle of the presentation. Finally, click the “Volume” button to make sure the volume is not set to zero.

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If your MP3 is inserted by a professional PPT converting program like Leawo PPT to Video Pro, on the other hand, things are going to be a lot easier. Simply use a good video player like Leawo Blu-ray Player to play the video, and make sure the volume is not set to zero, then the MP3 should be successfully played in the background without any problem.