Apple Keynote

Keynote can play QuickTime and MPEG files in a simple embedded window. You can drag and drop the file into the slide or choose Edit > Place > Choose to browse and select the file. Once the file is inserted, you can resize the video window by clicking and dragging any edge, and drag the frame to any location in the slide.

Click the Inspector icon atop the Keynote interface to open the Inspector (Figure 9.23). You can drag the Poster Frame slider to display a different poster frame, control whether the file plays once or repeats continuously, and adjust volume. Note that you'll see the player controls shown on the Inspector control when you're creating the slideshow, but they do not appear in the slideshow. Also, you can't stop video playback in presentation mode without closing the slideshow and reverting back to design mode.

When saving the presentation file, Keynote gives you the option to save the movie files within the presentation, which is very useful when moving the presentation from one computer to another. This worked well in our tests.