Add video and audio in Numbers on Mac
You can add video and audio to a spreadsheet, or replace a media placeholder with a video.
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 a QuickTime file (with a .mov filename extension) for video, or an MPEG-4 file (with a .m4a filename extension) for audio.
You can also record audio and add it to your spreadsheet.
Add video or audio
Do one of the following:
Drag a media file from your computer to a media placeholder or anywhere else on the spreadsheet.
To add a video, click
in the toolbar, choose Photos or Videos, then drag a video file to a media placeholder or anywhere else on the spreadsheet.To add audio, click
in the toolbar, choose Music, then drag an audio file to a media placeholder or anywhere else on the spreadsheet.
Click the Play button 
on the media to play it in the spreadsheet.
Add a video from the web
You can add links from YouTube and Vimeo so videos play right in your spreadsheet.
Important: This feature may not be available in all regions.
Click
in the toolbar, then choose Web Video.Type or paste a link to the video, then click Insert.
To play the web video in your spreadsheet, click the Play button
.Note: You must be connected to the internet to play a video from the web.
When you paste supported video links into your spreadsheet, they are inserted as web videos by default. To change this setting, choose Numbers > Settings (from the Numbers menu at the top of your screen), then deselect the checkbox next to “Paste YouTube and Vimeo links as web videos.”
Replace video or audio
Click to select the video or audio on the sheet.
In the Format
sidebar, click the Movie, Audio, or Web Video tab at the top of the sidebar.Click Replace.
Select a video or audio file, then click Open.
If you are replacing a web video, insert a link to a new video, then choose Replace.
Add a video description
You can add a description to videos in your spreadsheet that you added from your device, iCloud, or another service. Video descriptions are read by assistive technology (for example, VoiceOver) when someone uses that technology to access your spreadsheet. Video descriptions aren’t visible anywhere in your spreadsheet.
Click the video to select it, then in the Format
sidebar, click the Movie tab.Click the Description text box, then enter your text.
If you export your spreadsheet as a PDF, video descriptions are still readable by assistive technology. See Export to other file formats in Numbers on Mac.
To add descriptions to an image or drawing, see Add an image description or Add a drawing description. To add a caption to your video, see Add a caption or title to objects in Numbers on Mac.
Add an audio description
You can add a description to any audio in your spreadsheet. Audio descriptions are read by assistive technology when someone uses that technology to access your spreadsheet. Audio descriptions aren’t visible anywhere in your spreadsheet.
Click the audio to select it, then in the Format
sidebar, click the Audio tab.Click the Description text box, then enter your text.
If you export your spreadsheet as a PDF, audio descriptions are still readable by assistive technology. See Export to other file formats in Numbers on Mac.
To add descriptions to an image, drawing, or video, see Add an image description, Add a drawing description, or Add a video description. To add a caption to your video, see Add a caption or title to objects in Numbers on Mac.
You can set Numbers to optimize the format and quality of movies and images that you add to spreadsheets.
To set video or audio looping, adjust playback volume, or make other edits to your media, see Edit video and audio in Numbers on Mac.