powerpoint 2010 embedded video, needs latest flash player

[93zew2lu]

Powerpoint 2010 requires me to download the latest flash player in order to play embedded videos from youtube, however I've installed it already and I continue to see the error message and the video won't play. Does anyone have any ideas as to how I might solve this?

[pwillener]

Assuming that you are on Windows, did you install the Flash Player ActiveX or plugin?

[93zew2lu]

plugin, since it was the link that the error message led to

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?locale=409&geoid=f4&version=12.0.7601.17514&userlocale=409

[pwillener]

I'm not sure what Powerpoint uses; I suggest that you also install the ActiveX (for Internet Explorer) from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/

[93zew2lu]

Tried that, unfortunately the error message popped up again and the videos still won't play.

[pwillener]

See if anything in here helps: http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/powerpoint-help/play-an-adobe-macromedia-flash-animation-in-a-pre...

[Tweetie123456789]

This link will show you have to fix that problem.

http://craigstechblog.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/embedding-videos-in-powerpoint-2010/

[Guest]

I've tried the latest suggestion at the craigstechblog link and this will no longer work either.  Has anyone had any success getting a YouTube video to play in PowerPoint 2010?

[pwillener]

Someone in a different topic claimed to have gotten it to work by replacing version=3 with version=2