Why won't YouTube embedded video play from PowerPoint?

[srgaerbaeb45yq45gr]

I have followed the normal process to embed video in PowerPoint 2010 (32 bit), and playback worked without issues a couple of months ago.  Now it does not.  I have completed all of the troubleshooting tips, and reinstalled latest FlashPlayer 32-bit, etc.  When I go to play the embedded video in PPT, the following message appears:

"To play the selected item, you must install a later version of the Adobe Flash Player. To download the Adobe Flash Player, go to the Adobe website."

There does not appear to be any settings changed in browser (IE / Chrome), Windows Media Player, or PowerPoint.

Need a solution.

[avriley81]

Do you know if this method still works for 2010 to insert youtube clips?

[nekozz]

It does.

The only drawback is that it will not auto-play...gotta click to play it in the PPT

[nekozz]

Not sure if links are allowed, but this site had some instructions. The only real diffrence is how you get the developer tab to show.

http://goanimate.com/video-maker-tips/how-to-add-video-to-powerpoint-presentations/

[krisgrotius]

Removing version=3  is no longer working. U should change version=3 in both places into version=2

After that it start working again!

[Guest]

Does that work for other people. I just get "An error occurred".

[avriley81]

It worked for me in PP2010 and Flashplayer 11.8 (beta). Thanks for the

advice! Hope this can just stop changing.

[avriley81]

How did you know to do this?

[krisgrotius]

Just trial and error 🙂

[David_F22]

It is crazy how these things change so quickly and issues appear over and over again. Thank you to this community for your persistence in solving this issue. I am sure I will be back on this forum page in a matter of a few weeks if the past is any indication.

The simple change back to version2 in the embed code worked for me. I am on a 64-bit version of PowerPoint 2010.

[boneclod]

This worked for me too.

[Guest]

I just tried changing to version 2 and it didn't work for me.  Any more ideas?

[Amebia1950]

Please post the code you changed.

[avriley81]

Rather than version=3 it should be version=2 in the two spots of the HTML

code that you use to embed the video into powerpoint.

[Guest]

I just tried it again and changed version 3 to 2 and it worked!  I must have done something wrong when I tried this previously.  Thanks so much for your help everyone!

[tjkhankhow]

Changing the version 3 to version 2 works for me, too.

Thank you all.

[Amebia1950]

Changing to version2 worked for me on different computers and browsers.  Thanks

[nekozz]

If you get stuck on the whole "embed" thing, you can use the developer tab option sited above. It doesn't rely on the embed code, it only looks for the URL or web address of the YouTube video and inserts it.

[albertotanyero]

Modifying the code from version=3 to version=2 in the two spots resolved the issue for us. I assume it is because when you remove the 'version=X' code altogether it defaults to the latest version anyway (which is 3?). Thanks for the trial-and-error tip !

[eoloughlin]

Hi All,

I've been trying all the suggested changes here and nothing seems to work. "version=3", doesn't work, "version=2" doesn't work, and deleting it doesn't work either. I'm using PowerPoint 2013 and have captured embed code using both Firefox and Explorer. Nothing seems to make a difference.

Why is this changed? Who is responsible - Google, Microsoft, or Adobe? I can't think of a reason why anyone would want to stop people embedding YouTube videos into PowerPoint, so I'm assuming that this problem is the unintended consequence a "fix" or "update".

Frustrated!

[Guest]

Don't know who is responsible but the current situation seems to be

2010 Changing to Version=2 works

2013 Nothing works except using the old insert a flash player object

(http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/YouTube.html)

[Prof_Robby_Bobby]

Win 7 Office 2013 (local install not 365) NOTHING is working now. Not the old school Developer embed; not Version=2; not deleting &ampVersion=3; and not any of these combinations whilst adding the often missing http: to the two URLs in the embed code. Nothing. I spent hours fixing old code (re-embedding) in April when the Version=2 fix worked. Now it's stopped. OLDER stuff without the fix is now working, but no new embed is working. C'mon Adobe, MS and Google! WTF? We pay good money for this stuff coz we need to work. Why can't this be fixed?!?!?!?

[danielkathee]

In order to avoid this error, a recommended solution is to embed  downloaded YouTube video in PowerPoint.

I just find a professional YouTube to PowerPoint Converter and a step by step guide on how to  download and convert YouTube to PowerPoint supported format to  successfully embed YouTube in PowerPoint for easy playback.

[C_F_McBlob]

TVC is good stuff. I've used it for about three years now.

[nekozz]

It should be noted that using any program to download a video is against the ToS of YouTube.

"Content is provided to you AS IS. You may access Content for your information and personal use solely as intended through the provided functionality of the Service and as permitted under these Terms of Service. You shall not download any Content unless you see a “download” or similar link displayed by YouTube on the Service for that Content."

I understand why this solution was brought up...but if you are doing this for your "place of employment"...I would be careful.

[kandym33747408]

You may also try this method to embed and play YouTube videos or music in PowerPoint

I just have a try, and find it really works great in insert YouTube video or audio to PPT to successfully play YouTube video or audio in PowerPoint