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.

[pwillener]

You need the Flash Player ActiveX (Internet Explorer), not the embedded player in Google Chrome.

[srgaerbaeb45yq45gr]

Thanks for the above.  I removed Chrome, installed ActiveX.  Restarted.  The same problem exists - cannot play embedded video in PPT.

Any other suggestions / fixes?

[Guest]

Have a read here:

Video from web - wrong version of Flash

[srgaerbaeb45yq45gr]

That link / info was interesting, but after taking the suggestion per the site, to delete the extra "version3" - it did not work.

The site wasn't guaranteeing it - "Hopefully it will now play!"

Any other ideas?

[Guest]

Did you delete both instances.

Can you post the corrected code?

[srgaerbaeb45yq45gr]

I went back to the embedded video code from YouTube, captured it and pasted it into the "insert video from Web site" and then deleted both "version=3" instances in the code:

<object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/od8cUvPyvsg?hl=en_US&version=3&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/od8cUvPyvsg?hl=en_US&version=3&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

That seemed to do the trick! 

Many thanks for that help.  Not sure what caused prior embedded videos to no longer play - that still is baffling, because I hadn't done anything with the code until today.

Gracias!

[Guest]

It's a new security update that breaks the old code. We now have both a completely free and also a pro (not free but not expensive!) AddIn available from the link on the same page.

[srgaerbaeb45yq45gr]

Thanks!  That helps.  For as many / few of these types of presentations, it is just 1 more simple step to remove the 2 "version=3" components of that code.

[Guest]

OK. This does work, as long as flash is updated... It is a pain especially for PPT files that have worked before and do not now. Is this being addressed at all???

[Guest]

Obviously I have no idea if it's being addressed by Adobe. Our pro AddIn now can fix already embedded You tube video automatically and enable autoplay. While it isn't free it won't exactly break the bank at under $15

The free version will auto fix the code for insertion for you but not fix already embedded video

http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/You_Tube_PowerPoint_Doesn%27t_Play.html

[pwillener]

JSRWilson wrote:

Obviously I have no idea if it's being addressed by Adobe.

If you think this is something that should be addressed by Adobe, open a bug report at https://bugbase.adobe.com/

[dsug32]

Is anyone else still having problems with this?  I haven't had luck with removing 'version=3' from embed code.  Powerpoint gives me this error if I do:

'Windows Media Player cannot play the file. If the file is located on the Internet, connect to the Internet. If the file is located on a removable storage card, insert the storage card.'

I think I have modified the embed code correctly:

<object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/od8cUvPyvsg?hl=en_US&&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/od8cUvPyvsg?hl=en_US&&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

Thanks

[Doctor-James]

Try having only one ampersand after en_US in both instances below.

<object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/od8cUvPyvsg?hl=en_US&amp;rel=0"></param><par am name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/od8cUvPyvsg?hl=en_US&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

[nekozz]

I seem to have the same problem. JSRWilson's fix no longer seems to be working. Any updates?

The old way using 'Developer tab > More Controls > Shockwave Flash Object' works, but autoplay doesn't seem to work in this manner...no way to have a PPT run with timings.

[Margharita_n]

Having the same issue, used old code, deleted version3, added ampersand aftrer en_US, not getting the popup anymore but video won't play automatically or when clicked.

If anyone has been able to resolve this issue, please advise. Thanks!

[avriley81]

see the comment below

[avriley81]

I have been working on Powerpoints over the last few months to get ready for a course I have to start teaching in July.  Previously embedding Youtube videos with the version=3 removed x 2 worked.  I was reviewing all the previously finished presentations that were working at one point and now the Youtube clips no longer show.  Anyone else having this same problem.  I even tried to create a new powerpoint presentation and have the same issue.  It is prompting again to download the latest version of Flash, which I tried again.  What's happening here?

[Margharita_n]

Thanks Avrilley81, it looks like we're experiencing the same issue. Please let me know if you come across a fix. Best regards.

[boneclod]

I'm having the same issue.  I uninstalled every version of Adobe Flash/Shockwave and reinstalled them.  I tried deleting any code after the question mark behind the link to the end of version=3 and it no longer works.  I just did that fix last week and it worked and now it doesn't.

I hope there is some sort of fix soon.

[avriley81]

As do I. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I have tried even at work today

on multiple different computers and same effect. Something must have

changed. What exactly I don't know exactly. How do you go about either

emailing Microsoft or Adobe directly. Both of their support websites could

be improved.

[nekozz]

This was one of the features that Powerpoint 2010 offered. The Delevoper Tab way works...BUT that wasn't what was boasted.

Now that Microsoft has Office 2013 and Office 356, I wonder if they will look into a fix for all 3? I wonder if 2013 has this feature and/or problem? I will bet they don't care if Youtube works, as Bing videos probably will.

[boneclod]

I actually tried this in Outlook 2013 as well and received the same error.

[avriley81]

Is there a developer tab in the 2010 version of Powerpoint? I thought that

was only in 2007. I agree probably something that is not high on their

priority list with making sure Youtube works with their products. No one

seems to know the answer on another fix for the problem.

[nekozz]

I always found that step 4 could happen by putting a checkbox in the Developer spot on the right, but as long as you get the tab.

There are lots of walkthroughs on how to insert Youtube from Developer tab from the 2007 days, so I won't add more here unless needed.