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I am trying to embed a video from youtube directly into my powerpoint presentation. Under the insert tab and video pull down list, I have the option of "video from file" and "video from clipart", but the option of "video from website" is there in the pull down menu but I can't "click" it. The option is "greyed out" please help ty.
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Requirements for online video sites (Youtube, etc.) are as follows:
Flash Player 10+
Windows Media Player 10 or higher
32-bit Office 2010
Does your system meet all of those requirements?
-- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
My issue is similar to the issue posted, but different. I do have the "Insert video from website" enabled, but the embed code is said to be incorrect: "PowerPoint cannot insert a video from this embed code. Verify that the embed code is correct, and then try again."
I followed the Help instructions on how to use this feature, using YouTube as a test, and got the same message. The code has the <iframe> tag, etc. I'm using Office 2010 32-bit, with the newest version of Flash (10.2) on an XP platform.
Any thoughts or solutions?
Downloading Flash 64bit from
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html
DID enable this feature in 64 bit PPT 2010 for us, I should point out we have this only to check out compatibility for clients who refuse to believe they don't need it and would be better with 32bit. Here's the test I give them
Print out the largest excel sheet you ever made for your boss.
Consider how you are going to get it to him / her.
If the answer isn't you need to hire a pick up truck go for 32 bit!
They don't believe me though!
Microsoft® MVP PowerPoint® since 2007.
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Adobe Flash Player 10.2 (code named "Square") does provide 64-bit compatibility.
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/
I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and Office 2010 Professional Plus 64-bit and the version of Adobe Flash Player that is version 10.2 works with the embed HTML video feature in PowerPoint.