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Hi,
I've been working with hundreds of presentations using YouTube videos and had no trouble with ads till now (8/5/24).
I have a Premium YouTube account and have spoken with tech support at YouTube and Microsoft. The problem remains unresolved.
Help!
Alyson
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Paul,
That is exactly my experience as well.
I've never had a problem until last week when I started to review my PowerPoints from last semester for the upcoming fall semester. I was shocked and dismayed that all the work I put into my presentations has to be redone.
I teach college writing at a music school and always play music at the beginning of class and during our writing sessions.
Today I tried using PowerPoint online but it's not really comparable in terms of functionality. The ads don't play but the videos don't play automatically either. You have to click on the play button. It seems they are playing in YouTube because once they're over you have to exit the presentation and restart it.
Now I'm downloading music so I don't have to deal with the problem then inserting from my drive. Problem then is there's no thumbnail image.
What a mess!
Good luck!
Alyson
It is frustrating - all devices are Windows.
I experienced the change approx 2 weeks ago. Prior to that I had no issues. I was able to play a Youtube video (Premium Subscription) in powerpoint and play them with no ads. Now - the ads are playing at the commencement of playing the Youtube video whilst in presentation mode.
I will add that I can play the Youtube videos whilst on the Youtube site without any ads. It works perfectly fine
Thanks for the note Paul.
I've heard in this thread that maybe the ads don't play on a Mac. I can borrow a Mac from a friend and will try that.
Also, it seems that ads don't show up on PowerPoint online. The problem is they won't play automatically. You have to click on them to play and once they're done you can't move on to the next slide unless you exit the slide show and go into normal view to advance the presentation. PowerPoint online have very limited functionality.
Oh my! I get some consolation in that I'm not the only one dealing with this problem.
Onward,
Alyson
Same issue on my side and still not sorted out.
Interestingly - I have played the PPT presentation on 2 laptops and 1 PC. It worked without any issues on the laptop where there I don't have a cloud service subscription for NCE 365. It is my personal laptop. Whereas the other 2 devices are company devices (2 different companies) which are presenting the same issue.
On the two company issues that are presenting the issue, one is setup with an Administrator and User Account and the other one has Administrator and 2 Window User Accounts. My personal one only has a user account.
Not sure what else to try.
Hi,
Unfortunately I don’t have access to a Mac.
Will consider talking to my school tech team to see if I can get one.
Meanwhile, I have to revamp my presentations.
Thanks for your input.
Alyson