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How to Fix Unable to Play Video: Error 150 on Google Slides
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Published onOctober 25, 2023
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Google Slides has become our go-to presentation suite due to its ease of accessibility across devices, but when playing embedded videos, a few users reportedError 150. As per reports, Google is aware of the problem and hasn’t yet released a fix.
But it doesn’t mean that the error can’t be fixed. Many, including us, were able to play videos that earlier showedUnable to play video. Error: 150in Google Slides.
What is error 150 on Google Slides?
Error 150 in Google Slides affects embedded videos when there are copyright issues or the creator doesn’t allow embedding. The error code may show up for one or more videos but doesn’t necessarily affect all.
Since it’s rather new, there’s not much information available for the error message.
How do I fix Unable to Play Video: Error 150 on Google Slides?
Before we start with the slightly complex solutions, try these quick ones first:
If none work, head to the fixes listed next.
1. Change the video settings
If you published the video throwingError 150in Google Slides on YouTube, changing the video settings will do the trick! You just need to allow embedding.
To enable video embedding, open your YouTube account > click the profile icon near the top-right corner > chooseYouTube Studio> selectContentfrom the left pane > click on the problematic video > scroll down and tick the checkbox forAllow embedding.
2. Set permissions to Unrestricted YouTube access
3. Clear the browsing data
If it’s the corrupt cache and cookies to blame, deleting them will do the trick! Clearing the browsing data also helps whenGoogle Docs won’t print.
4. Add the video from Google Drive
Error 150in Google Slides only affects YouTube videos, not those uploaded through Google Drive. So, all you need to do is upload the video to your Google Drive account and then embed it into the presentation.
To add videos to Slides from Google Drive > upload the video to Google Drive > click onInsertin Google Slides > selectVideofrom the flyout menu > go toGoogle Drive> choose the video you want to embed.
5. Open the video directly on YouTube (workaround)
If the problem remains unresolved,Google suggests a workaroundwhere you should directly open the non-embeddable videos on YouTube.
This works across video formats and is the best way to go until Google releases a fix forError 150on a Google Slides video.
What’s the maximum limit on Google Slides?
Though there’s no absolute restriction on the number of slides, you can create slideshows up to 100 MB in Google Slides. While importing PPTX files, the limit is 300 MB (increased from the previous 100 MB).
After understanding the meaning of Error 150 in Google Slides and solutions/workarounds, you should be able to embed most, if not all, of the videos that previously threw the error.
In case you are an avid user of the suite, learn how toadd borders in Docs. Besides, if thetoolbar is missing in Google Docs, use the keyboard shortcut or modify permissions.
For any queries or to share which fix worked for you, drop a comment below.
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Kazim Ali Alvi
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Kazim has always been fond of technology, be it scrolling through the settings on his iPhone, Android device, or Windows PC. He’s specialized in hardware devices, always ready to remove a screw or two to find out the real cause of a problem.
Long-time Windows user, Kazim is ready to provide a solution for your every software & hardware error on Windows 11, Windows 10 and any previous iteration. He’s also one of our experts in Networking & Security.
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