Embed a Vimeo video in a Excel spreadsheet

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How to Embed a Vimeo video in a Excel spreadsheet?

The process I'm following is:

  1. Go to developer tabs and insert a shockwave flash object, from "More Controls"
  2. In the properties of that object, insert the URL in "Movie". For example: https://player.vimeo.com/video/175816011

But this is returning a black rectangle, no video.

Thanks for helping!

Nuno Nogueira

Posted 2016-08-03T10:29:32.070

Reputation: 155

Any specific reason for embedding a video in Excel? – Prasanna – 2016-08-03T12:22:03.593

1That's my business – Nuno Nogueira – 2016-08-04T09:32:06.543

Answers

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The problem is that the URL is not a shockwave flash object. It's a web page that uses JavaScript to play the video. Excel doesn't understand the web page or JavaScript when it's looking for a Flash object.

Digging around the web page source and the JavaScript reveals a URL for a Flash object at https://player.vimeo.com/moog/175816011. Try that URL or https://f.vimeocdn.com/p/flash/moogaloop/6.4.3/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=175816011 with Excel. These two URLs may not work in the future if Vimeo changes the web page.

creidhne

Posted 2016-08-03T10:29:32.070

Reputation: 1 262

Bingo! http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=175816011 is :-) Thank you!

– Nuno Nogueira – 2016-08-04T21:24:27.050

Asked: 2016-08-03T10:29:32.070

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Active: 2016-08-04T12:23:56.923