Youtube video embedding.

Started by Sprintex, May 19, 2015, 07:54:16 AM

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Sprintex

Dear All,

We are aware that Youtube videos are not embedding properly in posts resulting in a default 'Device Support' message sometimes appearing instead.

This is due to Youtube upgrading their site and discontinuing an older version on 20th April 2015, and at the moment it is unclear whether something in the forum coding needs changing or whether it is down to user software/hardware. Needless to say Tank is aware of this and talking to our forum techie :thumbsup:


Paul

railsquid

Thanks, I was beginning to wonder if it was a problem at my end.

Bealman

That's what the doctor who is going to do a colonoscopy on me next month told me  :D :uneasy:
Vision over visibility. Bono, U2.

railsquid

The colonoscope embeds Youtube videos?  :goggleeyes: :hmmm:

Bealman

Not at my end, I hope.

I've just hijacked a serious tech forum thread. Sorry! I'm over it, folks, and Tank is onto it, as Sprintex says.  :thumbsup:
Vision over visibility. Bono, U2.

Caz

One thing that can help is that when Youtube offer you a link to use for embedding if often starts with "https", if after pasting the link you remove the "s" the link should embed and display.   ;)
Caz
layout here
Claywell, High Hackton & Bampney Intro
Hackton info
Bampney info

Sprintex

Doesn't work with the new coding Caz, tried it with Chris' video of George Street and also one of my own videos, still get the 'Device Support' default video from Youtube ;)


Paul

Caz

I've just altered "Brightons" new video and it worked fine, strange.
Caz
layout here
Claywell, High Hackton & Bampney Intro
Hackton info
Bampney info

thebrighton

Quote from: Caz on May 19, 2015, 09:29:54 PM
I've just altered "Brightons" new video and it worked fine, strange.

Interesting that getting rid of the 's' works here, on a certain other forum that may be a web of RM even deleting the 's' doesn't work. They've numerous suggestions to get round it but none seem to work.
At least it's simple here :thumbsup:
Gareth

Newportnobby


Quote from: Caz on May 19, 2015, 09:29:54 PM
I've just altered "Brightons" new video and it worked fine, strange.

I think it's a UK only thing, Caz.

Quote from: thebrighton on May 19, 2015, 09:44:58 PM

At least it's simple here :thumbsup:
Gareth

Just as well for me :-[

railsquid

#10
I'm pretty sure the video displayed after posting, but when accessing the post later the 'Device Support' message displayed. Definitely something wonky somewhere. Trying again... Hmm, when previewing the post the video is visible and plays, but after finally submitting it, it reverts to 'Device Support'.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKY3scPIMd8#ws

Tdm

I put a YouTube video link in yesterday's post "Playing better snooker" and that came up fine by just "Copy & Pasting" the link address, and just checked again now and it still looks and plays O.K. here in Tenerife. Never had the error message referred to.

cjdodd

#12
Under your YouTube video is a button called 'Share' click that and it will give you a URL that looks something like this


https://youtu.be/ld_TVR0M-Rs

Drop the S from the https:// so that it's http


http://youtu.be/ld_TVR0M-Rs

That's what I've done on my videos and they all seem to be working.


railsquid

Any chance of a more N gauge-related video?

cjdodd

Lol I wasn't expecting you to actually click it. More fool me.

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