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
Thanks, I was beginning to wonder if it was a problem at my end.
That's what the doctor who is going to do a colonoscopy on me next month told me :D :uneasy:
The colonoscope embeds Youtube videos? :goggleeyes: :hmmm:
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:
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. ;)
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
I've just altered "Brightons" new video and it worked fine, strange.
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
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 :-[
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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKY3scPIMd8#ws)
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.
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 (https://youtu.be/ld_TVR0M-Rs)
Drop the S from the https:// so that it's http
http://youtu.be/ld_TVR0M-Rs (http://youtu.be/ld_TVR0M-Rs)
That's what I've done on my videos and they all seem to be working.
Any chance of a more N gauge-related video?
Lol I wasn't expecting you to actually click it. More fool me.
All that cutting out reminded me (not that I wanted reminding) of my Biopsy a couple of weeks ago - don't think that was filmed though thank goodness.
Sorry i forgot if you paste a URL it automatically hyperlinks and embeds it. I've changed it now :goggleeyes:
I just picked one at random, note to self, check links before posting LOL.
Quote from: cjdodd on May 20, 2015, 10:06:16 AM
Lol I wasn't expecting you to actually click it. More fool me.
I didn't click it, it was staring me in the face when I read the thread.
It should be fixed now folks. :thumbsup:
Many thanks to @emanuele (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=2017) . :thankyousign:
Ahem @Tank (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=2) ;)
http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=27852.0;topicseen (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=27852.0;topicseen)
Paul
Don't know if it helps but I fixed Chris' video in "George Street II" by using the 'share' link that has the address "http://youtu.be/..." rather than pasting the usual "http://www.youtube.com/..." link.
Paul
Another example:-
http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=27955.0 (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=27955.0)
Paul
I found that whereas I used to remove the 's' from https, I now just leave the 's' in and the vids embed just fine :confused1:
I just use the 3 legged link icon and click copy link. Seem to work OK.
http://youtu.be/QI9jeGnY5sA (http://youtu.be/QI9jeGnY5sA)
That is a way around the problem Malc, but copying and pasting the page address used to work fine too until Youtube decided to 'male chicken' (changed by forum) it up ;)
Paul
God knows why they messed about with it. If it isn't broken, don't fix it.
I've been having success by using the last part of the gobbledegook (GVuLwayXX) bit, not the bit immediately after /watch/UK etc but the later goobledegook and then altering the url to start with http://youtu.be/ (http://youtu.be/)
So what was https://www.youtube.com/watch (https://www.youtube.com/watch) etc etc just becomes http://youtu.be/GVulwayXX (http://youtu.be/GVulwayXX) etc
The answer seems to be DON'T copy and paste the url at the top of your browser but click on the "Share" button to get a correct URL.
And when copying the "youtu.be" link from the "share" button on the original YouTube page for the video, remember to remove the "s" from "https":
(with "https" - no preview, just a link)
https://youtu.be/xMKtL3DCNu4 (https://youtu.be/xMKtL3DCNu4)
(with "http" - video preview)
http://youtu.be/xMKtL3DCNu4 (http://youtu.be/xMKtL3DCNu4)