Blogger Import NOT importing Embedded Audio/Video Content

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  gucci74 · Member · Jun 24, 2013 at 2:20 pm

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  I’m trying to import 5000+ posts into WordPress from Blogger, using the standard Blogger import tool, but all embed audio/video content (YouTube, Soundcloud, Vimeo, datPiff, etc.) is not getting imported.

  Is there a way to turn off the filtering of this content?

  Thanks

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Jun 24, 2013 at 5:16 pm

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  I’ll tag this thread for Staff assistance. Please subscribe to the thread so you are notified when they respond and please be patient while waiting.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 24, 2013 at 5:51 pm

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  Don’t be surprised if SOME of the embeds work, like YouTUbe and Soundcloud, but not all of them do.

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  gucci74 · Member · Jun 25, 2013 at 4:17 pm

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  Thanks for the replies.

  Yes, some of the YouTube embeds work but a majority of the embedded content did not transfer.

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jun 26, 2013 at 8:09 pm

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  Hi there, would you mind showing me two or three examples of posts where the embeds did not work after importing – the Blogger post link, and its WordPress.com post equivalent?

  Thanks!

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  gucci74 · Member · Jun 26, 2013 at 9:28 pm

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  Here are some examples of the content not transferring:

  http://www.flytimesdaily.com/2013/06/mixtape-machine-gun-kelly-black-flag.html
  http://www.flytimesdaily.com/2013/06/wale-ft-yg-dom-kennedy-hella.html
  http://www.flytimesdaily.com/2013/06/future-sht.html

  and here are the corresponding imported posts without the content:
  https://flytimestx.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/mixtape-machine-gun-kelly-black-flag/
  https://flytimestx.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/wale-ft-yg-dom-kennedy-hella/
  https://flytimestx.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/future-sht/

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jun 27, 2013 at 2:18 pm

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  Thanks for the links. It looks like those players all use iframe code, which is being stripped out on import, since iframes are generally a type of code we don’t allow. They also appear to be using different audio services, which would make it tricky for us to help you transfer them over to one of our widgets automatically.

  Still, I will ask our developers if there’s anything we might be able to do at our end to help. Do you have any idea approximately how many audio players you have on the site?

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jun 28, 2013 at 11:44 am

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  One of our developers has had a look at this and unfortunately there is no simple way to get all your original audio players transferred over – it’ll need to be a manual process. We do have a SoundCloud audio player shortcode you can use for the SoundCloud ones, and you may want to look at our Space Upgrade, which would allow you to upload your own audio files and create your own audio players for them.

  We will look into being better able to import SoundCloud players some time in the future and apologize for the inconvenience in the meantime.