Video Embedding

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  zeinkhleif · Member · Mar 3, 2017 at 11:44 pm

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  Hello,

  I’ve been trying (for months) to embed videos into my blog posts, but whenever I try to, the same (incorrect) video ends up coming up, regardless of which video I try to embed.

  I’ve tried every method I can think of to embed the videos. Using the button provided by wordpress, going through YouTube and copying the embedded code, and inserting [youtube_sc url=“LINK HERE’ width=’560′] into my article on WordPress.

  In each one of these scenarios, the YouTube video ‘Youtube Captions and Subtitles’ ends up being embedded.

  Has anyone else had this absolutely bizarre problem!?

  Thanks,

  ZK

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  timethief · Member · Mar 3, 2017 at 11:54 pm

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  Have you exhausted your free media space allocation?
  Check here http://politicsandaestheticsofhollywood.wordpress.com/wp-admin/upload.php

  See here https://en.support.wordpress.com/space-upgrade/
  WordPress.com Premium https://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/ includes another 10 GB of extra storage, for a total of 13 GB.
  WordPress.com Business https://store.wordpress.com/plans/business/ includes unlimited storage space.

  If you have not exhausted it then what is the source of the image embed?

  re: embedding videos
  The video embeds in posts and pages that WordPress.com supports for all of our blogs – no upgrade required are found here.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/

  Accepted Filetypes are here https://en.support.wordpress.com/accepted-filetypes/#video

  Video shortcodes are here http://en.support.wordpress.com/shortcodes/#video

  Full instructions for adding and playing your own videos can be found on the VideoPress support page. http://support.wordpress.com/videopress/

  VideoPress is included with the WordPress.com Premium and WordPress.com Business plans.

  As a workaround, keep in mind that you can also upload your media to another service like youtube videos and insert it into your posts from there.

  For youtube embedding into wordpress.COM blogs see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/

  For using the shortcode see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/#embedding-with-a-shortcode

  For troubleshooting see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/#troubleshooting

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  timethief · Member · Mar 3, 2017 at 11:57 pm

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  If this is not a case of exhausting your free media space allocation, and the source of the video is a supported one, type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for a Staff follow-up. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Also subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.