YouTube embeds not working properly
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Importing from YouTube not working properly. One gets the URL INSTEAD of the embed. BTW, the URL does work, but, one wants the embed.
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Maybe I didn’t explain correctly: I am adding media from a URL link with YouTube. I am running Win 8 64 bit with Google Chrome. I appreciate any help.
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Here is a test post I made:
The first video was embeded by copying and pasting the youtube embed code. In this case:
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/kYtGl1dX5qI?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>The second was embeded by simply pasting in the youtube URL for the video:
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Win 8 64 bit
Google Chrome
Win IEI tried working with both browsers and your 2nd example in your last post. Same results. There has been a fundamental change. When you copied the URL on a YouTube video, went to the VISUAL EDITOR, clicked BY URL, etc. you would get an embed that appears as a URL in the editor but on the blog you would get a JPG from the video and the option to play the video FROM THE WEBPage. [Not the link] I found this example from May 31, 2013:
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my link doesn’t appear in my last response:
http://goodolewoody.me/2013/05/31/im-a-believer-shrek-music-video/
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So it appears that the issue is that your Youtube links are hyperlinked rather than just pasted in. If you link them, the system thinks it is supposed to be a link and not an embed. When placing them, in the visual editor, just paste in the URL and don’t set it up as a link.
Here is a support document “troubleshooting” section that talks about it:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/#troubleshooting
Please let me know if you have further questions or if anything is unclear.
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Using the shortcode worked. T H A N K S for your patience in helping me find a solution to this vexing problem. :)
Please pass this along to the programmers: Using the ADD MEDIA IN VISUAL EDITOR and choosing BY URL NO LONGER results in an AUTOMATIC EMBEDDED SHORTCODE WHICH INCLUDES REMOVING THE HYPERLINK. e.g., YouTube.
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Happy to help.
Let me know if there is anything else I can do for you. Otherwise, thanks for using WordPress.com.
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