Dispaly Youtube video in RSS

Whooami:

I have no doubt that it worked fine for your sites. As the post I referenced earlier

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/81416?replies=8

demonstrates, however, I am not the only person to have this problem.

I manually added the code from YouTube to a blog post. I added it in the code screen, not using the visual editor. When I checked the post it looked fine in Safari, but the video did not appear in Firefox. I verified that fact myself.

I’m glad adding the code works fine for you; unfortunately that’s not the case for several other people.

As previously stated,

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="https://www.youtube.com/v/f2XQ97XHjVw" height="329" width="400">
<param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/f2XQ97XHjVw"></param>
<param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param></object>

is proper markup. And please note, that is not what youtube tells you to use.

The fact that other people have a problem doesnt make it valid. Ive provided the same code in countless threads and watched this non-problem disappear.

For instance, you latest youtube video would be done like so:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="https://www.youtube.com/v/KsaEciNVmZ0" height="329" width="400">
<param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/KsaEciNVmZ0"></param>
<param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param></object>

Ah. Got it. Thanks!

youre very welcome ?? and i see that you edited your latest post that contains a video. You will be happy to know that I see it just fine in Firefox. ??

Hey–I just tried posting a YouTube video on my other blog Margaret and Zach: Meet a do-not-play list. With visual editor off, I posted this code:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtGF2m102Wg" height="329" width="400">
<param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtGF2m102Wg"></param>
<param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param></object>

The video does NOT appear on Firefox or Safari.

The video does, however, appear in Firefox and Safari–but not my Feedburner-generated RSS Feed–when I use the code YouTube provides:

<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/EtGF2m102Wg"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="https://www.youtube.com/v/EtGF2m102Wg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>

Any idea what gives?

you are not using the proper url for object code in the first example you pasted above:

this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtGF2m102Wg

is not equivalent to this:

https://www.youtube.com/v/EtGF2m102Wg

see this:

https://bigbox.village-idiot.org/

it works just fine when you do it correctly.

Thanks.

youre welcome again ??

Hi!
I’m having some problems using the markup code provided.
I switched to “code only” editor, and added it. The post is:

<p>Blah blah</p>

 <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="https://www.youtube.com/v/ntB0SDfbs2U" width="425" height="350">
  <param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/ntB0SDfbs2U"></param>
  <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param>
 </object>

For what I’ve seen that should be the right way to embed the movie. Unfortunately when I save it, the code of the article becomes:

<p>Blah blah</p>

<p><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="https://www.youtube.com/v/ntB0SDfbs2U" width="425" height="350"></p>
<param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/ntB0SDfbs2U"></param>
<param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param></object></p>

In other words it adds an end paragraph tag that just should not be there. And if I edit the entry to remove the tag, well in the editor it does not appear.
I suppose I’m missing something, but I can’t figure what.
Any idea?

Thanks in advance ??

If you use one of the youtube plugins it will format properly for you instead of just using the embed code. As for the RSS issue, the plugin puts the code into the page, but when it serves up the HTML code it transforms it to the embed code, which does show up in RSS feeds.

Trent

Actually I’m using Viper’s plugin but I would like to embed it manually, so the video would be present in the feed too. I can’t understand why the code is messed, after I save it.

Ok, after some test I found out where the problem is: the code must be put on one single line. If you put it on multiple lines WP will add the tag to create a new paragraph after the first line.

Well, even if in the Feedburner feed the video is present, Google Reader does not show it. And Bloglines neither. I think I can give up, at this point, I’ll add a link to the video…

You may want to take a look at Glenn Slaven’s No Embedder plugin

This plugin will add a noembed section no any embedded content that does not already have one. This is very handy for people reading your site in an RSS reader, as a lot of them don’t display embedded content. By default it will put this message in there:

“There is embedded content here that you cannot see. Please open the post in a web browser to see this”

Additionally, for YouTube and GameVidoes content, it will also display the thumbnail of the video in the noembed section.

Thank you, that will save me to type the link ??

Thanks again!