You Tube Videos not showing in Forums Posts

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hello all.   I have been struggling with some issues viewing the forums and API docs lately.  Now I am seeing something else weird.

However, rather than pollute my original thread, I’m starting a new one.

Issue

I often make and post YouTube videos to forums as part of my answers.  In the past, these videos showed up as embedded objects and were playable in the post.  

Lately, I have been able to post new videos, but they show up as blank spaces in the post.

Ex: This link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9-VtxGK2iE&feature=youtu.be&hd=1

Produces this blank space: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9-VtxGK2iE&feature=youtu.be&hd=1

Additionally, I’ve visited OLD posts with videos and they are all dead:

https://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/54371-transition-to-loop/#entry282630

Oddly, vides in the Blog are working:

https://coronalabs.com/blog/coronageek/corona-geek-138/ 

Request

If you’re still reading, please post back and tell me:

  1. Are you  seeing the video above and/or seeing the video in the old post?

  2. Do you see something wrong with my links?  (I hope not, because then I’ll  have to hunt down all my old posts and fix them too).

  3. Are you seeing the same issue? i.e. No videos in Forums posts.

#2

It is worth noting, I quite recently moved all of my videos into playlists.  I will experiment with a video not in a play list and see if that makes a difference.

#3

Test ‘public’ video, not in playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPhlArO89oY&feature=youtu.be&hd=1

Bugger… now I just get a link, well that is better than a blank spot.

#4

Extracted link from Blog post link above:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOIbb71NNuw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOIbb71NNuw

#5

(I’m in the South West), but…

I did try one of the links you provided, with Chrome, and saw a big blank space as well.

I switched over to Internet Explorer, and saw the same thing, but a the bottom of my browser window, I saw a message saying “Only secure content is displayed”, and a button “Show All Content”.

When I clicked on that button, the page reloaded and there were the YouTube inserts.

I guess Chrome and IE are considering these insecure.  I havent had the opportunity to look into it, but there must be a way to modify settings in Chrome to allow Youtube streams.

–John

#6

Thanks so much for the feedback!  This points me in the right direction I think.

Recently I’ve noticed chrome printing a message to this effect in the lower left moments before connecting:

“establishing secure connection…”

I try to be aware of my computer’s and apps’ normal vs new behavior, and seeing this recently has bugged me.

Now I have to dig into whether this is something new in Chrome or in Avast (my virus scanner).  

Thanks for the feedback and testing on your end.

#7

Thanks again John.  Here is the solution for Chrome users:

  1. For individual pages, follow directions here: 

http://superuser.com/questions/487748/how-to-allow-chrome-browser-to-load-insecure-content

  1. To make this work (less secure) all the time, add this to the chrome launch: 

    –allow-running-insecure-content

#8

Glad I could help.  

#9

It is worth noting, I quite recently moved all of my videos into playlists.  I will experiment with a video not in a play list and see if that makes a difference.

#10

Test ‘public’ video, not in playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPhlArO89oY&feature=youtu.be&hd=1

Bugger… now I just get a link, well that is better than a blank spot.

#11

Extracted link from Blog post link above:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOIbb71NNuw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOIbb71NNuw

#12

(I’m in the South West), but…

I did try one of the links you provided, with Chrome, and saw a big blank space as well.

I switched over to Internet Explorer, and saw the same thing, but a the bottom of my browser window, I saw a message saying “Only secure content is displayed”, and a button “Show All Content”.

When I clicked on that button, the page reloaded and there were the YouTube inserts.

I guess Chrome and IE are considering these insecure.  I havent had the opportunity to look into it, but there must be a way to modify settings in Chrome to allow Youtube streams.

–John

#13

Thanks so much for the feedback!  This points me in the right direction I think.

Recently I’ve noticed chrome printing a message to this effect in the lower left moments before connecting:

“establishing secure connection…”

I try to be aware of my computer’s and apps’ normal vs new behavior, and seeing this recently has bugged me.

Now I have to dig into whether this is something new in Chrome or in Avast (my virus scanner).  

Thanks for the feedback and testing on your end.

#14

Thanks again John.  Here is the solution for Chrome users:

  1. For individual pages, follow directions here: 

http://superuser.com/questions/487748/how-to-allow-chrome-browser-to-load-insecure-content

  1. To make this work (less secure) all the time, add this to the chrome launch: 

    –allow-running-insecure-content

#15

Glad I could help.