Youtube Embeds don't work without Flash

[Zelig]

Hey, so youtube works just fine without Flash, as does everything else I use on the internet, except for embedded videos on this forum.

Any chance you could fix this? (Upgrading to 4.5.1+ would fix it, or you can manually hack in a fix to the embedding code, or you can give me admin access and I'll fix it for you.)

 

[Souron]

Youtube requires a Flash player. That means Flash or GNU Gnash. If you're using Gnash, and it doesn't display embedded videos, that's a bug in Gnash.

 

[Zelig]

Youtube requires a Flash player. That means Flash or GNU Gnash. If you're using Gnash, and it doesn't display embedded videos, that's a bug in Gnash.

Youtube works fine without flash using html5, as does embedded youtube in any properly configured install of vbulletin, or any version of vbulletin released within the past couple years.

 

[ainwood]

I think it depends on the actual video. This one works fine on my ipad.


Link to video.

 

[Yoda Power]

I think it depends on the actual video. This one works fine on my ipad.


Link to video.

Doesn't work for me.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Plays on my iPad.

 

[Zelig]

Yes, the iPad browser automatically overwrites the embedded flash code and serves the html5 video if available.

However, this wasn't my concern, the problem is that any desktop browser without Flash won't play embedded videos on this forum.

You can see in this thread (from over three years ago) the proper cross-platform html5 way of doing it.

 

[ls612]

I can confirm that Ainwood's video does not work in Firefox for Android.

 

[ainwood]

or you can give me admin access and I'll fix it for you.)

(not the fix it part, the admin access part).


Anyway....

Does this work for you?
[youtube2]G30MhXmlZGE[/youtube2]

Not sure if it will, but let me know.

 

[Zelig]

Yes, that works wonderfully.

 

[classical_hero]

What is the difference?

 

[Zelig]

 

[Takhisis]

So, od we now have two tags? 'cos bigger videos might be awesome but sometimes the original image is deformed.

 

[Maniacal]

I like having two sizes, not all videos linked need to actually be watched (ie music), and its nice to have a larger size for embedded videos since many of them I just ended up watching on youtube because of the size.

Now if only we could get rid of that "not allowed to be played on certain sites" (ie any other site than their youtube channel) bullcrap.

 

[GinandTonic]

Youtube-old doesn't work on android

 

[Takhisis]

Get a computer!

Does the new youtube work, at least?

 

[GinandTonic]

Standard YouTube tags work. In the 90's bands thread I asked why people were using the youtube-old tags and mise said YouTube tags don't work on his work computer. In the irrelevant questions thread rugby said (words that parsed into tech mean) that some set of YouTube tags are crashing out his iPad.

Two sets of semi-broken YouTube tags doesn't seem ideal.

And sure I can view the threads on the desktop, but playing the what acoustic are you listening to thread is better done in the living room or kitchen with a phone or tablet jacked to the sterio.

 

[Mise]

Does the link at the bottom come up at all? The "Link to video"?

On my phone (Nexus 4; Android 4.2; Chrome Beta) if I click on the [YOUTUBE-OLD] links then it opens up in the YouTube app. Same as if I click on the "Link to Video" link below it.

 

[ainwood]

A stuff-up on my part that I didn't delete the old code when I tested the new one.

I have now removed [youtube-old], with the unfortunate side-effect that where it was working, it no longer does. oops.

 

[Mise]

He's not asking how to use them. He's saying, when other people use them, he can't see them.