Does anyone know if it's possible to define which video-frame is used as a preview, using the YouTube IFrame Player API?
When my video is embedded now, it shows a video-frame near the end of my video, while I want it to be one of the first frames.
I don't think that this is possible using the API, but you could display the preview image yourself. This was discussed on following stackoverflow page: YouTube embedded video: set different thumbnail
No. It's not (yet) possible.
But Niels his answer got me inspired.
Actually his referral was about Youtube video's which are already embedded in the document, while the YouTube IFrame Player API embeds the video by javascript after the document has finished loading.
HTML part:
<div id="ytplayer">
<img id="ytThumb" src="http://placehold.it/640x390&text=Play">
</div>
Javascript part:
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#ytThumb').click(function() {
//Embed the youtube player
// Load the IFrame Player API code asynchronously.
var tag = document.createElement('script');
tag.src = "https://www.youtube.com/player_api";
var firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);
});
});
// Replace the 'ytplayer' element with an <iframe> and
// YouTube player after the API code downloads.
function onYouTubeIframeAPIReady() {
var player;
player = new YT.Player('ytplayer', {
height: '390',
width: '640',
videoId: 'M7lc1UVf-VE',
playerVars: {
'autoplay': 1,
'rel': 0
}
});
}
While my container, image and video all have the same dimensions.
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I have changed in theme file to display post output like below but now if am going to add any youtube URL in post text it is not showing video iframe. also, I can not use the_content() function because there is some other issue with that function.
//the_content();
$post_content .= $post->post_content;
echo $post_content;
can anyone help me to show the iframe if I add the youtube video URL in the post and display the iframe in the frontend? I know this is default WordPress functionality but it is not working.
any solution will be fine if there is a jQuery function also fine.
So, if I've understood correctly, that you can add content to a post and it shows in front end but that youtube url does not display correctly in an iframe (so it's an oembed problem) then it might make sense to think about adding the whole embed code from YouTube.
Instead of pasting https://youtu.be/TE66McLMMEw into your content area, you might paste in this instead:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TE66McLMMEw" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
There are ways of using JS, grabbing a YouTube url and dynamically generating an iframe for it using the YouTube Player API (as per the video, or full docs and examples here: https://developers.google.com/youtube/iframe_api_reference ) but honestly, it seems a very complex way to solve the problem. It might be better to try and find a more robust fix that lets you use the_content().
UPDATE: if you cannot use iframe directly
We can use notes from youtube API (and a great regex from this answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8260383/8228720) to generate iframe on the fly. You just need to create a div with id "player" and paste the YT url inside it.
HTML
<div id="player">https://youtube-video-link-goes-here</div>
JS
//Get video url from div
let videoUrl = document.getElementById("player").textContent;
let videoId = youtube_parser(videoUrl);
var tag = document.createElement('script');
//Parse url for video id
function youtube_parser(url){
var regExp = /^.*((youtu.be\/)|(v\/)|(\/u\/\w\/)|(embed\/)|(watch\?))\??v?=?([^#&?]*).*/;
var match = url.match(regExp);
return (match&&match[7].length==11)? match[7] : false;
}
//Dynamically create iframe in the "player" div, adding our video id to it.
tag.src = "https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api";
var firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);
var player;
function onYouTubeIframeAPIReady() {
player = new YT.Player('player', {
height: '390',
width: '640',
videoId: videoId,
playerVars: {
'playsinline': 1
},
});
}
I am curious if it is possible to use this api with embedded videos that are only on Google Drive? I am trying the code below and the player is loading, but I am unable to get it to control the the iframe. Is it just not possible?
<div class="view" id="viewer">
<iframe id="player"
type="text/html"
width="640" height="390"
src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/<?= vidId ?>/preview?enablejsapi=1"
frameborder="0"></iframe>
</div>
<script src="https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api"></script>
<script>
var player;
function onYouTubeIframeAPIReady() {
player = new YT.Player('player', {
events: {
'onReady': onPlayerReady
}
});
}
function onPlayerReady(e) {
console.log('player ready');
}
</script>
If it is not possible with the youtube iframe api, is there anyway with javascript to start and stop videos?
Thanks.
It was a way to control the iframe player google drive but it's don't work since august 2016. Google drive embed NO iframe
Video just play without api control.
When I create an iframe player API using the onYouTubeIframeAPIReady, the link is created with the http protocol
Example:
// 2. This code loads the IFrame Player API code asynchronously.
var tag = document.createElement('script');
tag.src = "https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api";
var firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);
// 3. This function creates an <iframe> (and YouTube player)
// after the API code downloads.
var player;
function onYouTubeIframeAPIReady() {
player = new YT.Player('player', {
width: '560',
height: '600',
videoId: '7j8B_r4OfAw',
events: {
'onReady': onPlayerReady,
'onStateChange': onPlayerStateChange
}
});
}
iframe Result:
<iframe id="player" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="1" title="YouTube video player" width="560" height="600" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7j8B_r4OfAw?enablejsapi=1"></iframe>
Does anyone know how to do the video to be created with the https protocol? Need to install the api on a platform.
Please, suggest!
You can specify https if you create the iframe element directly in your html, rather than using the div which gets replaced later on. You can create the iframe tag dynamically if you need to. Look at the bottom of this section, which spells out how to do it.
Beware — even if you load the player over https, the actual video stream may be served over http. That seems to cause a mixed-mode warning in Chrome, though not other browsers (in my experience last year; it may have since changed). See this official blog post, which explains that the player can be loaded over https but warns that the video still won't necessarily be served that way.
I am using youtube api iframe and just getting going with the sample code. When I issue:
player.loadVideoById("ytidNo1") the proper video starts ("ytidNo1" is a valid youtube id)
Then, say, 10 seconds later, if I issue another:
player.loadVideoById("ytidNo2") the 2nd video starts, but it starts at the point where the last one was playing at (eg 10 seconds in).
This is new behavior in the last day or so and I have not changed my code.
To correct the problem, I tried:
player.loadVideoById("ytidNo1",0)
then
player.loadVideoById("ytidNo2",0)
and issue still happens.
Anyone else have or just starting to have this issue?
I also had the same problem. Playing around I eventually got it to work.
I had to use seekTo(0); (see Jim's comments)
More details about the problem.
If the video actually played to the end I didn't need to do anything.
If the video was skipped part way through I had to call
player.seekTo(0);
on the old video before calling loadVideoByID("ytid", 0); on the next video.
I also had to handle the case where after calling loadVideoByID I got an error. (e.g. 150) If I had an error I could not call seekTo because it would cause the next video to play audio only.
hope this helps
I am trying to reproduce the issue using the official sample::
https://developers.google.com/youtube/iframe_api_reference
after the stop I am selecting another video in the same way, and seems to work well:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<!-- 1. The <iframe> (and video player) will replace this <div> tag. -->
<div id="player"></div>
<script>
// 2. This code loads the IFrame Player API code asynchronously.
var tag = document.createElement('script');
tag.src = "//www.youtube.com/iframe_api";
var firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);
// 3. This function creates an <iframe> (and YouTube player)
// after the API code downloads.
var player;
function onYouTubeIframeAPIReady() {
player = new YT.Player('player', {
height: '390',
width: '640',
videoId: 'u1zgFlCw8Aw',
events: {
'onReady': onPlayerReady,
'onStateChange': onPlayerStateChange
}
});
}
// 4. The API will call this function when the video player is ready.
function onPlayerReady(event) {
event.target.playVideo();
}
// 5. The API calls this function when the player's state changes.
// The function indicates that when playing a video (state=1),
// the player should play for six seconds and then stop.
var done = false;
function onPlayerStateChange(event) {
if (event.data == YT.PlayerState.PLAYING && !done) {
setTimeout(stopVideo, 6000);
done = true;
}
}
function stopVideo() {
player.stopVideo();
player.loadVideoById("tYrND5hMY3A");
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
http://jsfiddle.net/5wxFv/3/
I'm using the Youtube iframe API, and I'm trying to get autoplay and queuing, polling, and start/stop working.
I'm starting with just getting autoplay to work. I've looked at the developer documentation so please don't post another link to that.
I include the API:
var tag = document.createElement('script');
tag.src = "http://www.youtube.com/player_api";
var firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);
but because this is an AJAX request, and the DIV which holds the player isn't in the DOM when the page is loaded, I don't call function onYouTubePlayerAPIReady()
Instead, when the player is to be loaded (which is always long after the DOM has been loaded), I call
var videoID = video.split('=').pop();
var player = new YT.Player('video_holder', {
width: "480",
height: "295",
videoId: videoID,
events: {'onready': onPlayerReady}
});
function onPlayerReady(event) {
event.target.playVideo();
}
This code loads the video, but the video doesn't play. The only error I have in the console is the unsafe JavaScript attempt to access error, which I understand is common for the iframe API.
The event names are case sensitive so change onready to onReady.