# TED videos preview shows just a thumbnail instead of the video itself like youtube

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**Created:** [April 26, 2016, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ted-videos-preview-shows-just-a-thumbnail-instead-of-the-video-itself-like-youtube/43235 "2016-04-26T09:48:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 6:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ted-videos-preview-shows-just-a-thumbnail-instead-of-the-video-itself-like-youtube/43235/8 "2018-09-08T06:28:25Z")

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currently TED videos are becoming one-boxed rather than embedded. is there any trick to embed them?

e.g.:

> **[Don't insist on English!](https://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_ryan_don_t_insist_on_english)**
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> Patricia Ryan is a longtime English teacher who asks a provocative question: Is the world's focus on English preventing the spread of great ideas in other languages? In other words: What if Einstein had to pass the TOEFL? It's a passionate defense of...

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