I’m trying to simply past the share a Youtube link but it does not show present the actual video but a box…
Am I doing something wrong?
AI-generated summary
In a Support thread titled Youtube Embed Not Working Properly, wendellverli reports that pasting a YouTube link only shows a box instead of embedding the video inline. bob_the_tomato suggests checking if the link works and whether the Discourse version is outdated. wendellverli clarifies they want the video to load directly in the post, like an image. renato confirms YouTube oneboxing should work and tests the link https://youtu.be/jKZ3glkUl9o, which embeds correctly elsewhere. Kartoon notes YouTube sometimes disables embedding, especially for music videos, but this isn’t the case here. wendellverli confirms they pasted the link directly, but it still fails on their forum — link to post. They suspect a forum setting issue. Later, wendellverli marks the issue as RESOLVED, having updated settings to allow onebox embedding. TimothyDonaghue reopens the thread seeking details on which settings were changed to fix the issue, as their users are experiencing similar embedding failures.
I want the video to LOAD actually in post (not play). Just like when we post an image link… without having the user to go away from the forum.
Not sure if you would be able to guide.
YouTube oneboxes should work, but to further investigate a potential problem we need the original video link that was posted.
From the description, it looks like it was this video:
Which was correctly oneboxed by just adding https://youtu.be/jKZ3glkUl9o in a line by itself.
If youtube has disabled embedding (which they’ve been increasing A LOT lately, especially for music) that’s usually what shows up in which case nothing you can do about it.
However if it is the video posted above, then obviously not the case here
how do I embed oncebox? Are you just pasting the link? https://youtu.be/jKZ3glkUl9o
I just added: https://youtu.be/jKZ3glkUl9o to the line itself and it worked… not in our forum.
Here is the forum post: Visitando a nova sede da Nikon e Museu - Japão - Nikon - Fotógrafos Online
(is this is something related to adjusting the forum settings to accept such embed? Support )
RESOLVED. I was able to successfuly update the settings to accept onebox embeding links.
Good afternoon, and sorry to re-open a closed post.
A number of my forum users have complained that their YouTube embeds are suffering failures and they cannot load. I suspect a similar problem as yours might occur with my forum.
I do not see the actual solution that you did in your post. Can you please walk me through what settings you changed, and where you changed them, to fix this? Thank you.
Timothy