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How to embed a Youtube video in RISE
Hi - Sorry if this is a basic question.
I know this is doable (I've seen it done in youtube videos), but since the blocks changed in the latest RISE update I'm unable to find any block that allows me to enter web video embed code. Am I missing something?
Would appreciate someone pointing me in the right direction.
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Is it possible to control the start and end times of an embedded video?
Hi Gil,
You can specify the start and end time for a YouTube video.
The video is about cute puppies:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/gpyB54lSpYg?start=10&end=30
Hi Karl,
I see you mentioned it's possible to specify a start and end time for your Youtube video (which is exactly what I'm trying to learn how to do!) Are there specific instructions to follow? It looks like the posts below were deleted. I'm a new user, and trying to learn!
Thanks,
Hajnal
Hi Gil,
I tested the link before I made the post and just tested it again (also tested within a Rise course) and it starts and stops at the correct times. Not sure why it's not working for you?
Ah gosh there's 2 pages of comments. That's why I missed your comment before sorry.
Ok Karl you are amazing! It IS working! I have been all over the net trying to figure out how to do this and everyone had a subtly different version of the parameters that did not work.
But yours totally DOES work! I'm so sorry I thought it wasn't working cos I saw the timeline was longer than 30 seconds and I skipped forward past 30. But when I actually played from 29 to 30 it did pause - and that's good enough for me!
My sincere apologies for my earlier mistakes and THANKYOU! You are a legend!
(I'll delete my previous inaccurate comments so they don't confuse others)I'm also struggling with video embedding in Rise. The video is on our server, not on Youtube, for example.
https://files.odl.org/_vhb_classic/Medienethikverbesserung2022/Alte Videos/10ME1FaceJournalism.mp4When I enter this code into Multimedia/Embed, I get a message telling me to enter a proper URL. Which one would that be??
We then tried it via the iFrame. This way the video is displayed, but now all videos start automatically, which we don't want.
Is there a solution to this?
Hi Marion,
The embed block might be rejecting your video because of the space in your URL. Can you use %20 in lieu of the space and try entering your URL again? So it should be like this:
https://files.odl.org/_vhb_classic/Medienethikverbesserung2022/Alte%20Videos/10ME1FaceJournalism.mp4
I did try this link, but I'm getting an error. I'm guessing the video is not available anymore. In any case, keep this in mind of using %20 for spaces in the URL.
If you are still having issues with your URL in the Embed block, you can reach out to us here, and we'll jump on your case right away.
Hi Christopher, many, many thanks for trying it out and pointing out the space. We are stupid ... oh woe...
Yes, in the meantime we have re-integrated the videos via an iFrame or via videos and they run in the SCORM module. Best regards MarionHappy to help, Marion!
