How to embed a Youtube video in RISE

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)

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 Hajnal,

You'll need to append the following to the source URL of the embed code: ?start=XXX&end=YYY where X and Y represent the start and end of the video in seconds.

Here's an example:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-7UkCgqAYM?start=3600&end=4000" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

The src URL is edited to include the start and end times:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-7UkCgqAYM?start=3600&end=4000

You can check out this Google article for reference.

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.mp4

When 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 Marion

Happy to help, Marion!

Hi Crystal, 

This is a huge help, I got stuck while creating a non-video asset for a school and they were keen on getting the videos embedded instead of links. Till today, I did not know it was possible. Tried this and learned a new thing.

I have a query, can we embed videos that are like saved on a GDrive accessible to the learners, through this method?

Best Wishes.

Hello Divya! I'm glad Crystal's solution helped you.

Yes, you can embed videos from your Google Drive, you'll need to get the iframe embed code and paste it into Rise 360's Multimedia > Embed block.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.