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Exported ePUB: Embedded Youtube or Vimeo video disappears

New Here ,
Jan 05, 2018 Jan 05, 2018

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Hi people!

I recently discovered the awesome features of Digital Publishing in Indesign.
What I am trying to do is make a portfolio with several pages in which youtube video's are embedded.
But when I export the .epub the video's disappear.

How I do it:

I paste the embed youtube link onto the page, a grey square appears, and after a view seconds the video appears, i reposition the frame. When I preview the page, I can play the youtube video, everything works fine. But when I export it to .epub and open it and go to the same page, the youtube video is there for a fraction of a second and then disappears. There is no animation attached to the frame of the video or anything. Also tried it with a vimeo video but that actually doesn't even show a fraction, the frame simply doesn't show up in the exported .epub.

Does anybody have suggestion or can tell me if I do anything wrong?

I hope you can help me! Thank you!

Rik


This is the embed code I use:

<iframe width=“1034” height=“584” src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p_XLdBsw-Ws" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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Community Expert ,
Jan 05, 2018 Jan 05, 2018

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That link is forcing a full screen video. Get the regular embed code from youtube and I’m pretty sure that will fix your problem.

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Community Expert ,
Jan 05, 2018 Jan 05, 2018

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Moving to InDesign EPUB forum

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New Here ,
Jan 05, 2018 Jan 05, 2018

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I removed allowfullscreen from the code but the video still disappears after exporting it again.
When I publish it online it works correctly, but I need to upload the file to blackboard so I am aiming to use an .epub

I just checked the file in Calibre and there the video's work. Could it be a problem within iBook?

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Jan 05, 2018 Jan 05, 2018

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Could be a security setting. Are you checking is on a Mac or an iPad?

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New Here ,
Jan 06, 2018 Jan 06, 2018

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I am checking it on a MacBook Pro.
Could you clarify if the security setting is activated within the .epub export settings or within iBook?
And thank you for thinking along so far, much appreciated!

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Jan 06, 2018 Jan 06, 2018

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I just seem to remember an issue like this in the past with Mac security. Do you have an iPad to test it on?

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New Here ,
Jan 06, 2018 Jan 06, 2018

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Unfortunatly not, I just did a test on my iPhone and the same problem occurs. thumbnail shows the video frame but when opened it disappears.

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Community Expert ,
Jan 06, 2018 Jan 06, 2018

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Does it happen with all EPUBs?

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Community Expert ,
Jan 06, 2018 Jan 06, 2018

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I just tested this here and all I can say is that something’s changed along the way because I can confirm the behavior.

I’ll see what I can find out about it.

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New Here ,
Jan 06, 2018 Jan 06, 2018

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That would be great! I've tested it with .epub samples from the internet and they work but they all contain video's which are included in the epub itself. It caused my file to become 3GB, that is why I prefer to use hyperlinked video's to keep the file-size down to a minimum.

Thanks again! Curious to see what you'll return with.

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New Here ,
Jan 13, 2018 Jan 13, 2018

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Hi Bob,

Any new updates?

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Jan 13, 2018 Jan 13, 2018

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Nothing. I'll update this thread if I do find anything.

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New Here ,
Mar 26, 2018 Mar 26, 2018

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Hey Bob,

Any updates here?

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Community Expert ,
Mar 26, 2018 Mar 26, 2018

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No, and I don't think anything will change. It appears to be intentional on the part of Apple not to allow anything to run inside an iframe.

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New Here ,
Mar 26, 2018 Mar 26, 2018

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Oh i see. Can we add web overlays like DPS to EPUB files?

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Mar 26, 2018 Mar 26, 2018

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Not in any way I know of.

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Participant ,
Apr 03, 2018 Apr 03, 2018

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Hi,

I send you some tips to work with streaming video. This works better with epub reflowable

You can export an epub 3 from InDesign, after edit it in Sigil, for example

Pay attention - this works better from server without https://, then you can upload the video to your own server

1 - HTML code - place this code where I can view the video. Change the src to your URL
<video controls="controls" poster="file.jpg">

<source src="http://www.dualpixel.com.br/dualpixel/video/epub3_sumario.m4v" type="video/mp4">

</video>

2 - Content.opf - Edit the video item in content.opf and change the href for the same URL

<item id="video" href="http://www.dualpixel.com.br/dualpixel/video/epub3_sumario.m4v" media-type="video/mp4" />

3 - Content.opf - Edit the html item that recieve the tag video and apply the properties=”remote-resources”

<item id="cap1" href="capitulo1.html" properties=”remote-resources” media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />

I believe that from youtube wont works, but you can try.

Regards

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Explorer ,
Dec 21, 2022 Dec 21, 2022

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Your suggested solution seems to remedy all epubcheck errors. However, when the epub opened it says "invalid Source" and it does not play. Do I need to add something else to make it work? Thank you

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Dec 21, 2022 Dec 21, 2022

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Epubcheck is not an absolute indicator that an EPUB is perfectly functional; it merely validates the code and structure of the file. As I keep noting, multimedia is largely outside EPUB specs, and presentation/playback is highly dependent on the EPUB reader in play.

 

Think of it this way: a mechanic can "blueprint" a car from end to end, to better than original condition in every way... and it will still drive like crap on a rutted, washboard road.

 


╟ Word & InDesign to Kindle & EPUB: a Guide to Pro Results (Amazon) ╢

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