Hi, all. I have an issue that is kicking my butt. The code below works beautifully in Firefox and Safari. It opens up a video in a pop up window and only shows the video without Youtube branding. For whatever reason, it doesn't work in IE. You can test it easily by pasting

http://www.youtube.com/v/hhOzGCEUNTg...l=0&autoplay=1

into Firefox and in IE. Try it twice in IE, as it sometimes works the first time then no more afterwards. I believe it's a security setting issue with IE. Also, the finger pointer works in IE but not in Firefox. Ugh!

Here's the code:

<img class="s" src="http://www.my-websitesite.com//images/my-image.gif" width="280" height="196" alt="My alt image" span style="cursor: hand;" a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/hhOzGCEUNTg?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&autop lay=1" onClick="return popitup('http://www.youtube.com/v/hhOzGCEUNTg?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&autop lay=1')">

swfobject was written to get around the security warning and problems with IE

Thanks, Chris. But I've determined that it isn't a code issue but a Youtube URL issue that is causing the problem. For example:

<img class="s" src="http://www.my-websitesite.com//images/my-image.gif" width="280" height="196" alt="My alt image" span style="cursor: hand;" a href="http://youtu.be/hhOzGCEUNTg" onClick="return popitup('http://youtu.be/hhOzGCEUNTg')">

works fine on all browsers, but

<img class="s" src="http://www.my-websitesite.com//images/my-image.gif" width="280" height="196" alt="My alt image" span style="cursor: hand;" a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/hhOzGCEUNTg?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&autop lay=1" onClick="return popitup('http://www.youtube.com/v/hhOzGCEUNTg?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&autop lay=1')">

doesn't work on IE.

Simply copy the URL into your browsers and see what I'm talking about. Maybe IE has a problem with the /v/ folder? I like this code structure and URL because, as opposed to http://youtu.be/hhOzGCEUNTg this URL plays without showing any Youtube branding and ends in a black screen (no additional videos), which is exactly what I want. Any ideas?

Worked fine on IE for me but I have allowed the flash plugin to run.

Thanks, Chris. That's probably the issue. Funny how a simple change in the URL can cause that from one browser to another. The difference between

http://www.youtube.com/v/hhOzGCEUNTg...mp;rel=0&autop lay=1

and

http://youtu.be/hhOzGCEUNTg

Seems weird. Usually it is Firefox that is the browser that gives everyone funky flash related messages. Which version of IE are you trying the content on? The version is always key with IE in my opinion.

I'm using Explorer 8. Try it:

http://www.youtube.com/v/hhOzGCEUNTg...l=0&autoplay=1

Works fine for me in Firefox and Safari but not on IE 8. It pops up a security warning and doesn't play.

http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2...xplorer-9.html

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/i...a-ffd83248eecd

Thanks, Chris. I shortened the URL to:

http://www.youtube.com/v/hhOzGCEUNTg...l=0&autoplay=1

and now it works on all browsers. Guess IE is just fussy.

spoke too soon. ugh! Does anyone know how to take a youtube video and simply have it auto play in a new window, without the webpage in the back (just the actual video)? This works:

http://www.youtube.com/v/xQB-DrVbs08...l=0&autoplay=1

but only on all browsers except for IE, the most popular one! :-(

Which version? If javascript is calling for the new window, and older versions of IE have javascript blocked, there's not much you can do except put in a noscript message telling IE users to enable javascript to view it in a new window. Most newbs using older versions aren't even going to realize it's turned off.

tim

found it!: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=AVFAsN-_tpo

I think there was an obvious reason in helping you with video issue. So, as was written before by chrishirst, you should just make some small changes in the url. You will see how perfect it will help you!

Originally Posted by mixa

I think there was an obvious reason in helping you with video issue. So, as was written before by chrishirst, you should just make some small changes in the url. You will see how perfect it will help you!

And did you miss reading the post above yours from THREE MONTHS AGO that says

Originally Posted by Hans G.

found it!: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=AVFAsN-_tpo