Documentation

YouTube

Description

The YouTube addon allows you to add a YouTube video to a presentation. It can be done by specifying the video ID or its URL (either full or shortened version).

Properties

The list starts with the common properties, learn more about them by visiting the Modules description section. The other available properties are described below.

Property name Description
ID The video ID which can be obtained from the YouTube website.
URL URL from the YouTube website (.com domain) or shortened version (.be domain, default in YouTube share option). If an ID is set, then this property is ignored!
HTTPS If this option is checked, the Addon embeds the YouTube video over SSL/TLS secure protocol.
Offline message This message will be displayed instead of a video when the Internet connection is offline.

Supported commands

Command name Params Description
show --- Shows the module.
hide --- Hides the module.

CSS classes

Class name Description
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YouTube addon doesn't expose any CSS classes because its internal structure should not be changed (neither via Advanced Connector nor CSS styles).

Posible errors

Error message Description
Video ID seems to be incorrect! This error message suggests that video ID was set incorrectly. For most cases it means that user pasted video URL instead of its ID
Neither a video ID nor a URL has been given! This error message is shown when neither video ID nor URL was set in Addon configuration
URL seems to be incorrect! This error message is shown if Addon wasn't able o extract video ID from URL. Remember that URL has to be from .com or .be domain!
URL seems to be incorrect. It must contain a video ID! It's a common mistake to set a video URL without a video ID. If this is the case, then this error message will be shown

Demo presentation

Demo presentation showing how to use the YouTube addon.