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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.