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Facebook Embeded Videos [Answered] | Forum

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Omari Sep 11 '13

Hi, Facebook video embeds do not show thumbnails. in the video now in the newsfeed

The Forum post is edited by Alia Sep 17 '13

MarkieMark67 Sep 11 '13

Make sure you have Facebook as a safe media content.

Goto Admin/settings/user settings/content input/ at the bottom of the page you will see Rich media settings. Add Facebook to the Allowed resources list.

The Forum post is edited by MarkieMark67 Sep 11 '13

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Alia Sep 12 '13

Omari, currently Oxwall doesn't support embedding videos from FB.

List of supported video providers right now includes:

    const PROVIDER_YOUTUBE = 'youtube';
    const PROVIDER_GOOGLEVIDEO = 'googlevideo';
    const PROVIDER_METACAFE = 'metacafe';
    const PROVIDER_DAILYMOTION = 'dailymotion';
    const PROVIDER_PORNHUB = 'pornhub';
    const PROVIDER_MYSPACE = 'myspace';
    const PROVIDER_VIMEO = 'vimeo';
    const PROVIDER_BLIPTV = 'bliptv';
    const PROVIDER_GUBA = 'guba';
    const PROVIDER_BIGTUBE = 'bigtube';
    const PROVIDER_TNAFLIX = 'tnaflix';
    const PROVIDER_XHAMSTER = 'xhamster';

Our developers will check whether we can support FB embeds.

MarkieMark67 Sep 13 '13

I embed from Facebook all the time. Seems to work fine.

Omari Sep 14 '13

yea facebook works fine all im saying is the thumbnails dont show up in video lists or in the newsfeed

MarkieMark67 Sep 14 '13

Thumbnails show up for me.

Example :
<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/...o_id=163936327095493" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe>

Omari Sep 15 '13

im referring to thumbnails in the newsfeed and thumbnails on the video page, do those work fine as well?

Omari Sep 15 '13

i now saw the comments icons i wonder if its becuz i ahve my newsfeed in my left section

Omari Sep 15 '13

is what ur showing me you addding a video directly from the newsfeed or from the actual videos page?

MarkieMark67 Sep 15 '13

That video I showed was added to my newsfeed directly from facebook.

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Alia Sep 15 '13

Omari, you will not get thumbnails for FB embeds added via "Video" plugin, since as mentioned earlier we don't support them yet.

For the thumbnails to start appearing special code needs to be added. You can check how this is done with other video providers in ow_plugins/video/classes/video_providers.php

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Omari Sep 16 '13

yup im not a coder thats y i brought it up. thx for the feedback guys

@Mark I disabled adding videos directly to newsfeed as my site is responsive althought i probably can re-enable it as im using fluid videos

#12

omer Oct 3 '14

yes working
when add this video/embed?video_id replace video.php?v

but thumbnail not working?

#13

Team

ross Oct 6 '14

Make a suggestion on uservoice

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David Keenan Feb 22 '15

Okay, this is driving me insane, could anyone that actually has got facebook video embedding working please post a proper guide on how to do so as everything I have tried so far has not worked. It sounds as if there is a simple solution but it seems to elude me? Thanks.

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ross Feb 24 '15

David you need to use this iframe:

and just change the video_id to yours.

you can inspect the video in the firebug to get the url of that video and then get the video id from there

The Forum post is edited by ross Feb 24 '15

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David Keenan Mar 4 '15

Finally got back to this, sorry for the delay.

Thanks Ross, I got it working this way but still a bit of a pain for our users rather than just embedding the Facebook code.

Quote from ross David you need to use this iframe:

<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/...o_id=163936327095493" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe>

and just change the video_id to yours.

you can inspect the video in the firebug to get the url of that video and then get the video id from there

#17

David Keenan Mar 4 '15

Hi Thao Le,

Sorry for the delay, just noticed you have updated the plug-in so I will try it and see how it goes.

Thanks for getting back to me.

Quote from Thao Le Please watch this

The features still in development, if you want join the testing, please download it from:
https://code.songphi.org/...lite_v1.1.0-beta.zip

#18

Team

ross Mar 4 '15

Facebook videos does not have embed code. which is why you need to use iframe

Quote from David Keenan Finally got back to this, sorry for the delay.

Thanks Ross, I got it working this way but still a bit of a pain for our users rather than just embedding the Facebook code.

Quote from ross David you need to use this iframe:

<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/...o_id=163936327095493" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe>

and just change the video_id to yours.

you can inspect the video in the firebug to get the url of that video and then get the video id from there

#19

omer Jul 1 '15

i am using embeded iframe facebook video but not starting on mobile its working on desktop but not seeking play button and not working on mobile

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