January 3, 2011

YouTube embeds for Apple iPads

(Now there’s a title that would have meant absolutely nothing not too long ago.)

Michael Alexander writes:

For your many readers using Apple iPads, when they click the start button on a video you’ve embedded in Price Tags, they get a blank screen and a dialog saying, “An error occurred. Please try again later.”  (Later never comes.)

The workaround has been to note the title of the video, open a new window or tab to YouTube, and search for that video.

By chance tonight, I discovered a simpler solution. Click on the video title in Price Tags, and a new tab or window will open directly to YouTube, and the video will play perfectly.

So, for YouTube videos, Apple users should click on the video title to view.  And let me know if the same applies for Vimeo embeds.

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