How can I embed a Youtube video in an email
Hi! I would like to embed a Youtube video in an e-mail so the receiver would be able to play it directly from the mail. All I got when inserting the embed code as HTMl is a blank square pointing me to the Youtube site, which is something I don't want.
Is there a way to do this with Youtube videos?
Thank you!
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I guess the smiley is why you stuff got truncated.
What should I do about Javascript to make this work?
Not use Thunderbird, or email really. The iFrame is not supported in most mail clients either.
See https://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/email-marketing/2019/01/do-iframes-work-in-email/
Thunderbird will allow you to embed video using this method https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_video_autoplay.asp
But again support across mail clients on phone etc will be spotty. While mail is HTML, it is a good idea to check on support for many elements with folks like campaign monitor as they make a living sending email advertising. So they tend to be cross client experts in what works and what does not.
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it looks like your using JavaScript. Thunderbird does not execute JavaScript in emails. Other mail clients do, other mail clients are always reminding folk not to open mail from unknown senders. I prefer no JavaScript and no instant infection on opening the mail.
Hi Matt. Thanks for your quick answer.
I just copied the embed code from youtube and inserted it as HTML. I don't know if that implies to use Javascript. I don't have such knowledge
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I don't know why the edit option cuts the msg so I paste it again here.
Hi Matt. Thanks for your quick answer.
I just copied the embed code from youtube and inserted it as HTML. I don't know if that implies to use Javascript. I don't have such knowledge
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I guess the smiley is why you stuff got truncated.
What should I do about Javascript to make this work?
Not use Thunderbird, or email really. The iFrame is not supported in most mail clients either.
See https://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/email-marketing/2019/01/do-iframes-work-in-email/
Thunderbird will allow you to embed video using this method https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_video_autoplay.asp
But again support across mail clients on phone etc will be spotty. While mail is HTML, it is a good idea to check on support for many elements with folks like campaign monitor as they make a living sending email advertising. So they tend to be cross client experts in what works and what does not.
Thanks a lot for your answer Matt. At least I have a picture now about why isn't possible "as is". I will take a look at those links.