When I put www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyz format in a post, the webpage shows embedded player of YouTube (on select sites, see here for more info). But, it doesn't show the embedded player when I use the following URL formats:
youtube.com/watch?v=xyz (Ommision of www)
youtu.be/xyz (The URL we get from share option of YouTube; more accessible on smartphones)
Please, embed videos on these two URL variants, too. Implementation shouldn't be difficult or time-consuming. I think it's a 5 minute job.
Everything mentioned should be supported after the next build.
Currently only a limited subset of youtube urls are supported, with picky support for subdomains, and inconsistent support for https and http. Some versions require https some require http.
Per my request on MTV.meta Please Improve Youtube URL Parsing:
Per a related question on MTV.Meta, Supported URLs for video embedding the currently supported ones are:
http://youtu.be/rEWaqUVac3M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEWaqUVac3M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEWaqUVac3MWhile some unsupported ones are:
https://youtu.be/rEWaqUVac3M http://youtube.com/watch?v=rEWaqUVac3M https://youtube.com/watch?v=rEWaqUVac3MThe requested ones:
Mobile links with the "m." subdomain
- https ex:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=71fWtJXEI0Q- http ex:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=71fWtJXEI0QNo Subdomain
- https ex:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=71fWtJXEI0Q- http ex:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=71fWtJXEI0QShortened by youtube's shortener
- https ex:
https://youtu.be/rEWaqUVac3M
http://andhttps://, and support embedding at specific times using?t=XX: see meta.stackexchange.com/questions/273197/…http://youtu.beembeds properly, buthttps://youtu.bedoes not