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    Junior Potato
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    YouTube videos invisible on mobile (Chrome iOS)

    Hey folks, please fix this or I'll call the cops.


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    I think it's a chrome/mobile problem--noticed it another vbb forum this week, too. Hmm. What happens if you request the desktop version of the page?
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    I can see it (Android/Chrome).

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    Junior Potato
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    Quote Originally Posted by Random View Post
    What happens if you request the desktop version of the page?
    Apologies for the massive images. Looks like this:



    Oddly enough, from my iPad it looks like this:


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    So this is a call to the Admins to dooo something??!

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    Junior Potato
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    It is.

    But if they don't...

    It'll be a call to the cops.

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    mAdminstrator Random's Avatar
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    I just saw what the issue is in your screencap: to make the VBB video code work correctly, you can't use the shortened youtube URL (youtu.be)--has to be the www.youtube.com version.

    Demo

    Full URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvvGQWoz-w0


    Short URL https://youtu.be/rvvGQWoz-w0
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    Junior Potato
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    Well.....

    Thanks for trying though. Issue may be with Google.


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    Hmm. That blows.
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