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Video widget: show a YouTube video on your page

The video widget embeds a YouTube video, a Short or a live stream on your page. You only paste the link, EDM Hub does the rest.

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The video widget shows a video from YouTube right on your page – the recording of a set, a trailer or an aftermovie, for example. You can add it to any page: profile, venue, crew, event series and event. It can be added by the page’s owner and by its admins and moderators.

Which links work

Videos come from YouTube only. The address of a single video (youtube.com/watch?v=…), a Short, a live stream and short youtu.be addresses are accepted. If the link carries a start time (for example t=90), the video starts at that point. Shorts appear in portrait format, all other videos in landscape.

How to add a video widget

  1. Tap “Edit” in the bar of your page, then “Add widget” or one of the “Widget” buttons between the tiles.
  2. In the “Media” group choose the “Video” tile. “Add video” opens.
  3. Open the video on YouTube and copy its address via “Share” or from the address bar.
  4. Paste it into the “Link” field or tap “Paste from clipboard”. EDM Hub shows “Detected: YouTube · video”.
  5. Optional: enter a heading under “General”, such as “Live at Resonance”.
  6. Check the video under “Preview” and tap “Insert”.
  7. Tap “Save” in the bar at the top.

If the link is an audio or social link, EDM Hub creates the tile as audio or a social post to match.

Paste the YouTube link and the preview shows the video straight away.

What visitors see

Visitors see the video with your heading and can play it right there. EDM Hub embeds YouTube in its privacy-enhanced mode. Even so, the video only loads once the visitor has allowed YouTube on their device – in the “Content from other platforms” notice or in the settings under “Privacy & data”. Until then the spot shows “YouTube content is blocked” with the link “Enable in settings”.

This is how the video widget looks on the page.

When the link is refused

  • “… isn’t supported. Videos come from YouTube only.” – Videos from other sites can’t be embedded. Link to them with the Links widget.
  • “This YouTube link doesn’t lead to a video.” – The link points to a channel, a playlist or a search. Open the video itself and copy its address.
  • The player reports an error – The video is private, deleted or blocked in your country. Check it on YouTube.
  • You see no video yourself – You haven’t allowed YouTube on your device. The window offers the button “Allow YouTube embeds on this device”; you undo it in Settings › Privacy & data.