Embedding videos - issues and costs

Issue

This week, I have been making short tutorial videos to do some things around the site. There is an embed button in the editor. When I tried it it did added some code with a link to the video, but nothing showed up when the post was made.

I have been working around this by using the copy embed code option from the youtube video itself. This is not a good solution. It does not scale the video size based on the screen size. It requires fiddling with the underlying html. It is just not user friendly at all.

I looked further into the documentation and the una.io discussion boards as well. I found that to make this button do what it is meant to do, the site needs either an iFramely or Embedly account. I signed up for an account on iFramely as it looks like it would allow for scaling based on screen size. It is not yet working properly for me. But I will continue to try to sort it out.

Cost

As I build out the site for re-launch, I am weighing costs vs. benefits for any feature. iFramely would incur a monthly cost of USD $29. At the moment, we have no income stream to support the site. We will have to have a broader discussion within the community about how to sustain it over time.

Comments (2)

· Community Host

· 2023-07-06T00:59:09+0000
Embedding now works as expected.
· Rob Elshire

· 2023-08-20T21:11:31+0000
We have just about run out of hits with Iframely which is what allows the embedded link functionality to work. Based on web site traffic patterns, it will run out today. When that happens, the embedding will stop working until the 6th of September unless we sign up for a paid account. That is USD $29 per month for 10,000 hits.
So far, we have been able to run this site with some donated / reduced cost services and personal funds, and a lot of volunteered time on my part. To keep this functionality (and add more in future) will take money to cover recurring expenses. We can add a way to donate via credit / debit card. In the meantime, I will make a post on the main page about this. If we get a few people to commit to donating, then we can have a short term solution to keep the embedding going.