YouTube API changes - impact to Media section?

**pnyberg** · 05-12-2015, 15:09

I posted a new video to the Media section, and got some strange behaviors.

I entered my video's YouTube URL, chose the ’Trip Reports’ category, clicked ’Retrieve Information’, and was taken to the ’Submit Media’ page.

The large image of my video appears correct and normal.
The thumbnail image appears to be a small version of a YouTube error page.
The Title box contains a URL instead of my video’s title (https://youtube.com/devicesupport)
The Length filled in for the video is wrong.
The text area for the posting was pre-filled with the above URL, and another (http://m.youtube.com)

Following the link in the Title box brings me to a YouTube page whose title is “Certain older YouTube apps will no longer be supported after April 2015”. Among the points mentioned below this is that there has been an ‘upgrade’ to the YouTube API, with the older version being shut down after April 20, 2015.

I updated the information to the extent possible and hit the ‘Submit Media’ button. The video did post, but the thumbnail is the YouTube error page, and my comments didn’t stick, and are still the two URL’s.

Just a head’s up to the mod’s, there’s changes afoot in YouTube land.

—Peter

**fallkniven** · 05-12-2015, 16:19

Think that's just a problem with cell phones and apps. It's all working fine using my computer....

**Thunder Adventure Co** · 05-12-2015, 23:30

Originally Posted by pnyberg

I posted a new video to the Media section, and got some strange behaviors.

Your thumbnail is showing the generic error image on my desktop Mac in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari.
I am also getting the same error thumbnail while attempting to upload my video.
All that to say, it's not just you.

**mudsocks** · 05-13-2015, 08:21

pnyberg and Thunder what type of device (iPhone, Windows 7 computer, etc) and application (YouTube App for Android, Safari web browser) were you using when you got those results?

**pnyberg** · 05-13-2015, 14:17

Mac Mini purchased last December running OS X Yosemite (10.10.3).

Safari web browser (8.0.6)

Thanks for looking into this.

--Peter

**Thunder Adventure Co** · 05-13-2015, 14:23

Mac Pro running Mavericks.
Same results using Firefox, Safari, and Chrome.
Thanks octothorpesarus.

**fallkniven** · 05-13-2015, 17:13

testing, testing, 1, 2, 3....

**pnyberg** · 05-13-2015, 18:14

The issue is with posting YouTube videos in the Media section, not with embedding YouTube in Forum posts. Somehow I hadn't seen this one before though.

--Peter

**fallkniven** · 05-13-2015, 18:23

Ah! You mean that button up top that says 'Media'? I've never clicked on that before. I had to figure out what you were talking about.
What is this media section? Just a page to post a video?

**mudsocks** · 05-13-2015, 18:25

I confirmed the issue. The Media Gallery add-on is no longer being supported by the original author. When we upgraded form VB 3.x to 4.x I had to alter (hack) portions of the media gallery to get it working at all. It looks like he has a new media add-on but I'm not sure how much work it will take to migrate things yet.

If I have some time I may see how significant the changes in the YouTube API are.