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Framing a youtube, vimeo, etc video properly in a web viewer

hartmut

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hartmut Experienced

hartmut

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Hi 

I am struggling with the web viewer framing a youtube video and then moving to a vimeo video and getting the web viewer to display the video properly . Right now, on a youtube video it defaults to the upper right corner of the youtube page and I have to manually move it to the right place.

I am looking to have the video in the web viewer show up with no border but the video centered in the web viewer window

 

I am trying so hard to do that. The youtube videos are always in the same location on their page 

the vimeo videos are always in the same place. I just need to somehow get filemakers web viewer to frame it properly. Presently the youtube logo shows up in the upper left corner and I always have to move it. 

I have included a file with three examples (three records) of different video sites. So also filemaker would have to calculate if the url was , Youtube, GodTube, vimeo etc.  This would have to be from the url but the centering is the thing I am disparately trying to accomplish.

Well thank you for reading. Please download so you can help me correct it. I hope someone can help me. It would be okay to change layouts for different video sizes if necessary.

 

Merry Christmas and thanks

FMforums Center Video Web viewer.fmp12.zip

Mountain Enthusiast

Mountain

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that is correct but I have a situation where I have a great number of video urls and to create pages for all of them would be almost impossible.  I am just trying to find a way to center the video in the web viewer without doing that. I just want the video centered. I know there must be away to do this.

If you a saying I create the code for a page with the embed link in it without actually uploading a formal page that would be cool if I knew how to do that. I don't without help here.

 Thanks for your answer

truelifeajf Collaborator

truelifeajf

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Sorry, I should have actually attempted to answer your actual question... about centring a web viewer... I think this is an HTML / CSS question and a web designing / coding forum would definitely have the answer, or even a Google search on how to centre an HTML page in an iframe.

 

I haven't tested this but try this:

 

<html>
<body style="margin: 0;">
<div style="margin: 0 auto; width: 500px;"><!--Change this width if you want-->
<iframe src="http://www.youtubeurlhere.com" style="width: 100%; height: 100%; border: none;">
</iframe>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Mountain Enthusiast

Mountain

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I don't think I am asking to center a web viewer but rather a youtube video within a web viewer.  When I responded I thought you meant there was some way to insure the youtube video would be centered within a web viewer. That is what I am trying hard to accomplish. 

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hartmut Experienced

hartmut

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Can html be generated in a script to make an IFrame on the fly?

I am understanding that I can play a centered video from youtube or any other video source that supplies embedded code.

So my question is CAN I MAKE A GENERATED PAGE OF HTML PERFORM ON THE FLY WITHIN THE WEB VIEWER. This would solve the problem I have been posting.   IF and HTML solution or a web page could make the embedded video perform the way I am trying to accomplish. How do I employ the html code within the webviewer to make a virtual page(not hosted)  perform.   I hope I made this question clear. 

 

Thanks for your attention

hartmut Experienced

hartmut

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Thanks to you David

That is exactly what I wanted.  

so it is all in the url with that embed tag. 

I get it.  I would like it to autoplay and that be added in this case?

 

Thanks so much

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