Basileus
It seems like I've seen a few questions about the autoplay feature not working for Youtube videos embedded in campaigns. I thought I would post a short guide on how to get this to work. This workaround is valid as of 3/4/2014.
It should be noted before starting that this appears to be a Youtube issue, not an OP or Reforge issue.
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QUICK FIX:
1) Pull up the video you wish to embed in Youtube, and click on the "Share" button near the description.
2) Do NOT use the abbreviated URL under "Share this video". Do NOT use the first URL or any of the code provided under "Embed" (with "/embed/" in URL).
3) DO use the URL provided in the code after you select the check box for "Use old embed code". This should have a "/v/" in the URL.
4) In the page editing screen on Obsidian Portal, click "Media Embed" on the right hand side of the editing field. You will be prompted to enter the URL - use the one from step 3.
5) In the URL, change "version=3" to "version=2&autoplay=1".
6) Save and the video should autoplay when the page is loaded.
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EXAMPLES:
Code that WILL autoplay:
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Unconquered Kingdoms, July 2016 CotM
DM, Current Campaign: The Godlands: Rise of the Blood Moon Kings
DM, Previous Campaign: Avatar: Conquest of the Imperial Order - CotM: November 2011
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DM, Current Campaign: The Godlands: Rise of the Blood Moon Kings
DM, Previous Campaign: Avatar: Conquest of the Imperial Order - CotM: November 2011
EDIT: For that purpose I might also recommend the "&autohide=0" parameter in the URL, to keep the progress bar and play button from sliding out of view. Tastes may vary on if that is a good thing.
ALSO EDIT: Actually, after playing with it, I'm upgrading that "nice!" to an "excellent!" Pretty cool stuff.
killervp
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Just trying to help out.
EDIT: Pretty sure that autohide=0 bit made this just about perfect...
DM, Current Campaign: The Godlands: Rise of the Blood Moon Kings
DM, Previous Campaign: Avatar: Conquest of the Imperial Order - CotM: November 2011
DM, Current Campaign: The Godlands: Rise of the Blood Moon Kings
DM, Previous Campaign: Avatar: Conquest of the Imperial Order - CotM: November 2011
I will investigate.
I can't tell where that change originates though. I know it isn't anything on Youtube's end that has changed, so either Obsidian Portal decided to quash this functionality, or one of the third-party providers that OP makes calls to did.
DM, Current Campaign: The Godlands: Rise of the Blood Moon Kings
DM, Previous Campaign: Avatar: Conquest of the Imperial Order - CotM: November 2011
I added the information from here and inquired about whether this was a change from Obsidian Portal or from Embedly. As usual, additional support from similarly affected users would be appreciated.
I am... attempting to be patient and wait for OP's response is before I draw any conclusions.
DM, Current Campaign: The Godlands: Rise of the Blood Moon Kings
DM, Previous Campaign: Avatar: Conquest of the Imperial Order - CotM: November 2011
Edit: But only one of the two videos i use is doing it... curious...
Edit Again: Swapped for a different version of the same song and it works now woo!
DM, Current Campaign: The Godlands: Rise of the Blood Moon Kings
DM, Previous Campaign: Avatar: Conquest of the Imperial Order - CotM: November 2011
It looks like it is still replacing the URL with the embed version, and I noticed I could remove the "version" parameter now (at least on the video I was using), so maybe the root cause has been fixed and this workaround is no longer necessary.
Not really sure what is going on or which party is changing things, but hey I'm happy with the results.
DM, Current Campaign: The Godlands: Rise of the Blood Moon Kings
DM, Previous Campaign: Avatar: Conquest of the Imperial Order - CotM: November 2011
Too many moving parts.