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How to embed a Youtube video that has copyrighted content in it.
For example when you try playing this video(http://www.youtube.com/embed/ADBKdSCbmiM) in a UIWebView it says
This Video Contains content from Vevo. It is restricted from playback on certain sites
How would I go about getting videos like this to play in an embedded player or a custom player that I would make using MPMoviePlayer or such. I know this is possible as following app does this. (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audioviz-view-your-songs-on/id547001249?mt=8)
Edit Few videos play in browser but in iOS Simulator its showing
This video contains content from SME . It is restricted from playback on certain site
Thanks for all the help!
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You can use player vars while initializing youtube sdk:
NSDictionary *playerVars = @{
@"origin" : @"http://www.youtube.com",
};
[self.playerView loadWithVideoId:@"KOvoD1upTxM" playerVars:playerVars];
Enjoy!
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To play the youtube video using uiwebview:
First check if your youtube URL is played or not in browser. If the video doesn't play in the browser it won't play in the device either
You only check in the device; the video doesn't play in simulator
- (void) displayGoogleVideo
{
CGRect rect = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds];
CGSize screenSize = rect.size;
UIWebView *webView = [[UIWebView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,screenSize.width,screenSize.height)];
webView.autoresizesSubviews = YES;
webView.autoresizingMask=(UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth);
NSString *videoUrl = @"http://www.youtube.com/v/oHg5SJYRHA0"; // valid youtube url
NSString *htmlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"<html><head><meta name = \"viewport\" content = \"initial-scale = 1.0, user-scalable = no, width = 212\"/></head><body style=\"background:#F00;margin-top:0px;margin-left:0px\"><div><object width=\"320\" height=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"%@\"></param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"></param><embed src=\"%@\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\"></embed></object></div></body></html>",videoUrl,videoUrl] ;
[webView loadHTMLString:htmlString baseURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.youtube.com"]];
[window addSubview:webView];
[webView release];
}
If you're embedding on a mobile app, you need to set your Referer in your request header for the video. Otherwise, Youtube automatically blacklists you if your Referer field is left blank.
I answered this in detail here. I was experiencing this myself and I fixed it in my case (iOS app using React Native). I can play Vevo, WMG, and all other restricted content now.
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