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mepraveenk
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Reputation: 246

Not Showing Embeded youtube video in email template

Is it possible to embed video into an email that will allow the viewer to watch the video within the email itself?

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wbY_Szw8X7Q" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

When I use above iframe code in my email template instead of the video it showing blank.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2327

Answers (3)

Yaron T
Yaron T

Reputation: 31

You must not embed a video because it is not supported by major email clients. You may however show a thumbnail image, with a link. Once they click on on the thumbnail "play button", it redirects to the link URL, and plays the video, in a browser.

Upvotes: 0

Martin
Martin

Reputation: 2424

It depends on the E-mail provider. Each provider supports different "HTML E-mails". Some support iframes, others don't. I would encourage you to Google which E-mail providers support iframes, and which don't.

Some pointers:

https://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/email-marketing/2010/08/do-iframes-work-in-email/

https://www.simplycast.com/interactive-marketing-support/faqs/are-iframes-compatible-with-emails/

https://mailchimp.com/help/limitations-of-html-email/

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21773969/IFRAME-in-a-mail-possible.html

Etc...

Upvotes: 2

Jack Bashford
Jack Bashford

Reputation: 44135

The answer, unfortunately, is that it's not possible. You need to:

  • Provide a link to the video source (in your case https://www.youtube.com/embed/wbY_Szw8X7Q)
  • Attach this file as an mp4 to the email itself.

Upvotes: 1

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