Youtube Fullscreen with embedded videos (DBO)
by Cody Miller 
, Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Friday, September 09, 2016, 01:11 (3001 days ago)
It has bothered me for a while, but the fullscreen button has been, and is still disabled with video from youtube embedded into posts. Anyone know why? It only ever happens on this site.
I am using the HTML 5 player, and Safari 9.1.2.
I haven't checked into it...
by Beorn , <End of Failed Timeline>, Friday, September 09, 2016, 01:13 (3001 days ago) @ Cody Miller
...but it's definitely not just DBO - happens all over the place. We're just using the standard embed code over here.
I haven't checked into it...
by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Friday, September 09, 2016, 01:15 (3001 days ago) @ Beorn
FWIW, I've had videos embedded on other sites refuse to go fullscreen. Oddly, it seems to be specific to the individual videos and not the site they're embedded on.
I haven't checked into it...
by cheapLEY , Friday, September 09, 2016, 01:27 (3001 days ago) @ stabbim
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's based on the video.
I always just assumed it was an option they gave YouTubers to try and force people to actually go to YouTube instead of watching an embedded video.
I haven't checked into it...
by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Friday, September 09, 2016, 02:17 (3001 days ago) @ cheapLEY
Possibly, although it's possible to just disable embedded playback entirely (music videos tend to do that a lot). Maybe they consider disabling fullscreen to be an in-between option.
I haven't checked into it...
by BeardFade 
, Portland, OR, Friday, September 09, 2016, 01:35 (3001 days ago) @ Beorn
I believe it's a query param you can pass in:
?fs=1 would allow fullscreen (which is the default setting) or ?fs=0 would disable it.