Embed video

[Anna Li]

Hi Codelab folks,

I would like to embed videos into my Google Doc and serve them on my Codelab tutorials. I couldn't find a way to embed a video in a Google Doc. Is this possible? A bunch of Google search results tell me no. 

If so, any ideas on how I can incorporate short (2 minute max) screen recordings to demonstrate how to perform something in the tutorial?

Thanks for your help,

Anna

[Alex Vaghin]

Could gif image work instead? I think I've seen some codelabs with gif-animated images but not entirely sure.

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[Marc Cohen]

As a workaround, you could include a screenshot of a video frame, with a "click here to watch video" link below the image.

Not optimal, I know, but it works.

On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 at 09:58, 'Alex Vaghin' via codelab-authors <codelab...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Could gif image work instead? I think I've seen some codelabs with gif-animated images but not entirely sure.

On 17 July 2018 at 02:46, Anna Li <ann...@semarchy.com> wrote:

Hi Codelab folks,

I would like to embed videos into my Google Doc and serve them on my Codelab tutorials. I couldn't find a way to embed a video in a Google Doc. Is this possible? A bunch of Google search results tell me no. 

If so, any ideas on how I can incorporate short (2 minute max) screen recordings to demonstrate how to perform something in the tutorial?

Thanks for your help,

Anna

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[Joshua Adams]

I too would like to see this feature.

[Anna Li]

Yes I considered the GIF but I'll have to ask management about that stylistic choice. 

Thanks for the feedback and confirmation that I wasn't overlooking something simple.

By the way, this snake GIF is pretty awesome. https://www.quora.com/How-long-can-a-GIF-animate-Are-there-any-time-restrictions-on-a-GIF-Can-I-have-a-3-minute-long-GIF 

[Anna Li]

Hi Marc,

Is it known that I can't add a hyperlink to an image and have it working in a Codelabs tutorial? That is, when I click on the image, nothing happens. There's no link there.

Thanks,

Anna

[Marc Cohen]

Hi Anna,

Sorry for the delayed response, I've added your observation (about links to images not working) to the existing bug about embedded video and will take a closer look.

Marc

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[Abhishek Pandit]

Youtube Videos can be embedded by doing:

• Add an image in the document. The image can be a screenshot of the video for instance but it doesn't really matter since it won't be displayed but replaced by the embedded video.
• Add an "Alt Text" to the image by doing Cmd+Opt+Y or Right click > "Alt Text..."
• Put a Youtube video link in the Description field of the Alt Text. in the format https://www.yoututbe.com/watch?v=[video_ID]

Specifying a start time is not supported at this time.

[Lindsay Walker]

Hi,

I am still unable to upload videos. Recently, we started having issues with videos hosted on Google Drive- even though they are set to publicly viewable, only people inside our organization can see them. Here is where I have the video on Drive & how I was using it to publish to codelabs: 

#### Video

[Sauce Labs Intro](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AyPiLYQtaFBlvb_2UZW5pNGPGVn-XhDz/view?usp=sharing)

 Notice where I have it published, in our repo of Google Code Labs hosted on GCP using the link above, the video thumbnail shows up but the video will not play: 

https://training.saucelabs.com/codelabs/Module1-Quickstart/index.html?index=..%2F..quickstart#1

We contacted Google support for our shared drive video sharing problem and got a response it was `expected behavior`-- this is very problematic as we host all our training with codelabs and none of the videos are available! I'm trying to embed a version of the video from youTube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWAinkJ54D8&list=PL67l1VPxOnT5JQNlmNvEo9H0TvTdS_rid&index=1

I've tried the following ways to embed it, but none of these work:

1)  -- claat processing failed

2)  -- only puppy image showed up

3) <img src="assets/puppy.jpg" alt="https://www.yoututbe.com/watch?DWAinkJ54D8" width="500"/> -- only puppy image showed up

4)   -- no video or thumbnail showed up at all

Any help or suggestions? So much work down the drain if I can't share videos!

[Marc Cohen]

Hi Lindsay,

Notice where I have it published, in our repo of Google Code Labs hosted on GCP using the link above, the video thumbnail shows up but the video will not play: 
https://training.saucelabs.com/codelabs/Module1-Quickstart/index.html?index=..%2F..quickstart#1

The embedded video plays for me, using both my Google and personal gmail accounts. I'd suggest opening Chrome Devtools and seeing if you get a console error message when you try to play it.

Marc

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