Re: [YouTube-API] Javascript API + iframe embeds + iPad not working?

This is a known issue relating to iOS's <video> implementation

See:
<http://groups.google.com/group/youtube-api-gdata/msg/c31fb78b1cdd1717>

Tim Wintle

On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 13:26 -0800, misterfancypants wrote:
> I have a page with youtube videos embedding via the iFrame API. For
> each video, I've made a fancy "Play" button that, on click, fires
> playVideo() from the Javascript API.
>
> In desktop browsers, this works great.
>
> On iPad, the videos embed, but if I hit my "Play" buttons, the video
> appears to begin loading (the thumbnail disappears, is replaced by a
> black box with a spinning load icon), and stays in that state
> perpetually. No video ever appears.
>
> However, if I click directly on the video, and bypass my fancy play
> button, the video begins playing as I would expect it to.
>
> So, I would assume that this is some disconnect between the js API and
> the video, only on iPad. I've confirmed that the onReady state is
> reached for each video.
>
> I'm wondering if this is a bug, if I'm missing something, or if
> there's a way to work around this? Unfortunately, my current project
> requires the "Play" buttons, so just doing away with them doesn't seem
> to be a good option.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>

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