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YouTube, Vimeo & Co.

It is possible to play YouTube, Vimeo, and similar content with the video/audio plugin actions. Currently, a plugin for YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Twitch, Facebook, Wistia, and SoundCloud is available. In the future, more video/audio hosting platforms could be added. There is also a JavaScript plugin API that lets you create your own video/audio plugin. If you are a developer and you would like to create your own plugin, please see Video/Audio Plugin.

For more information about YouTube, please visit: https://www.youtube.com.
For more information about Vimeo, please visit: https://vimeo.com.
For more information about Dailymotion, please visit: https://www.dailymotion.com.
For more information about Twitch, please visit: https://www.twitch.tv.
For more information about Facebook, please visit: https://www.facebook.com.
For more information about Wistia, please visit: https://wistia.com.
For more information about SoundCloud, please visit: https://soundcloud.com.

Note: There is no guarantee that all content can be played on each platform.

Syntax

Action syntax of plugin actions.

Syntax	Example	Since Version	Description
`video:plugin:{URL}`	`video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/youtube.html?id={ID}` `video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/vimeo.html?id={ID}` `video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/dailymotion.html?id={ID}` `video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/twitch.html?id={ID}` `video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/facebook.html?id={ID}` `video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/wistia.html?id={ID}` `video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/soundcloud.html?id={ID}`	0.1.40	Plays a plugin video. The `{ID}` part must be replaced with the corresponding platform content ID (e.g. the YouTube video ID). Note: Also for audio hosting platforms (e.g. SoundCloud) it makes sense to use the video plugin action, because they also provide a visual output.
`audio:plugin:{URL}`	`audio:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/youtube.html?id={ID}` `audio:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/vimeo.html?id={ID}` `audio:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/dailymotion.html?id={ID}` `audio:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/twitch.html?id={ID}` `audio:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/facebook.html?id={ID}` `audio:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/wistia.html?id={ID}` `audio:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/soundcloud.html?id={ID}`	0.1.40	Plays a plugin audio. The `{ID}` part must be replaced with the corresponding platform content ID (e.g. the YouTube video ID). This action works in the same way as `video:plugin:{URL}`, except that the video screen is not displayed. Instead, the background screen is displayed. If the corresponding content item provides a background property, it is used, otherwise the next available background property (at higher level) is used.

Example

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Example Screenshot (Plugin Examples)

Code

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    "items": [{
            "badge": "{txt:msx-white:YouTube}",
            "badgeColor": "#ff0000",
            "title": "Example Video",
            "playerLabel": "YouTube - Example Video",
            "action": "video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/youtube.html?id=PRy2CFVlPOA"
        }, {
            "badge": "{txt:msx-white:Vimeo}",
            "badgeColor": "#1ab7ea",
            "title": "Example Video",
            "playerLabel": "Vimeo - Example Video",
            "action": "video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/vimeo.html?id=54802209"
        }, {
            "badge": "{txt:msx-white:Dailymotion}",
            "badgeColor": "#00aaff",
            "title": "Example Video",
            "playerLabel": "Dailymotion - Example Video",
            "action": "video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/dailymotion.html?id=xz14c1"
        }, {
            "badge": "{txt:msx-white:Twitch}",
            "badgeColor": "#643fa6",
            "title": "Example Video",
            "playerLabel": "Twitch - Example Video",
            "action": "video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/twitch.html?id=344341752"
        }, {
            "badge": "{txt:msx-white:Facebook}",
            "badgeColor": "#4767aa",
            "title": "Example Video",
            "playerLabel": "Facebook - Example Video",
            "action": "video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/facebook.html?id=10152454700553553"
        }, {
            "badge": "{txt:msx-white:Wistia}",
            "badgeColor": "#5aaff2",
            "title": "Example Video",
            "playerLabel": "Wistia - Example Video",
            "action": "video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/wistia.html?id=ve7pzy0d3y"
        }, {
            "badge": "{txt:msx-white:SoundCloud}",
            "badgeColor": "#ff5500",
            "title": "Example Track",
            "playerLabel": "SoundCloud - Example Track",
            "action": "video:plugin:http://msx.benzac.de/plugins/soundcloud.html?id=143041228"
        }]
}