1. Building Sites with Oracle Content Management
  2. Creating and Editing Sites
  3. Use Built-In Components
  4. Media Components
  5. YouTube Videos

YouTube Videos

Include streaming YouTube videos to add motion and visual engagement to the page.

To use videos other than those hosted by YouTube, see Videos.

To add a YouTube video to the page:

  1. Navigate to the page you want to edit and make sure that Edit switch is set to Edit.
  2. Add the component to the page. The component shows a placeholder image until you select the video you want to use.
  3. To specify the YouTube video to use and to adjust its display properties, click its menu icon Component Menu icon and choose Settings.
  4. Locate the video you want to use, then copy the URL and paste it into the YouTube URL field.
  5. Specify any display options:
    • Show Controls: Enable on-screen and device options to allow the user to manually control video playback.
    • Show info: Temporarily include the video description in the upper left corner of the video.
    • Autoplay: Automatically start video playback.
    • Loop: Automatically repeat the video after it completes.
  6. Use the Aspect Ratio defined for the video (Auto) or choose another aspect ration to determine the shape of the video display.
  7. Specify any alignment or spacing options to position the video.