Discover the steps and requirements for showcasing YouTube videos on your Digital Signage screens, enhancing your content with dynamic video content.
With the YouTube widget, you can show videos and playlists on your narrowcasting display.
The YouTube widget works by streaming videos, so the loading speed of the video can be affected by various factors.
These factors include, among others:
- The speed of your internet connection.
- The duration of the video being played.
- The performance of your media player and display.
Within the YouTube widget, there are two available options:
- Individual video: This allows you to show a specific video.
- Playlist: This enables you to show a playlist of videos within a specific YouTube channel.
To show a video, you must do the following:
- Go to the relevant YouTube video.
- Enter the video ID* within the widget.
To show a playlist, you must do the following:
- Go to the relevant YouTube channel.
- Select the "Playlists" section.
- Find the desired playlist and click "View entire playlist".
- Enter the playlist ID* within the widget.
*The ID of a video or playlist can be found in the URL after the "=" sign to the end.
For example, in the following URL: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQaGRgHm4xMxx", the ID is "PQaGRgHm4xMxx".
It is possible that certain videos cannot be shown, this is due to YouTube's copyright policies and channels that do not want their videos to be publicly shown.