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"No Playable Sources Found" When Embedded on Twitter

Hey JWPlayer,

Encountering a weird bug. We do iFrame embedding, and noticed that when we are embedded on Twitter we always get the bug "No Playable Sources Found" with the exclamation mark sign. I take a look at the embed, here is how twitter does it:

<iframe src="https://v.traileraddict.com/8285" data-src="https://v.traileraddict.com/8285" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true" sandbox="allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts" frameborder="0"></iframe>

That creates the error. But then there is another https site that embeds the same video, without any error:

<iframe class="movieTrailerIframe" src="https://v.traileraddict.com/8285" allowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" height="402" width="700"></iframe>

I can create the error here, showing how one works and one does not, the embed setups:

http://www.traileraddict.com/test-static.html

What gives?

Cheers!
Ryan


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James Herrieven

User  
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Hi Ryan

It's down to the "sandbox" parameter.

It's an added security/restrictions feature which affects content loaded in iframes. Check the following for more details: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/HTML/Element/iframe

James

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Randy

JW Player Support Agent  
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Hello Ryan,

James is on the mark. I think you might want to also potentially try using a Twitter card as well if that fits your needs:

https://www.jwplayer.com/blog/supporting-twitter-cards/

Kindly,

Randy Lemoine

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contact

User  
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Thanks for the feedback. So, to be clear, is it because of the "allow-same-origin" variable in the sandbox?

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contact

User  
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... Ahhh. The sandbox requires video to come from HTTPS source? Not even facebook requires that. dang it.

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Randy

JW Player Support Agent  
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Most content requires secure connects or at least heading in that direction.

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contact

User  
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It looks like that with

sandbox="allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts"

You can modify the sandbox itself from within the iframe and then reload the iframe. Has anybody successfully done this? Seems like a nice temporary solution.

Cheers
Ryan

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