Home > Paid Traffic Sources >

---

How To Hide Related Videos In A Non-Embedded Youtube Video (15)

---

I know there are some video ninjas on here. It's easy to hide the related videos on an embedded video but is it possible to do it on a video that isn't embedded?.

Thanks

---

You mean on youtube.com itself?

I believe you can do it if it is your sponsored channel, but this is essentially a paid ad unit.

But if it is just a regular uploaded video, I don't think so.

I was at a session at Google/Youtube's offices a few months back. I'll see if I can dig up my notes from that session.

The only other option would be to recommendation-engine-optimise your videos so that the only videos that show up as recommended videos are also all your videos only.

---

A client has the videos opening out from image links on her site and not embedded within it. I haven't been able to find a solution other than embedding them.

Thanks cmdeal.

---

You can probably try to create a JavaScript wrapper for YouTube’s Player and hack it get you the functionality you want, but you will most likely be engaged in a constant battle with any any changes to YouTube's API.

There are plenty of plug-ins that pop up from time to time that do this, but usually they don't last long. I think there was a plug-in called leadplayer that did this before they shut down, I think there is another plug-in called herocaster.

---

So, to clarify, your client has image links on her site and these link users directly to the video on youtube.com.

You want to prevent the related videos from being shown at the end of the clip?

I don't think this is possible with a typical video.

Is there any reason why you don't want to embed the video? How about a lightbox? What about linking to another page for playing the video that has an embedded clip in it? You could probably build a decent interface for this with comments etc. below.

---

Can't you just use a lightbox script or sth? That would open the youtube videos on your page so you can use &rel=0 as the embed parameter ...

Cmdeals hack is probably not practical - it's an iframe, therefore the code you would need to change is on a different domain. Javascript DOM prohibits changes outside the local domain. And yeah there is a way arround it, but I'd consider if it's really worth going that hardcore



e:// damn, zeno posted the lightbox idea while I wrote this post

---

My first anti-snipe muhahaha (I'm usually the one with 50 tabs open for an hour).

---

Thanks guys, I'll look into the lightbox option.

---

I take it an alternate video sharing site is not an option? Vimeo offers a lot more control over what goes at the end of your videos.

---

Yeah, if you don't need to host it on Youtube, you have a lot of options. Jwplayer on your site will give you pretty much full control.

---

Any idea of the code to use to enable this when using a lightbox?

Thanks

---

A lightbox is just a slightly fancy way of embedding a video, so &rel=0 on the YouTube URL should do it.

What's the error you're getting at the moment? Lack of video, or video playing in lightbox but with related vids after?

---

What exactly is the problem your client is trying to solve?

And why does the solution need to involve Youtube?

---

Thanks that's fixed it, the damn developer was using ?rel=0.

---

Pretty sure there is ways to stream youtube videos through alternate players without issue. I've even seen it done through JW Player on wimp.com, if you scan through some of those vids you'll see the youtube logo in the bottom right corner, and when their videos end they have a custom setup.

---

Home > Paid Traffic Sources >