Display YouTube over SSL?

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Astralis
Display YouTube over SSL?
19 May 2008, 14:58


If I embed a YouTube video on a https page I get mixed security errors in Explorer, for obvious reasons.
How can I get around it with IIS or ASP?
Here is a solution for APACHE:
http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/mixed-ssl-content-warning-secure-fixed.html<

 

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SiSL
19 May 2008, 17:02


This is a rewrite solution.

It is simply is a redirection. You can make a tunneling ASP (may be) that allows you to redirect that ASP page like changing all www.youtube.com to https://yoursecuresite/yoursecuredir/youtube.asp?url= etc.
So try Response.Redirect method in that youtube.asp
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Astralis
19 May 2008, 17:31


SiSl,

I'm not sure how that works because I need to embed the flash script in the HTTPS page. I don't think a response.redirect will tunnel this. Do you?<
SiSL
19 May 2008, 18:51


I think it might...
If I were you, I'd try making a default embed code, instead of URL of youtube, make embedded object src to your own ASP with a variable... Then in your own ASP, try make it fake content-type Response.ContentType = "flash/swf" or whatever it is.. Then just response.Redirect to original content...
It works with images why not objects

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SiSL
19 May 2008, 18:58


So I made a sample for you, could not get video to load may be (certainly will look into it) yet, I can embed player with no notification...
https://www.chip.com.tr/test/

As for ASP code, I used for now:

Code:
<% Response.ContentType = "application/x-shockwave-flash" 
Response.Redirect("http://www.youtube.com/v/" & request("url") & "&hl=en")
Response.Flush
Response.End
%>

On the other hand, you can just use new player such as JW player to embed youtube vids in it.
Another method to use APACHE version fix with ISAPI_Rewrite from Helicontech<
Carefree
19 May 2008, 21:42


If you don't want users to have to strip off the actual video code from the YouTube URL, then you need to change your Response. Redirect to something like this:
Code:

Response.Redirect("http://www.youtube.com/v/" & right(Request.Form("url"),11) & "&hl=en")

That way, you paste the entire link into your request box without having to remember 11 scrambled characters.<
Carefree
19 May 2008, 23:09


I looked at your source code for your page, you have two different URLs being provided to the script, neither of which includes the youtube web address. It cannot possibly work.<
Carefree
20 May 2008, 00:39


Also, it will give you access denied errors unless you eliminate the Response.ContentType line.
Here, this will allow you to use an input script for the video url (strvurl) and it'll work. You'll still get the "insecure" message, but it'll play in a secure website. You cannot use https for the preface to youtube, it isn't a secure site.
Code:

%>
<object width="425" height="355">
<param name="movie" value="<%=strvurl%>"></param>
<param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param>
<param name="autostart" value="true"></param>
<param name="autoplay" value="true"></param>
<param name="transparentatstart" value="true"></param>
<param name="codebase" value=""></param>
<param name="codetype" value="application/x-shockwave-flash"></param>
<embed src="<%=strvurl%>" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed>
</object>
<%

For a functional YouTube page for your forum, get it here:
http://98.25.191.199/youtube.txt

This has limited use, in my opinion. You would need to know all of the YouTube video addresses, and if you've gone there to get them, you can more easily watch them there.<
Astralis
20 May 2008, 13:59


SiSl,

Your test won't play in IE7.<
SiSL
20 May 2008, 14:22


Yes, I said video is not playing yet, loader works.<
Astralis
20 May 2008, 14:25


ah...your video plays in Firfox, though. Go figure.
Why do you think IE won't play it?<
SiSL
31 May 2008, 04:23


IE is more secure ;)<
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