[Master feature] Support video-interface videos in amp-story

[newmuis]

Right now, the only video player supported is <amp-video>; we should also support other video interface players like <amp-youtube> or <amp-dailymotion>, etc.

Those that have controls can be opened in a lightbox, once #16521 is completed.

[alanorozco]

Playback UI may get in the way. There's no way to force UI to not be rendered on most 3p players, unfortunately.

[newmuis]

Yep, we're devising a user experience around this as well. Will likely not be (generally) usable as the background of a page, but can be used as block elements within a page.

[erwinmombay]

This is a high priority issue but it hasn't been updated in awhile. @newmuis Do you have any updates?

[newmuis]

The design and implementation of this has been deferred until later, as we figure out the best way to allow landscape-oriented content in the format.

[ampprojectbot]

This issue hasn't been updated in awhile. @newmuis Do you have any updates?

[newmuis]

The first step is fixing the way MediaPool interacts with the components it manages (#13673), then we can figure out how to potentially manage iframe-based components containing videos with MediaPool.

[alanorozco]

With tap-to-watch, is there a need for MediaPool at all? I don't think think the signals to bless would work asynchronously (i.e. via postMessage).

[newmuis]

With tap-to-watch, is there a need for MediaPool at all?

Correct, we wouldn't need it for that.

I don't think think the signals to bless would work asynchronously (i.e. via postMessage).

Also correct.

However, I think (if possible), we want to allow autoplaying these videos. We'd want to prototype and figure out whether this is even technically possible.

[spinmar]

@newmuis When do you think this feature will be released? I'm interested too.

[newmuis]

@spinmar We are planning on looking at this over the course of the next three months or so. It is dependent on both the ability to expand components (#19213), as well as the media refactor we're doing (#13673), plus the other custom work tracked by this issue, to handle video playback from video interface players like amp-youtube.

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[kalwalt]

I tried to add amp-youtube into my amp story but i discovered after, that is not supported ATM. I will follow this issue, thank you. 👍

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[robin-scott]

Tentatively poking for web stories via WP - following editorial request for embed of YouTube video.