Title: Fallback feature doesn’t work
Last modified: April 26, 2022

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# Fallback feature doesn’t work

 *  Resolved [gmanfredax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmanfredax/)
 * (@gmanfredax)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fallback-feature-doesnt-work/)
 * hi, i have a problem with the plugin.
    I have activated the fallback function
   for channel-based live streams but it keeps showing me the player with the error“
   this video is not available” when there is no live stream. How can I solve the
   problem? thank you!

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 *  Thread Starter [gmanfredax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmanfredax/)
 * (@gmanfredax)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fallback-feature-doesnt-work/#post-15617168)
 * after a week no response. I wonder what happened to the technical support …
 *  Plugin Author [embedplus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/embedplus/)
 * (@embedplus)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fallback-feature-doesnt-work/#post-15620330)
 * What’s the channel you’re using for the live stream and what did you enter for
   the fall-back (not-live) content?
 * Heads up, quite often, these issues are due to an invalid YouTube API key. If
   you made one with an IP restriction, for example, that often causes issues versus
   an HTTP referrers one. Here’s a page that is somewhat old but has tips that still
   matter:
    [https://www.embedplus.com/how-to-create-a-youtube-api-key.aspx](https://www.embedplus.com/how-to-create-a-youtube-api-key.aspx)
 *  Thread Starter [gmanfredax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmanfredax/)
 * (@gmanfredax)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fallback-feature-doesnt-work/#post-15624973)
 * I’m using my own channel and as fall-back (not-live) content I’ve entered a simple
   text.
    I tried to disable the restrictions for the youtube api key but I keep
   getting the error instead of the text entered in the config.
 *  Plugin Author [embedplus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/embedplus/)
 * (@embedplus)
 * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fallback-feature-doesnt-work/#post-15655137)
 * Maybe you can send:
    1) the channel you’re trying to embed live streams from (
   and entered in the wizard) 2) a screenshot of not live settings you have checked
   3) a link to the problematic page
 *  [realgero1995](https://wordpress.org/support/users/realgero1995/)
 * (@realgero1995)
 * [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fallback-feature-doesnt-work/#post-15886378)
 * Is this solved?
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by [realgero1995](https://wordpress.org/support/users/realgero1995/).

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 * Last activity: [3 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fallback-feature-doesnt-work/#post-15886378)
 * Status: resolved