Title: Problems embedding TED talks?
Last modified: May 13, 2020

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# Problems embedding TED talks?

 *  Resolved [PolyWogg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/polywogg/)
 * (@polywogg)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-embedding-ted-talks/)
 * I’ve been testing out blocks, and I really like the options on Adv Video. Seems
   like I can ditch a bunch of embeds, as well as the default video block. Except
   when I went to embed a TED talk, it doesn’t seem to work, and I’m not sure why.
   Everything else seems to.
 * If I use the regular DEFAULT EMBED, the TED talk shows up, I can even play it
   in the back end if I wanted to.
 * If I use Adv Video, I paste the URL (tried both page URL and TED’s official link
   URL), and it recognizes the video is there, pulls in the meta data for title,
   etc., but it won’t show me the video on back end or front end. If I activate 
   a light box, it will SHOW a greyed out version on back-end and front-end but 
   it’s not clickable. I thought it could be the preview won’t show it, but the 
   page above shows it inserted with light box activated, and as I said, it shows
   the preview image but the video is not playable.
 * I thought the adv video block was rather plug and play, can’t figure out why 
   default would play it but adv video won’t. It’s just a URL?
 * Paul
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fproblems-embedding-ted-talks%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [advancedgutenberg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/advancedgutenberg/)
 * (@advancedgutenberg)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-embedding-ted-talks/#post-12841964)
 * Hi [@polywogg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/polywogg/)
 * Thanks for using the AG plugin.
 * Sorry, we should improve the description for that block. It is designed for local
   videos, plus YouTube and Vimeo videos.
 * In the future, it could support more providers.

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