Multiple youtube videos in repeating group

Need help
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Hello,

How do I add youtube links in my database?
I have several videos that I would like to embed in different places in my repeating group.
So instead of just plotting the link into the video element, or upload the video with a paid plugin, I would like to add the different URLs in my database.
Would that make sense?
Or is there another free way to embed the videos?

Thank you,
Best regards
Sille

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Hey, seems pretty straightforward, just load the links from your database to your video element dynamically. Where exactly are you stuck?

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I don’t know how to place the links in my database? What kind of data type should I choose for them?

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Are these videos linked to any other Datatype? Could you help me understand the nature of these youtube videos?

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I am not sure if this answers your question - but I am building a christmas advent calendar. Behind each day there is either an image or a video. I figured out how to do a repeating group so that each day gets the image from the corresponding data. But I can’t seem to figure out how to add the videos.
I have the video file on my desktop, but when I try to add it in the calendar, it says I should use youtube or vimeo.
Then I added the videos to my YT channel, but now I can’t figure out how to add the different YT links to the database that feeds the calendar?
Does it make sense?
If not I will try and take some screenshots later tonight when I am able to work with it again.

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Got it, Create a field called “video_id” [type:“text”] and save the video id of your youtube video here. The video ID will be located in the URL of the video page, right after the v= URL parameter. The video_id of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqz-KE-bpKQ is aqz-KE-bpKQ . Inside Repeating Group, in the video element, pass current cells’ video_id in the Video ID input.

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Alternatively, you can also do it by embedding the youtube video using HTML element but the above method will work for you.

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Thank you so much, it worked perfectly :slight_smile:

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