Stop embedded youtube iframe?

Question

I'm using YouTube iframe to embed videos on my site.

<iframe width="100%" height="443" class="yvideo" id="p1QgNF6J1h0"
              src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/p1QgNF6J1h0?rel=0&controls=0&hd=1&showinfo=0&enablejsapi=1"
              frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>
</iframe>

And i have multiplie videos on the same page.

I want to stop all of them or one of them in a click of a button using javascript or so.

Is it possible?

UPDATE:

I tried what Talvi Watia said and used:

$('#myStopClickButton').click(function(){
  $('.yvideo').each(function(){
    $(this).stopVideo();
  });
});

I'm getting:

Uncaught TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'stopVideo' 

Solution 1

You may want to review through the Youtube JavaScript API Reference docs.

When you embed your video(s) on the page, you will need to pass this parameter:

http://www.youtube.com/v/VIDEO_ID?version=3&enablejsapi=1

If you want a stop all videos button, you can setup a javascript routine to loop through your videos and stop them:

player.stopVideo()

This does involve keeping track of all the page IDs for each video on the page. Even simpler might be to make a class and then use jQuery.each.

$('#myStopClickButton').click(function(){
  $('.myVideoClass').each(function(){
    $(this).stopVideo();
  });
});

Solution 2

Unfortunately these API's evolve very fast. As of May 2015, the proposed solutions don't work anymore, as the player object has no stopVideo method.

A reliable solution is to be found in this page (1) and it works with an:

<iframe id="youtube_player" class="yt_player_iframe" width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aHUBlv5_K8Y?enablejsapi=1&version=3&playerapiid=ytplayer"  allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" frameborder="0"></iframe>

and the following JS/jQuery code:

$('.yt_player_iframe').each(function(){
  this.contentWindow.postMessage('{"event":"command","func":"stopVideo","args":""}', '*')
});

Solution 3

If anyone is still looking for the answer, i've solved it like so:

$("#photos").on("hide",function(){
    var leg=$('.videoPlayer').attr("src");
    $('.videoPlayer').attr("src",leg);
});

Where #photos is the ID of the modal and .videoPlayer is the class of the iframe. Basically it refreshes the src attribute (and stops playing the video). So,

    $('#myStopClickButton').click(function(){
      $('.yvideo').each(function(){
        var el_src = $(this).attr("src");
        $(this).attr("src",el_src);
      });
    });

should do the trick.

Solution 4

Here is a codepen, it worked for me.

I was searching for the simplest solution for embedding the YT video within an iframe, and I feel this is it.

What I needed was to have the video appear in a modal window and stop playing when it was closed

Here is the code : (from: https://codepen.io/anon/pen/GBjqQr)

    <div><a href="#" class="play-video">Play Video</a></div>
    <div><a href="#" class="stop-video">Stop Video</a></div>
    <div><a href="#" class="pause-video">Pause Video</a></div>

    <iframe class="youtube-video" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/glEiPXAYE-U?enablejsapi=1&version=3&playerapiid=ytplayer" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

$('a.play-video').click(function(){
    $('.youtube-video')[0].contentWindow.postMessage('{"event":"command","func":"' + 'playVideo' + '","args":""}', '*');
});

$('a.stop-video').click(function(){
    $('.youtube-video')[0].contentWindow.postMessage('{"event":"command","func":"' + 'stopVideo' + '","args":""}', '*');
});

$('a.pause-video').click(function(){
    $('.youtube-video')[0].contentWindow.postMessage('{"event":"command","func":"' + 'pauseVideo' + '","args":""}', '*');
});

Additionally, if you want it to autoplay in a DOM-object that is not yet visible, such as a modal window, if I used the same button to play the video that I was using to show the modal it would not work so I used THIS:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/EzAGZCPSOfg?autoplay=1&enablejsapi=1&version=3&playerapiid=ytplayer

Note: The ?autoplay=1& where it's placed and the use of the '&' before the next property to allow the pause to continue to work.

Solution 5

APIs are messy because they keep changing. This pure javascript way worked for me:

 <div id="divScope" class="boom-lightbox" style="display: none;">
    <iframe id="ytplayer" width="720" height="405"   src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M7lc1UVf-VE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>    </iframe>
  </div>  

//if I want i can set scope to a specific region
var myScope = document.getElementById('divScope');      
//otherwise set scope as the entire document
//var myScope = document;

//if there is an iframe inside maybe embedded multimedia video/audio, we should reload so it stops playing
var iframes = myScope.getElementsByTagName("iframe");
if (iframes != null) {
    for (var i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++) {
        iframes[i].src = iframes[i].src; //causes a reload so it stops playing, music, video, etc.
    }
}

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Comments

[Danpe]

But i will need to create an object for each player? Will the stopVideo() just work without any prior setups ?

[Talvi Watia]

If you add enablejsapi=1 to the embed you should be able to reference the API. It will need to be added for every video.

[Danpe]

I'm getting: Uncaught TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'stopVideo'

[Talvi Watia]

stackoverflow.com/questions/9310112/… has information about the cross-site prtection error. (normally a huge issue in chrome.) as for the second, you need to change .myVideoClass with the class attached to your embed. i.e. .yvideo

[Danpe]

I think it's a problem that my onYouTubePlayerReady not being called.

[Talvi Watia]

entirely possible. Again, I would recommend to follow the API guide, possibly try some examples. Also make sure you allow the cross-origin script. Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *

[Talvi Watia]

@Danpe It appears a full working example can be found here: stackoverflow.com/questions/7443578/…

[Eskat0n]

stopVideo is native and not a jQuery method, so do not wrap your iframe in jQuery. I also recommend to use <object> tag instead of <iframe> for embedding YT videos.

[Talvi Watia]

@Eskat0N again, I would recommend to use the working example. To use the (quick and easy) method I provided, you need to include jquery in your header. stopVideo is actually not a native function to javascript, rather the embedded YouTube player object. Thus, if you reference by id or class in jQuery, it really doesn't matter if it is an object or iframe. (Although <object> is better yes.) The subfunctions bound to that object will then be available in jQuery. (such as stopVideo)

[Ionut]

I think this is the best option when you load iframes dinamically.

[rtpHarry]

Good tip, thanks. I incorporated :visible into it so instead of resetting everything on the page I just reset the current one. When flipping through tabs or a gallery it means the new tab will show with the video already loaded.

[Marco Faustinelli]

With which version of the API have you falsified this solution? Have you found an alternative?

[azhidkov]

I would like to emphasize that your embed url MUST have enablejsapi=1, otherwise this doesn't work. Details here developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters#enablejsapi I spent some time when I realized why this answer doesn't work.

[Alan Bellows]

Perhaps something changed on the YouTube end, but for me this just restarts the video rather than stopping it (edit: nevermind, javascript elsewhere was adding '&autoplay=1' to the url)

[MastaBaba]

A fine hack. Applause.

[kneidels]

perfect as of now

[Shah Abaz Khan]

Ha! Take that YouTube! Smart people scores!

[Alex R]

This is still working as of 5/2018. Fixed a cosmetic typo in the js code.

[skinny_jones]

Hello there,does anyone know how to implement that within Ionic 3?

[J.Kirk.]

For some reason I had to pass it to the src link for it to work: src="youtube.com/embed/…"

[Clint]

Are the classes here intentionally different? yt_player_iframe vs youtube_player_iframe

[Marco Faustinelli]

@Clint: good catch. Looking at it now, I guess they should be the same; but I can't recall exactly what I did myself 3yrs ago. I see the original page with the solution is lost, so we are on our own. You may want to edit the text :-)

[Marco Faustinelli]

@NejcRodošek - I don't know. It appears the original page where I found this solution is lost forever. Possibly a reference to this API version is still reachable.

[Nejc Rodošek]

@MarcoFaustinell i found the command, it is: unMute. Its case sensitive, so watch out for the cases.

[Chris Pink]

note in this answer there is a mismatch between class="yt_player_iframe" and $('.youtube_player_iframe'), correct this and it works perfectly

[Chris Pink]

although it does throw a warning : "Cross-Origin Request Blocked" if more than one is playing.

[CPHPython]

On 2018-11-20 just adding ?enablejsapi=1 to the URL and using the postMessage worked for me without importing any JS files for the Youtube API. When the warning shows up in teh console, it also says: "The Same Origin Policy disallows reading the remote resource at [URL] Reason: CORS request did not succeed".

[E Benzle]

Yes! Thanks. This is option is still working in 2019. Also, it does not rely on YouTube API.

[chifliiiii]

seems to fail with ms edge.

[Jax297]

@chifliiiii maybe it recognizes the same source wants to be loaded. Maybe you can try to insert a line "$(this).attr("src","#");" just before "$(this).attr("src",el_src);" ? let us know if that helps :)

[TrySpace]

So with autoplay=1, the 1 means it should not pause (and play automatically), are you saying if you put the & after it it will not autoplay and pause the video?

[Debbie Kurth]

this is a close solution to was looking for. Now to detect if it is playing BEFORE I try the reset. It causes the video to blink.

[okarpov]

easiest way to stop player without all these JS and API from youtube, thx!

[Simion Agavriloaei]

2020-05-25, this solution still works, add ?enablejsapi=1 and iframeElement.contentWindow.postMessage('{"event":"command",‌​"func":"pauseVideo",‌​"args":""}', '*') (notice i'm using pauseVideo, because stopVideo hides title even if the video was not started).

[Marco Faustinelli]

@CPHPython @SimionAgavriloaei - the src attribute of the iframe already contains enablejsapi=1, yet you both suggest to add the same string. But where? Feel free to edit the text, because I don't understand. Thank you for the upvote, btw! :-)

[CPHPython]

@MarcoFaustinelli I probably meant that the other 2 parameters were not needed, i.e. version and playerapiid do not need to be in the URL.

[Nanoo]

I know this post is old, but I just wanted to say that this solution still works as of July 2020.

[djmzfKnm]

This didn't worked for me, instead this fiddle did the trick: jsfiddle.net/MadLittleMods/3J2wT with this code $('#popup-youtube-player')[0].contentWindow.postMessage('{"e‌​vent":"command","fun‌​c":"' + 'stopVideo' + '","args":""}', '*');

[GitHunter0]

Hey folks, this solution is great, except that it makes the video lose all its native interactivity, how can I still use the native youtube video buttons? Thank you

[Michał Tkaczyk]

I think that it does not work anymore, at least on Chrome 96, I've also checked in Firefox 89.0.2 and it works, but not in Chrome :(

[pacanga]

Just tried as well, seems does not work. What might be new change. lol.

[Boris Adamyan]

NOTE enablejsapi=1 this attribute is required in URL