What’s the issue?
If you add a YouTube “Clip” link (one that looks like youtube.com/clip/...) into a Go1 Video learning item, you might find that:
The video saves fine when creating the learning item.
But when you try to play it in Go1’s player, it just shows a black screen and doesn’t start.
Outside of Go1 (directly in YouTube) the Clip will play normally — so why won’t it work here?
Why this happens
“YouTube Clips” are short excerpts of a longer video, created on YouTube to share only a specific portion of that video.
They’re not the same as a normal video URL.
Go1’s video player uses YouTube’s embed system, and unfortunately:
YouTube does not support embedding “Clip” URLs outside of YouTube’s own website.
Only full video links (and playlists) are supported for embedding.
When a Clip URL is used in an embedded player, YouTube won’t load the video video — which is why you see a black screen in Go1.
How to check if you have a Clip link
A Clip link will usually look like one of these:
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx4LMslLC7...
https://youtube.com/clip/xxxxxxxxxxx
Full YouTube video links look like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
The fix: Use the original video with start/end times
If you want to show the same segment as a Clip in Go1, you can re-create it using the original video link and timecode parameters.
Steps:
Open the Clip in YouTube.
Click the video’s title (above the Clip view) to go to the full original video.
Copy the original video’s link from your browser’s address bar. It should look like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID
4. Convert it into an embed format:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID
5. Add start and end times (in seconds) if you want to match the Clip segment:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID?start=60&end=120
(In this example, the video will start at 1 minute and end at 2 minutes.)
6. Use this final embed URL in your Go1 Video learning item.
Example
Clip URL (won’t work in Go1):
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx4LMslLC7nDXOMVgJbRU8mZIWj77Sl5gT
Playable embed URL:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/abc123XYZ?start=45&end=90
(Plays from 00:45 to 01:30 of the full video in Go1.)
Summary
Don’t use
youtube.com/cliplinks in Go1 — they won’t play.Do use the original full video URL in the
/embed/format.Add
?start=XX&end=YYif you want to limit playback to a particular section.