YouTube - Do you block or allow access to students?

[sonofsanta]

You can allow single videos on a Smoothwall with a regex pattern:

 

(youtube\.com/watch\?v= [b][color=#ff0000]0MnJ0V0UFIc[/color][/b][A-Za-z_/=\?\.&]*)

 

Replace the bit in red with the ID code from the URL. All the stuff afterwards means it'll allow it even if it's got other GET variables padded behind it (like a start time). You do need to link to it directly, though. (Embedded videos are easier: just youtube.com/embed/{IDCODE} as a normal URL, no regex needed)

 

What I'd really love is a straightforward way to unblock all the videos on a given channel, but because YouTube's URLs are terrible and entirely lacking in metadata, there'll never be an easy way to do it

[mavhc]

You can allow single videos on a Smoothwall with a regex pattern:

 

(youtube\.com/watch\?v= [b][color=#ff0000]0MnJ0V0UFIc[/color][/b][A-Za-z_/=\?\.&]*)

 

Replace the bit in red with the ID code from the URL. All the stuff afterwards means it'll allow it even if it's got other GET variables padded behind it (like a start time). You do need to link to it directly, though. (Embedded videos are easier: just youtube.com/embed/{IDCODE} as a normal URL, no regex needed)

 

What I'd really love is a straightforward way to unblock all the videos on a given channel, but because YouTube's URLs are terrible and entirely lacking in metadata, there'll never be an easy way to do it

 

Sounds like need some scripting.

 

python3 youtube-dl --get-id https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR1IuLEqb6UEA_zQ81kwXfg/videos

[Cat_Jam148]

Blocked for all Pupils and unblocked for Staff.

 

Staff can request for it to be unblocked on specific device groups e.g. Laptop Trolley 1, iPad Trolley 2 etc...