If I enter a full youtube URL copied from the address bar then it doesn't play.

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Current Behavior

I have made a minimum reproduction here - https://codesandbox.io/s/react-player-youtube-wedji

If I enter a URL by directly copying from the browser, example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtb11P1FWnc&ab_channel=Coldplay then it does not play.

Removing the ab_channel param makes it work.

However it does play correctly in the demo, so I am wondering how can I enable that in my app?

Expected Behavior

Directly copying the URL from youtube should work.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Please see the minimal reproduction at https://codesandbox.io/s/react-player-youtube-wedji

Environment

• URL attempting to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtb11P1FWnc&ab_channel=Coldplay
• Browser: Chrome
• Operating system: Tested on MacOS and Ubuntu (20.04)
• jsFiddle example:

Other Information

Does play correctly in the demo.

[cookpete]

Good spot! The updated regex for parsing the channel= param is incorrectly picking up ab_channel= too.

[cookpete]

Is there a plan to fix this soon? Do you have a time frame for the next release with this fix?

I have a fix. I’ll publish a release in the next couple of days.