# Adding YouTube videos to Elements **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements\ **Created:** [May 28, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/adding-youtube-videos-to-elements/47813 "2025-05-28T23:50:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![paulcruice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@paulcruice](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/paulcruice)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/adding-youtube-videos-to-elements/47813/1 "2025-05-28T23:50:59Z")
How do I do this? Can I reference it as we did in Classic? What is the methodology? ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/adding-youtube-videos-to-elements/47813/2 "2025-05-29T08:30:54Z")
You can add YouTube or Vimeo videos by dragging and dropping the URL from your web browser to the Resources area in [Elements](https://elementsapp.io/). A playlist URL can also be dropped into the resources area. ---
**Author:** ![maxken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@maxken](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/maxken)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/adding-youtube-videos-to-elements/47813/3 "2025-05-29T08:39:58Z")
YouTube uses two alternative domains for accessing videos but only the first of these seems to work when creating the Resource link: [www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnnnnnnnnn](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnnnnnnnnn)_(this works)_ or youtu.be/nnnnnnnnnn _(this doesn’t)_ Where nnnnnnnnnn is the YT video ref. no. I don’t know why the .be version doesn’t work. Maybe DanC can shed some light? ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/adding-youtube-videos-to-elements/47813/4 "2025-05-29T10:51:19Z")
That sounds like a bug to me; thanks for the report. I’m guessing we’re just not looking at or handling the youtu.be domain. For now, just use the full YouTube URL. I’ll get this added into our bug tracker for fixing. ---
**Author:** ![paulcruice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@paulcruice](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/paulcruice)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/adding-youtube-videos-to-elements/47813/5 "2025-05-29T11:40:48Z")
Thanks Dan. ---
**Author:** ![maxken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@maxken](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/maxken)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 3:44am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/adding-youtube-videos-to-elements/47813/6 "2025-05-30T03:44:34Z")
Thanks Dan. I had a quick look at the html and JS of a published page that had both a video link using [youtube.com](http://youtube.com) and a link using youtu.be and it definitely supports your idea of what’s happening (or rather _not_ happening) ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/adding-youtube-videos-to-elements/47813/7 "2025-05-30T07:38:17Z")
Thanks, this is now on the list to be fixed 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Multiferry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@Multiferry](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Multiferry)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/adding-youtube-videos-to-elements/47813/8 "2025-06-11T12:38:23Z")
Hi Dan, that doesn’t work for me. It shows the green plus icon. But it drops somewhere without happening anything. Regards Ferry ---
**Author:** ![paulcruice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@paulcruice](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/paulcruice)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/adding-youtube-videos-to-elements/47813/9 "2025-06-11T21:38:23Z")
Hi Ferry, I suspect you are trying to put the URL on the page itself or in the settings for the video. What you need to do is place the URL **in the Resources Folder of Elements first** and having done that then place this Elements Resource in the Video Settings. Hope that answers your problem. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![Multiferry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@Multiferry](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Multiferry)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/adding-youtube-videos-to-elements/47813/10 "2025-06-12T06:01:32Z")
Hi Paul, ahh okay. Now it works fine. Thanks a lot. ---
**Author:** ![fortiwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@fortiwa](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/fortiwa)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/adding-youtube-videos-to-elements/47813/11 "2026-05-23T06:09:26Z")
With Gallery Pro, can you add urls from a remote server (bunnystream) as readily as from YT or Vimeo, and is there control over the thumbnail? And are the padding controls similar to the ones in demo video for photos (other than masonry.?)