Allow embedding a YouTube video in markdown files

[petrdvorak]

It would be nice if one could just use a special markup to quickly embed a YouTube video in a markdown files. Sometimes, it is handy to illustrate features with a video and converting to gif or linking the video is not always the best option...

[gjtorikian]

We're discussing moving to a more formal standard like CommonMark. Realistically, we won't be introducing any more changes to the Markdown spec on our own. Sorry for any trouble this may cause.

[jsmedmar]

That response was a bit short for such an awesome feature request. Maybe github could allow some sort of exception for an iframe that renders a youtube video?

[jleaders]

Don't be on the wrong side of history, someone from the 🕐 future ⏲️ come embed a youtube video 📺 in the comment below mine 🚀

[mattdemarillac]

Don't be on the wrong side of history, someone from the future come embed a youtube video in the comment below mine

[jsmedmar]

hm not quite the same, but good try

[adam-hurwitz]

This iframe strategy on StackOverflow looked promising. However, it does not work in my repo's READ.md file.

[drscotthawley]

Bump. iframes are getting rendered as raw HTML code instead of showing video.

[shahriarlabib000]

there is no hope i guess 😞