# Is there any way to force an info box instead of a (YouTube) video

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**Created:** [April 19, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-force-an-info-box-instead-of-a-youtube-video/940303 "2021-04-19T14:13:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-force-an-info-box-instead-of-a-youtube-video/940303/1 "2021-04-19T14:13:29Z")

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Specifically I would like to do this for playlists. I would rather link to the playlist itself, and not to the first video which might not actually show a description of the play list. Plus I may want people to start with a later video.

It’s fine if whatever it is would only work on playlists, but a general solution would be cool.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-force-an-info-box-instead-of-a-youtube-video/940303/2 "2021-04-19T14:18:56Z")

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Test [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLc9pB32V1Qh-pBbd-dhjvkK9odDWEaup](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLc9pB32V1Qh-pBbd-dhjvkK9odDWEaup)  
ETA, so far that’s the closest I can get, breaking the preview so you have to go to youtube. I don’t know if it’s a function of youtube or discourse, but something sees a playlist and assume you want to start watching it and not ‘here’s my playlist, pick a video from it’.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-force-an-info-box-instead-of-a-youtube-video/940303/3 "2021-04-19T14:26:10Z")

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Here’s your answer, at least as of about a year ago [Add thumbnails for YouTube playlist URLs - feature - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-thumbnails-for-youtube-playlist-urls/152431)  
“For normal YouTube videos, we use a custom embedding system. This doesn’t support the playlist UI. So that explains the difference.”

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/codinghorror/32/4242_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-force-an-info-box-instead-of-a-youtube-video/940303/4 "2021-04-25T21:54:39Z")

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Yes, just put the link in brackets like this

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death\_during\_consensual\_sex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_during_consensual_sex)

`<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_during_consensual_sex>`

if you don’t do that, you get a onebox:

> **[Death during consensual sex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_during_consensual_sex)**
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> Death can occur during sexual intercourse for a number of reasons, generally because of the physical strain of the activity, or because of unusual extenuating circumstances. There are various euphemisms for death during sex, including "dying in the saddle" or the French "la mort d'amour".
> Sexual intimacy, as well as orgasms, increases levels of the hormone oxytocin, also known as "the love hormone", which helps people bond and build trust. Sexua...