iOS 8 Embedded YouTube in HTML web app fails

Question

YouTube iOS8 Media Load Issue - Media plays successfully while in Safari, but when the app is loaded from a Home Screen web clip, playing the video fails.

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Answer 1

I am having the same issues!

This is an issue particular to IOS8. Please see: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6558443 Hopefully Apple will fix this issue soon. Another issue arising is unable to use Play button: The Play button on a youtube embed does not work on android-chrome

UPDATE: They have fixed the PLAY button ISSUE!