Video is not showing; only link is showing

I’ve tried the code block/embed code on this test page:
https://www.missouriartscouncil.org/homepage-experiments
The fourth cell on the first grid row uses Enfold’s Video Element with a YouTube link. Just the link shows.
The fourth cell in the second grid row uses the Code Block Element with the YouTube embed code. An image shows, but the visible dimensions of the fourth cell are different than the other three that contain Image Elements. This throws off the appearance of the entire row.

So the code block/embed code method does not solve the problem.

Compare the appearance and behavior of the grid row as it appears on the current homepage:
https://www.missouriartscouncil.org
This row was created with the fourth cell set to contain Enfold’s Video Element with a YouTube link. I switched out the YouTube link on March 10. It worked then and still works perfectly, just as using this method has worked perfectly since I launched the site last July.

Each cell on all three of the rows (the actual homepage and the two rows on the experiments page) is formatted for a top alignment and no padding. The Video Element on the homepage is formatted 4:3. Each cell also has a custom background color identical to the color section below it, #e2eaf5. The background is not, however, visible on the homepage grid row.

BTW, the top video is created via Fullwidth Easy Slider using a YouTube link. I created a new Fullwidth Easy Slider with a different YouTube link. It worked perfectly. The problem seems to be isolated to Video Element.

I’m not having problems embedding a video using a code block/YouTube embed code. I’m having problems with the way the cell containing the video displays publicly once I’ve done that. The video does embed. But the public appearance of the cell is wrong. Please look at the second grid row on this page:
https://www.missouriartscouncil.org/homepage-experiments

I did follow your directions to switch to my default WordPress theme, WordPress 2016. I was initially confused because all I could see in the back end was a bunch of coding, but I was able to figure out where to insert the YouTube embed code. But when I switched back to Enfold, the public appearance of the video cell in the Grid Row was exactly the same.

Since code block/embed was supposed to be a workaround for the Enfold Video Element, I do need to know how to fix the public appearance of the video cell when using code block/embed, as shown on this page:
https://www.missouriartscouncil.org/homepage-experiments
Please advise! :-)

However, the larger issue is that YouTube/Vimeo links no longer display properly when inserted in the Video Element. That problem is illustrated in the first grid row on the Experiments page.

I have just now searched “video” and found I’m not the only one who is suddenly having this problem:
https://kriesi.at/support/topic/video-not-showing-4 – May 18 (I’d seen this post before, and unfortunately the poster has not responded to your last suggestion from May 23)
https://kriesi.at/support/topic/get-video-to-play-on-site – May 19
https://kriesi.at/support/topic/removal-of-black-bars-on-vimeo-videos – May 11 (this one unfortunately dead-ends in a request for admin access, so I have no idea if and/or how the issue was resolved)

The Enfold Video Element had been working perfectly on my site for 10 months. The issue appears to me to be a new bug with the Element.

Sure thing.

I posted a new video using its YouTube address within the Enfold Video Element on March 10. The next time I tried to post a video was on May 18. That’s when I first encountered the problem of only the link showing up.

At that time on May 18, my site was still running Enfold 3.8.4. That is the same version the site was running on March 10 when the YouTube link posted just right. My site updated to Enfold 4.0.7 on May 23. So there wasn’t any change in my installation between when the Video Element/YouTube link was displaying perfectly and when it was displaying only the link.

Again, I note that the link-only-display is occurring only for new attempts to post a link within Video Element. All the places on my site where I already had YouTube and Vimeo links posted within Video Element still look great.

Any progress? I just tested the Video Element with a YouTube URL again, and the problem is still there.

1) Video Element shows only link when YouTube or Vimeo URL is inserted

2) When using a code block/YouTube embed code, the Grid Row cell displays differently than the other cells in the row that contain Image Elements. The Code Block cell throws off the bottom margins of the Image Element cells.

https://www.missouriartscouncil.org/homepage-experiments

No, it is not. Please be sure you are checking this test page and not the actual homepage of the website:
https://www.missouriartscouncil.org/homepage-experiments

To simplify matters, I have now removed everything from the test page except two Grid Rows that illustrate the following problems with using a YouTube or Vimeo URL:

Top Grid Row
Enfold’s Video Element shows only the link when YouTube or Vimeo URL is inserted.

Bottom Grid Row
When using Enfold’s Code Block Element with a YouTube embed code, the Grid Row cell displays differently than the three other cells in the row that contain Image Elements. The Code Block cell throws off the bottom margins of the Image Element cells.

I have checked the Homepage Experiments page on computers that are outside my office as well as within my office network. The video display problems occur no matter which network and which server I have used to view that page.

Sorry about the delayed response; I just got back from an extended absence.

I can see why you can’t reproduce the issue. I’ve expanded my tests of the Video Element to try several different YouTube URLs, and I’ve found that sometimes the Video Element works perfectly, and sometimes the Element shows only the link. There doesn’t seem to be any pattern to which YouTube URLs are compatible. It’s freaking weird!

It’s public. It’s from this channel, of the Missouri Department of Economic Development:
https://www.youtube.com/user/MoEcoDev