How to embed a BitChute video 2017-09-04

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September 4, 2017

Following the notice that our Vimeo account is being withdrawn, we looked for alternative video hosting. While YouTube remains the obvious example, we wanted a free speech alternative. BitChute is coming on strong and the decentralizied architecture is appealing. However this isn't as easy to embed as more mature offerings like YouTube and Vimeo.

Here's how we got this working here. It is iFrame based and follows on from the Wordpress instructions here.

In order to make a properly responsive video (so that it changes size and works on mobile and other platforms) you need one small piece of magical CSS formatting code: