How our embed health checks keep videos playable

Every player on this site is checked before publication and re-checked every week. Here is exactly what that means.

The problem with embedded video

A tube site that embeds other platforms’ players lives and dies by link rot. Sources delete files, change players, or silently return an empty frame. Nothing on the page looks broken until a visitor clicks play and gets nothing.

Two checks, two moments

Before a video is published we open the player URL itself and confirm it answers with a normal response. That check is automatic and blocking: a dead player never reaches the archive. It is the reason a publishing batch can be smaller than planned — we would rather skip a clip than show a broken card.

After publication the same check runs weekly across every post. Each post is opened, the embed is extracted from the live page, and the upstream player is requested. Anything that fails is flagged, reviewed and removed.

What we do not do

We do not host the video files. Every player streams from its source platform’s own servers, which keeps our bandwidth flat and means takedown requests are handled at the source.

Frequently asked questions

How often are videos checked?

Once before publication and once a week afterwards. A batch that fails its pre-publication check is simply not published.

What happens if a source goes down temporarily?

The card stays until a check fails repeatedly. Temporary upstream errors are retried before anything is removed.

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