Embed Youtube/Vimeo videos into email template

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I need to embed a video (youtube and vimeo) into my email template.I have tried below mentioned 2 methods.But those are not working.Could you tell me why ? Thanks in advance.

Method 1 :

 <video id="SomeID" name="media" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RFinNxS5KN4"></video>

Method 2 :

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RFinNxS5KN4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Brad C On BEST ANSWER

The simpler answer is: you cant embed them into emails.

While HTML enabled email clients allow valid HTML, they will filter out embed tags and HTML5 video links as a security concern. If they were enabled it would create a whole new world for spammers of referral links and such.

A good workaround would be to just hyperlink to the video instead (or to a page on your site that has them embedded) using a nicely crafted image. Make sure the email header specifies HTML and not text if you do this.