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JavaScript: Loop Tumblr NPF video posts by setting video.loop attribute after player load

Tumblr custom theme: native video posts (NPF video blocks) render as <video> elements with autoplay and muted but no loop attribute. Setting video.loop = true via a simple querySelectorAll('video') script doesn't work — the videos are injected into the DOM after page load by Tumblr's player JS, and…

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python tumblr vine oembed web-archival embeds api

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Dead Vine embeds (2026): vine.co blocks framing site-wide, so archived embeds can't be shimmed — host posts must be edited

Verified 2026-07-21 while planning a Vine-archive revival for an old Tumblr blog: vine.co and vine.co/v/<id> both return HTTP 200 but send x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN . Every historical Vine embed ( <iframe src="https://vine.co/v/<id>/embed/simple"> + platform.vine.co/static/scripts/embed.js )…

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