diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index 100c3b930..b68a7c5b1 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -301,14 +301,12 @@ function bb_onelinecode_cb($match) {
 }
 
 function tryoembed($match){
-	//$url = ((count($match)==2)?$match[1]:$match[2]);
 	$url = $match[1];
 
 	// Always embed the SSL version
 	$url = str_replace(array("http://www.youtube.com/", "http://player.vimeo.com/"),
 				array("https://www.youtube.com/", "https://player.vimeo.com/"), $url);
 
-	//logger("tryoembed: $url");
 
 	$o = oembed_fetch_url($url);
 
@@ -318,7 +316,7 @@ function tryoembed($match){
 	if ($o->type=="error") return $match[0];
 
 	$html = oembed_format_object($o);
-	return $html; //oembed_iframe($html,$o->width,$o->height);
+	return $html;
 
 }
 
diff --git a/include/oembed.php b/include/oembed.php
index 0e1238360..c848a4580 100755
--- a/include/oembed.php
+++ b/include/oembed.php
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 function oembed_replacecb($matches){
-//	logger('oembedcb');
 	$embedurl=$matches[1];
 	$j = oembed_fetch_url($embedurl);
 	$s =  oembed_format_object($j);
-	return $s;//oembed_iframe($s,$j->width,$j->height);
-
-
+	return $s;
 }
 
 
@@ -144,15 +141,12 @@ function oembed_format_object($j){
 			} else {
 				$ret=$jhtml;
 			}
-			$ret.="<br>";
+			//$ret.="<br>";
 		}; break;
 		case "photo": {
 			$ret.= "<img width='".$j->width."' src='".proxy_url($j->url)."'>";
-			//$ret.= "<img width='".$j->width."' height='".$j->height."' src='".proxy_url($j->url)."'>";
-			$ret.="<br>";
 		}; break;
 		case "link": {
-			//$ret = "<a href='".$embedurl."'>".$j->title."</a>";
 		}; break;
 		case "rich": {
 			// not so safe..
@@ -194,10 +188,10 @@ function oembed_format_object($j){
 	} else {
 		// add <a> for html2bbcode conversion
 		$ret .= "<a href='$embedurl' rel='oembed'>$embedurl</a>";
-		$ret .= "<br style='clear:left'>";
 	}
 	$ret.="</span>";
-	return  mb_convert_encoding($ret, 'HTML-ENTITIES', mb_detect_encoding($ret));
+	$ret = str_replace("\n","",$ret);
+	return mb_convert_encoding($ret, 'HTML-ENTITIES', mb_detect_encoding($ret));
 }
 
 function oembed_iframe($src,$width,$height) {
diff --git a/view/templates/oembed_video.tpl b/view/templates/oembed_video.tpl
index 4aa135154..8392c469c 100644
--- a/view/templates/oembed_video.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/oembed_video.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-
 <a class="embed_video" href='{{$embedurl}}' onclick='this.innerHTML=Base64.decode("{{$escapedhtml}}"); return false;'>
 	<img width='{{$tw}}' height='{{$th}}' src='{{$turl}}' >
-	<div style='position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: {{$tw}}px; height: {{$th}}px; background: url({{$baseurl}}/images/icons/48/play.png) no-repeat center center;'></div>
+	<div style='width: {{$tw}}px; height: {{$th}}px;'></div>
 </a>
diff --git a/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css b/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
index 76bbab8e0..c004eb53d 100644
--- a/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
@@ -1221,6 +1221,10 @@ input#dfrn-url {
 }
 .type-link .oembed {
 }
+.oembed.video .embed_video > div {
+    position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;
+    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) url(shiny.png) no-repeat scroll center center;
+}
 
 .shared_header {
   height: 32px;
diff --git a/view/theme/quattro/dark/style.css b/view/theme/quattro/dark/style.css
index 1b021687c..847017ee5 100644
--- a/view/theme/quattro/dark/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/quattro/dark/style.css
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ a:hover {
   text-decoration: underline;
 }
 blockquote {
-  background: #ffffff;
+  background: #FFFFFF;
   padding: 1em;
   margin-left: 1em;
   border-left: 1em solid #e6e6e6;
@@ -544,7 +544,6 @@ header {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
   /*width: 100%; height: 12px; */
-
   z-index: 110;
   color: #ffffff;
 }
@@ -922,7 +921,6 @@ aside .posted-date-selector-months {
   overflow: auto;
   height: auto;
   /*.contact-block-div { width:60px; height: 60px; }*/
-
 }
 #contact-block .contact-block-h4 {
   float: left;
@@ -1004,7 +1002,6 @@ aside .posted-date-selector-months {
   margin-bottom: 2em;
   /*.action .s10 { width: 10px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;}
 	.action .s16 { width: 16px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;}*/
-
 }
 .widget h3 {
   padding: 0;
@@ -1308,7 +1305,6 @@ section {
   height: 32px;
   margin-left: 16px;
   /*background: url(../../../images/icons/22/user.png) no-repeat center center;*/
-
 }
 .comment-edit-preview .contact-photo-menu-button {
   top: 15px !important;
@@ -1447,9 +1443,13 @@ blockquote.shared_content {
 }
 .oembed.video > a.embed_video {
   display: block;
-  float: none;
+  float: left;
+  position: relative;
 }
 .oembed.video > a.embed_video > div {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0px;
+  left: 0px;
   background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.36) url(../../../images/icons/48/play.png) no-repeat center center !important;
 }
 /* threaded comments */
@@ -2241,7 +2241,6 @@ ul.tabs li .active {
   min-height: 22px;
   padding-top: 6px;
   /* a { display: block;}*/
-
 }
 #photo-caption {
   display: block;
diff --git a/view/theme/quattro/green/style.css b/view/theme/quattro/green/style.css
index 4c50fb35f..4cfcb5927 100644
--- a/view/theme/quattro/green/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/quattro/green/style.css
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ a:hover {
   text-decoration: underline;
 }
 blockquote {
-  background: #ffffff;
+  background: #FFFFFF;
   padding: 1em;
   margin-left: 1em;
   border-left: 1em solid #e6e6e6;
@@ -544,7 +544,6 @@ header {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
   /*width: 100%; height: 12px; */
-
   z-index: 110;
   color: #ffffff;
 }
@@ -922,7 +921,6 @@ aside .posted-date-selector-months {
   overflow: auto;
   height: auto;
   /*.contact-block-div { width:60px; height: 60px; }*/
-
 }
 #contact-block .contact-block-h4 {
   float: left;
@@ -1004,7 +1002,6 @@ aside .posted-date-selector-months {
   margin-bottom: 2em;
   /*.action .s10 { width: 10px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;}
 	.action .s16 { width: 16px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;}*/
-
 }
 .widget h3 {
   padding: 0;
@@ -1308,7 +1305,6 @@ section {
   height: 32px;
   margin-left: 16px;
   /*background: url(../../../images/icons/22/user.png) no-repeat center center;*/
-
 }
 .comment-edit-preview .contact-photo-menu-button {
   top: 15px !important;
@@ -1447,9 +1443,13 @@ blockquote.shared_content {
 }
 .oembed.video > a.embed_video {
   display: block;
-  float: none;
+  float: left;
+  position: relative;
 }
 .oembed.video > a.embed_video > div {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0px;
+  left: 0px;
   background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.36) url(../../../images/icons/48/play.png) no-repeat center center !important;
 }
 /* threaded comments */
@@ -2241,7 +2241,6 @@ ul.tabs li .active {
   min-height: 22px;
   padding-top: 6px;
   /* a { display: block;}*/
-
 }
 #photo-caption {
   display: block;
diff --git a/view/theme/quattro/lilac/style.css b/view/theme/quattro/lilac/style.css
index 7fb505dec..2ff7cfcb0 100644
--- a/view/theme/quattro/lilac/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/quattro/lilac/style.css
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
 body {
   font-family: Liberation Sans, helvetica, arial, clean, sans-serif;
   font-size: 11px;
-  background-color: #f6ecf9;
+  background-color: #F6ECF9;
   color: #2d2d2d;
   margin: 50px 0 0 0;
   display: table;
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ a:hover {
   text-decoration: underline;
 }
 blockquote {
-  background: #ffffff;
+  background: #FFFFFF;
   padding: 1em;
   margin-left: 1em;
   border-left: 1em solid #e6e6e6;
@@ -544,7 +544,6 @@ header {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
   /*width: 100%; height: 12px; */
-
   z-index: 110;
   color: #ffffff;
 }
@@ -922,7 +921,6 @@ aside .posted-date-selector-months {
   overflow: auto;
   height: auto;
   /*.contact-block-div { width:60px; height: 60px; }*/
-
 }
 #contact-block .contact-block-h4 {
   float: left;
@@ -1004,7 +1002,6 @@ aside .posted-date-selector-months {
   margin-bottom: 2em;
   /*.action .s10 { width: 10px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;}
 	.action .s16 { width: 16px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;}*/
-
 }
 .widget h3 {
   padding: 0;
@@ -1308,7 +1305,6 @@ section {
   height: 32px;
   margin-left: 16px;
   /*background: url(../../../images/icons/22/user.png) no-repeat center center;*/
-
 }
 .comment-edit-preview .contact-photo-menu-button {
   top: 15px !important;
@@ -1447,9 +1443,13 @@ blockquote.shared_content {
 }
 .oembed.video > a.embed_video {
   display: block;
-  float: none;
+  float: left;
+  position: relative;
 }
 .oembed.video > a.embed_video > div {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0px;
+  left: 0px;
   background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.36) url(../../../images/icons/48/play.png) no-repeat center center !important;
 }
 /* threaded comments */
@@ -1753,7 +1753,7 @@ span[id^="showmore-wrap"] {
   height: 20px;
   width: 500px;
   font-weight: bold;
-  border: 1px solid #f6ecf9;
+  border: 1px solid #F6ECF9;
 }
 #jot #jot-title:-webkit-input-placeholder {
   font-weight: normal;
@@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ span[id^="showmore-wrap"] {
   margin: 0;
   height: 20px;
   width: 200px;
-  border: 1px solid #f6ecf9;
+  border: 1px solid #F6ECF9;
 }
 #jot #jot-category:hover {
   border: 1px solid #999999;
@@ -2241,7 +2241,6 @@ ul.tabs li .active {
   min-height: 22px;
   padding-top: 6px;
   /* a { display: block;}*/
-
 }
 #photo-caption {
   display: block;
diff --git a/view/theme/quattro/quattro.less b/view/theme/quattro/quattro.less
index d47263b50..681cfcc37 100644
--- a/view/theme/quattro/quattro.less
+++ b/view/theme/quattro/quattro.less
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ section {
             margin: 1em 0;
             max-height: 160px;
             overflow: hidden;
-                    padding-left: 1em;
+            padding-left: 1em;
         }
         .oembed {}
 }
@@ -780,8 +780,10 @@ blockquote.shared_content {
 .oembed.video {
 	> a.embed_video {
 		display: block;
-		float: none;
+		float: left;
+        position: relative;
 		> div {
+            position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;
 			background:
 				rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.36)
 				url(../../../images/icons/48/play.png)
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/style.css b/view/theme/vier/style.css
index 7d0c36be1..e53ac45f7 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/vier/style.css
@@ -2522,6 +2522,25 @@ blockquote {
     display: block;
 }
 
+.oembed.video .embed_video > div {
+    position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;
+    background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
+}
+.oembed.video .embed_video > div::before {
+    font-family: FontAwesome;
+    font-weight: normal;
+    font-style: normal;
+    display: inline-block;
+    text-decoration: inherit;
+    vertical-align: top;
+    font-size: 3em;
+    content: "\f01d"; /* icon-play-circle */
+    color: #fff;
+    bottom: 10px;
+    right: 10px;
+    position: absolute;
+}
+
 /* ================== */
 /* = Contacts Block = */
 /* ================== */