diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index e20b2478d3..d7b64c0cf1 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function tryoembed($match){
 	if ($o->type=="error") return $match[0];
 	
 	$html = oembed_format_object($o);
-	return oembed_iframe($html,$o->width,$o->height);
+	return $html; //oembed_iframe($html,$o->width,$o->height);
 	
 }
 
diff --git a/include/oembed.php b/include/oembed.php
index 71b62b839d..3e86627e4d 100644
--- a/include/oembed.php
+++ b/include/oembed.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ function oembed_replacecb($matches){
 	$embedurl=$matches[1];
 	$j = oembed_fetch_url($embedurl);
 	$s =  oembed_format_object($j);
-	return oembed_iframe($s,$j->width,$j->height);
+	return $s;//oembed_iframe($s,$j->width,$j->height);
 
 
 }
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ function oembed_fetch_url($embedurl){
 	
 function oembed_format_object($j){
 	$embedurl = $j->embedurl;
+	$jhtml = oembed_iframe($j->html,$j->width,$j->height );
 	$ret="<span class='oembed ".$j->type."'>";
 	switch ($j->type) {
 		case "video": {
@@ -68,14 +69,14 @@ function oembed_format_object($j){
 				$tpl=get_markup_template('oembed_video.tpl');
 				$ret.=replace_macros($tpl, array(
 					'$embedurl'=>$embedurl,
-					'$escapedhtml'=>urlencode($j->html),
+					'$escapedhtml'=>base64_encode($jhtml),
 					'$tw'=>$tw,
 					'$th'=>$th,
 					'$turl'=>$j->thumbnail_url,
 				));
 				
 			} else {
-				$ret=$j->html;
+				$ret=$jhtml;
 			}
 			$ret.="<br>";
 		}; break;
@@ -88,12 +89,12 @@ function oembed_format_object($j){
 		}; break;  
 		case "rich": {
 			// not so safe.. 
-			$ret.= $j->html;
+			$ret.= $jhtml;
 		}; break;
 	}
 
 	// add link to source if not present in "rich" type
-	if (  $j->type!='rich' || !strpos($ret,$embedurl) ){
+	if (  $j->type!='rich' || !strpos($j->html,$embedurl) ){
 		$embedlink = (isset($j->title))?$j->title:$embedurl;
 		$ret .= "<a href='$embedurl' rel='oembed'>$embedlink</a>";
 		if (isset($j->author_name)) $ret.=" by ".$j->author_name;
@@ -107,7 +108,6 @@ function oembed_format_object($j){
 }
 
 function oembed_iframe($src,$width,$height) {
-
 	if(! $width || strstr($width,'%'))
 		$width = '640';
 	if(! $height || strstr($height,'%'))
diff --git a/js/webtoolkit.base64.js b/js/webtoolkit.base64.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fa3c1ed7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/webtoolkit.base64.js
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/**
+*
+*  Base64 encode / decode
+*  http://www.webtoolkit.info/
+*
+**/
+
+var Base64 = {
+
+	// private property
+	_keyStr : "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=",
+
+	// public method for encoding
+	encode : function (input) {
+		var output = "";
+		var chr1, chr2, chr3, enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4;
+		var i = 0;
+
+		input = Base64._utf8_encode(input);
+
+		while (i < input.length) {
+
+			chr1 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
+			chr2 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
+			chr3 = input.charCodeAt(i++);
+
+			enc1 = chr1 >> 2;
+			enc2 = ((chr1 & 3) << 4) | (chr2 >> 4);
+			enc3 = ((chr2 & 15) << 2) | (chr3 >> 6);
+			enc4 = chr3 & 63;
+
+			if (isNaN(chr2)) {
+				enc3 = enc4 = 64;
+			} else if (isNaN(chr3)) {
+				enc4 = 64;
+			}
+
+			output = output +
+			this._keyStr.charAt(enc1) + this._keyStr.charAt(enc2) +
+			this._keyStr.charAt(enc3) + this._keyStr.charAt(enc4);
+
+		}
+
+		return output;
+	},
+
+	// public method for decoding
+	decode : function (input) {
+		var output = "";
+		var chr1, chr2, chr3;
+		var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4;
+		var i = 0;
+
+		input = input.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g, "");
+
+		while (i < input.length) {
+
+			enc1 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+			enc2 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+			enc3 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+			enc4 = this._keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
+
+			chr1 = (enc1 << 2) | (enc2 >> 4);
+			chr2 = ((enc2 & 15) << 4) | (enc3 >> 2);
+			chr3 = ((enc3 & 3) << 6) | enc4;
+
+			output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr1);
+
+			if (enc3 != 64) {
+				output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr2);
+			}
+			if (enc4 != 64) {
+				output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr3);
+			}
+
+		}
+
+		output = Base64._utf8_decode(output);
+
+		return output;
+
+	},
+
+	// private method for UTF-8 encoding
+	_utf8_encode : function (string) {
+		string = string.replace(/\r\n/g,"\n");
+		var utftext = "";
+
+		for (var n = 0; n < string.length; n++) {
+
+			var c = string.charCodeAt(n);
+
+			if (c < 128) {
+				utftext += String.fromCharCode(c);
+			}
+			else if((c > 127) && (c < 2048)) {
+				utftext += String.fromCharCode((c >> 6) | 192);
+				utftext += String.fromCharCode((c & 63) | 128);
+			}
+			else {
+				utftext += String.fromCharCode((c >> 12) | 224);
+				utftext += String.fromCharCode(((c >> 6) & 63) | 128);
+				utftext += String.fromCharCode((c & 63) | 128);
+			}
+
+		}
+
+		return utftext;
+	},
+
+	// private method for UTF-8 decoding
+	_utf8_decode : function (utftext) {
+		var string = "";
+		var i = 0;
+		var c = c1 = c2 = 0;
+
+		while ( i < utftext.length ) {
+
+			c = utftext.charCodeAt(i);
+
+			if (c < 128) {
+				string += String.fromCharCode(c);
+				i++;
+			}
+			else if((c > 191) && (c < 224)) {
+				c2 = utftext.charCodeAt(i+1);
+				string += String.fromCharCode(((c & 31) << 6) | (c2 & 63));
+				i += 2;
+			}
+			else {
+				c2 = utftext.charCodeAt(i+1);
+				c3 = utftext.charCodeAt(i+2);
+				string += String.fromCharCode(((c & 15) << 12) | ((c2 & 63) << 6) | (c3 & 63));
+				i += 3;
+			}
+
+		}
+
+		return string;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/view/oembed_video.tpl b/view/oembed_video.tpl
index 29b5149ba2..5824d8d4e8 100644
--- a/view/oembed_video.tpl
+++ b/view/oembed_video.tpl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<a href='$embedurl' onclick='this.innerHTML=unescape("$escapedhtml").replace(/\+/g," "); return false;' style='float:left; margin: 1em; position: relative;'>
+<a href='$embedurl' onclick='this.innerHTML=Base64.decode("$escapedhtml"); return false;' style='float:left; margin: 1em; position: relative;'>
 	<img width='$tw' height='$th' src='$turl' >
 	<div style='position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: $twpx; height: $thpx; background: url(images/icons/48/play.png) no-repeat center center;'></div>
 </a>