Title: How to embed youTube videos. [process now invalid]
Post by: Tank on June 11, 2010, 05:34:43 PM
Post by: Tank on June 11, 2010, 05:34:43 PM
YouTube links must look like this if they are to work
They often start out looking something like this
If you look closely at the above you will see an '&', it and all the characters to its right need to be deleted if the link is to embed properly. So you delete the following.
So
gives
[youtube:2u6ve42y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfFXH3VqcCM[/youtube:2u6ve42y]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfFXH3VqcCMThey often start out looking something like this
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfFXH3VqcCM&feature=PlayList&p=3AC234B7E49D31C7&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=2If you look closely at the above you will see an '&', it and all the characters to its right need to be deleted if the link is to embed properly. So you delete the following.
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&feature=PlayList&p=3AC234B7E49D31C7&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=2So
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfFXH3VqcCM[/youtube]gives
[youtube:2u6ve42y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfFXH3VqcCM[/youtube:2u6ve42y]
Title: Re: How to embed youTube videos.
Post by: Whitney on June 12, 2010, 02:53:03 AM
Post by: Whitney on June 12, 2010, 02:53:03 AM
Thanks! Pinned.
(Great choice for an example vid)
(Great choice for an example vid)
Title: Re: How to embed youTube videos.
Post by: SSY on August 15, 2010, 08:47:49 AM
Post by: SSY on August 15, 2010, 08:47:49 AM
Sometimes, when people post a youtube link, I just get a picture of a video window, that I cannot play. Is it the link or something wrong with my computer? For reference, the one you posted above works, and I use Chrome.
Title: Re: How to embed youTube videos.
Post by: Tank on August 15, 2010, 09:00:11 AM
Post by: Tank on August 15, 2010, 09:00:11 AM
Quote from: "SSY"Sometimes, when people post a youtube link, I just get a picture of a video window, that I cannot play. Is it the link or something wrong with my computer? For reference, the one you posted above works, and I use Chrome.I'd search for the video that won't play directly in YouTube. If it will/won't play if you find it by search rather than link that may give you a clue to the root of the issue. Also post a link here if you have one so we can try.
Title: Re: How to embed youTube videos.
Post by: Tank on August 23, 2010, 07:41:30 AM
Post by: Tank on August 23, 2010, 07:41:30 AM
The same thing said in a different way.
The first thing is to make sure is the link you are using is correct. YouTube links often have a lot of crap on the right hand end that needs to be stripped off before one adds the BBCode 'tags' that do the magic.
This link wont work because of the crap marked in red
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOVMHUxLeMI&feature=related
The bit you need to strip off is the & and all the characters to its right which leaves this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOVMHUxLeMI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOVMHUxLeMI)
That just gets treated like a link that you can click on to go to the video. To make the video appear you need to add the BBCode tags
It must look exactly like that. Spaces or lines between the link and the tags bugger things up, for example:-
But with the right link and the tags correctly placed you should see this
[youtube:24qz48dl]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOVMHUxLeMI[/youtube:24qz48dl]
Feel free to practice embedding on this thread.
The first thing is to make sure is the link you are using is correct. YouTube links often have a lot of crap on the right hand end that needs to be stripped off before one adds the BBCode 'tags' that do the magic.
This link wont work because of the crap marked in red
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOVMHUxLeMI&feature=related
The bit you need to strip off is the & and all the characters to its right which leaves this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOVMHUxLeMI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOVMHUxLeMI)
That just gets treated like a link that you can click on to go to the video. To make the video appear you need to add the BBCode tags
before and after the link so the whole assembly of link and tags looks like this.
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOVMHUxLeMI[/youtube]It must look exactly like that. Spaces or lines between the link and the tags bugger things up, for example:-
But with the right link and the tags correctly placed you should see this
[youtube:24qz48dl]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOVMHUxLeMI[/youtube:24qz48dl]
Feel free to practice embedding on this thread.
Title: Re: How to embed youTube videos.
Post by: humblesmurph on August 23, 2010, 02:51:24 PM
Post by: humblesmurph on August 23, 2010, 02:51:24 PM
[youtube:1xjv0buj]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_cFmSumLQc[/youtube:1xjv0buj]
i did it!!!!! It's the small things that keep me happy. Thanks Tank. Ironically, this may be my favorite song.
i did it!!!!! It's the small things that keep me happy. Thanks Tank. Ironically, this may be my favorite song.
Title: Re: How to embed youTube videos.
Post by: Tank on August 23, 2010, 03:34:40 PM
Post by: Tank on August 23, 2010, 03:34:40 PM
Somewhat ironic that embedding is disabled on that video But I just clicked through and watched it anyway.
But I just clicked through and watched it anyway.
Title: Re: How to embed youTube videos.
Post by: humblesmurph on August 23, 2010, 03:54:25 PM
Post by: humblesmurph on August 23, 2010, 03:54:25 PM
Quote from: "Tank"Somewhat ironic that embedding is disabled on that video :upset: Well at least I now know the formula thanks to you.
Title: Re: How to embed youTube videos.
Post by: Whitney on May 03, 2011, 10:19:01 PM
Post by: Whitney on May 03, 2011, 10:19:01 PM
Quote from: humblesmurph on August 23, 2010, 03:54:25 PMQuote from: TankSomewhat ironic that embedding is disabled on that video :upset: Well at least I now know the formula thanks to you.This tutorial is no longer valid.
Title: Re: How to embed youTube videos. [process now invalid]
Post by: Davin on May 03, 2011, 10:53:46 PM
Post by: Davin on May 03, 2011, 10:53:46 PM
Found this, was going to check it out for my personal forums to see if it was secure and worked well:
http://forumsblogswikis.com/2007/09/15/how-to-embed-youtube-videos-in-smf-forum/ (http://forumsblogswikis.com/2007/09/15/how-to-embed-youtube-videos-in-smf-forum/)
http://forumsblogswikis.com/2007/09/15/how-to-embed-youtube-videos-in-smf-forum/ (http://forumsblogswikis.com/2007/09/15/how-to-embed-youtube-videos-in-smf-forum/)