How to add youtube vids to post
05-14-2011, 11:36 PM
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How to add youtube vids to post I did a search and couldn't find much on how to add youtube vids to my posts.
When I try to add a vid it just gives the web address of where the video is.
Any tips or suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?
When I try to add a vid it just gives the web address of where the video is.
Any tips or suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?
05-15-2011, 12:54 PM
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like this?
[youtube]pLhKh0RQ5Eg[/youtube]
find the you tube video you want to put in the post and get the code. for this one I posted it is pLhK0RQ5Eg. if you have the url ie. you just cut off all the stuff before the p , then you wrap it in brackets with youtube in the first brackets and /youtube in the second set of brackets.
[youtube]pLhKh0RQ5Eg[/youtube]
find the you tube video you want to put in the post and get the code. for this one I posted it is pLhK0RQ5Eg. if you have the url ie. you just cut off all the stuff before the p , then you wrap it in brackets with youtube in the first brackets and /youtube in the second set of brackets.
Last edited by bridges; 05-15-2011 at 01:10 PM.
05-15-2011, 10:47 PM
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The forum has a plugin that suppose to pick up YouTube URLs and embed them rather than display a link. However, some YouTube links aren't being identified - which I believe are due to YT changes.
Typically, a YouTube video will have a unique string to identify the video. For example, using the above as an example:
http://youtu.be/pLhKh0RQ5Eg
or
pLhKh0RQ5Eg is the unique string for the above video.
If the software sees a youtube.com domain with a watch?v= followed by the unique string, it will automatically convert.
For example, the following will be automatically converted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLhKh0RQ5Eg
Typically, a YouTube video will have a unique string to identify the video. For example, using the above as an example:
http://youtu.be/pLhKh0RQ5Eg
or
pLhKh0RQ5Eg is the unique string for the above video.
If the software sees a youtube.com domain with a watch?v= followed by the unique string, it will automatically convert.
For example, the following will be automatically converted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLhKh0RQ5Eg
