Video posts not working for me

HuskerShark said:
zoogies said:
It's possible that they've disabled embedding on that video.
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That might be, but my computer has been doing that to me a lot.
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This is when you have to manually input the code for it to embed properly. Just know that different youtube accounts may use different embedding permissions settings.

Using the Johnny Football video you were trying to embed, here's what the full URL looks like:

Code: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=n58bFRauLL4
What you'll want to do in this case is remove the:

Code: 
feature=player_embedded&
Then manually input the rest of the URL together as follows:

Code: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n58bFRauLL4
Wrap the newly modified URL with either:

Code: 
[media][/media]
OR

Code: 
[youtube][/youtube]
are sometimes included in the 11 character identifier.

Or as zoogies already mentioned, some videos will not allow embedding outside of youtube, per the owner's request. In that case you'll just have to leave a direct link of the URL which will redirect viewers to youtube.

 
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Nexus said:
HuskerShark said:
zoogies said:
It's possible that they've disabled embedding on that video.
Click to expand...
That might be, but my computer has been doing that to me a lot.
Click to expand...
This is when you have to manually input the code for it to embed properly. Just know that different youtube accounts may use different embedding permissions settings.

Using the Johnny Football video you were trying to embed, here's what the full URL looks like:

Code: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=n58bFRauLL4
What you'll want to do in this case is remove the:

Code: 
feature=player_embedded&
Then manually input the rest of the URL together as follows:

Code: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n58bFRauLL4
Wrap the newly modified URL with either:

Code: 
[media][/media]
OR

Code: 
[youtube][/youtube]
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Thanks! Good stuff.

 
Really great explanation for embedding videos, Nexus. :thumbs

Another "cheat" I do sometimes if I'm not sure what to pare down from the URL is to copy the video title on YouTube, then put that title into their search line. Click the video on the search results page and it opens in a new page with a "clean" URL you can use here.

 
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