How To Add Youtube Videos To The Forums.

Hi Guys.

 

Here is a little tutorial in how to add YouTube Videos in your posts:

 

First you go to the video that you want to add to a post. For me as a test video I would add a tilt test.

 

Edit:- If the Following procedure does not work then please try the procedure at the bottom of this post. Thank you to Bucic for pointing it out!

 

 

Second single click the code next to where it says "Embed". Right click and select copy:

 

 

Come back over to ED Forums start a new post and paste the code that you copied from youtube and paste it into your post like so:

 

 

Select the whole code:

 

 

Then click the youtube icon so it turns out like this:

 

 

Click "Submit New Thread" as you would normally do if you post anything and hey presto you should have a working video!

 

 

Edited September 25, 2010 by AustinN360

Bump

thank you that worked.

Bump again.

Bump.

 

To ED Mod, any chance you can make this a sticky please guys? Thanks.

 

I guess cos it should be in Forum and Site Issues, not under Lock On > Help Desk?

I think I might have a problem with this. It embedded many yt vids here but recently... check out this post for example http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=939676&postcount=898 Can you play those vids?

no, I only see white spots where the videos should be

Does embedding work for you?

Have you tried with the url only?

 

As follows:

 

 

Now just take the part after v=

erOXE_L5amc

 

And put that part into

 

youtube]erOXE_L5amc[/youtube

 

Close the brackets as above and you'll get:

 

erOXE_L5amc :

 

 

 

Go-On: Admit it........... Couldn't resist the Boom-Shaka now could you :D

Embedding works for me.

 

And I can play it fine on all my browsers. WTH?!

 

 

Pasting a short link worked but I will be unable to post playlist etc. Can anyone inspect my post with the white rectangle? (use the quote button to preview my embed code)

Edited July 7, 2010 by Bucic

There is something wrong with your embedding. I think it didn't work because you had chosen somehow "full Screen", Look here:

 

 

There is something wrong with your embedding. I think it didn't work because you had chosen somehow "full Screen"

I don't get it, sorry :/ Just tell me what to different and how to make my vids playable here, if you know it.

Besides I got white boxes with the short link too - there was no place for "choosing fullscreen" there. Correction: such embeding does work for me.

Edited July 8, 2010 by Bucic

I just went to the Youtube page of your videos:

then chose "<Embed>"

Then copied the text that appeared:

 

<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="

name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

 

and paste it between the "[Youtube](paste here text)[Youtube]" that appear when you press youtube in the message box.

 

I noticed that in the links that you provided didn't had 640 X 385, but a bigger size, and I guess this is the problem.

Differences highlighted:

 

mine:

 

<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="

en_GB&fs=1?rel=0&hd=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" en_GB&fs=1?rel=0&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

 

 

yours:

 

<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="

de_DE&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" de_DE&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

But it is still not a solution to me :/

I will have to cut the weird parts out every time I post a vid. I think - screw this! I will use short links and I will fiddle with embed coede only when I'll have some playlist to post.

 

Thanks for your help asparagin!

 

 

that part in blue doesn't play any role, it is just the language of the youtube page, I had DE (germany) because it directed me automatically but changing the language of the youtube page changes also the parts in the link.

 

?rel=0&hd=1

 

this you get out by unchecking "play in HD"..(option when you press <Embed>)

this is the trouble you have..:thumbup:

I tried also and when this is checked I get also the white spot.

I don't see any "play in HD" option to uncheck.

 

 

EDIT:

Aah, see, there's no such option in the Pencil Face video to be unchecked and also in other vids I posted and yet they turn blank

 

So it's not simply a matter of unchecking the HD option as most of vids I posted are non-HD.

Edited July 8, 2010 by Bucic

But you have "?rel=0&hd=1" this part in the embedment you posted up. If you take this out, then the video is not white anymore. And this part comes from activation of HD (hd=1).

 

What do you get from the last video you posted? I get:

 

<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="

name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="

hd=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

 

See?! The HD option is not available for that vid and yet I get the hd=1 element in the code.

indeed.. it means it's the fault of youtube

 

now I think it's the fault of: "?rel=0&amp"

can you try this: check or uncheck the "Include related videos" in the embed options and see if you get different codes and if one of them works.

If it's not working, I'm out of ideas..

Edited July 9, 2010 by asparagin

 

I've just noticed that this only works via firefox, through IE8, no luck...

 

Anyhow enjoy Different Drums :D

Edited July 10, 2010 by TheMoose

Test

 

 

Looks like youtube videos are now working again on Firefox at least.

i think i got it works with FF at least look , take theMoose video embbed :

 

<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="

&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" &color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

 

 

now take your vid link here's mine :

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnqtK24ydak

 

 

now replace the Moose embedded video links (blue) by yours , should be like that :

 

<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnqtK24ydak&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnqtK24ydak&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

 

 

now replace

 

the watch?v= by v/ , select the whole embedded and click Youtube tag , and you should have

 

 

works here hope for you too