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YouTube Embedding

Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:21 pm
by Rafiki
I noticed that there is a youtube feature while you are making a post [youtube][/youtube], but do not understand what I am suppose to take and place in between the boxes to have a youtube video pop up within the actual forum post like some of us do with pictures on here. I tried 5 different things but eventually just used the feature to post the link to the youtube video in another post. Can anyone explain how to take advantage of the [youtube][/youtube] option?

Re: YouTube Embedding

Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:13 pm
by Lucky Chicken
well that didn't work either...

[youtube]http://youtu.be/xpMfoUhdaGU[/youtube]

lets see if this works round 3? PS: I am giving up after this... unless I get bored at work again ;)

Re: YouTube Embedding

Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:22 pm
by Lucky Chicken
sorry... using the embed code, share link, or the url dosent make it work... there went my ideas :(

Re: YouTube Embedding

Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:26 pm
by Lucky Chicken
ooo I know why!!!!

Flash is off.... or this would work by itself

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/xpMfoUhdaGU?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

could be something to keep the bandwith down on the server?

Re: YouTube Embedding

Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:53 pm
by Rafiki
Ya I was going to say, I tried all of the options that you listed and had absolutely no luck. I guess flash is off and I would not be surprised if it was to keep bandwidth down. A lot of people come on here and we want to keep things simple and cheap so that all can enjoy the site. No big deal, I can always just post a url link. Thanks for your help anyways lucky.

Re: YouTube Embedding

Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 7:25 pm
by fonixmunkee
It appears the YouTube code changed some. I'll have to figure out to what and update the embed code.

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Re: YouTube Embedding

Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 7:26 pm
by fonixmunkee
fonixmunkee wrote:It appears the YouTube code changed some. I'll have to figure out to what and update the embed code.

Thanks for catching this.

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Re: YouTube Embedding

Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:45 pm
by Rafiki
Thanks for looking into things Fonix. Please let us know if you find a fix to the problem.

Re: YouTube Embedding

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:09 am
by fonixmunkee
YouTube embedding is now working. It will work with any YouTube video.

Likewise, it will also work with many other web video services, such as Vimeo.

To embed a video, just paste the link into your post and then enclose it with the "video" tags, which can be found above the "Message body" box in your post.

For YouTube:

Usage:

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[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpMfoUhdaGU&feature=youtu.be[/video]
Example:
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpMfoUh ... e=youtu.be[/video]

For Vimeo:

Usage:

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[video]http://vimeo.com/37744624[/video]
Example:
[video]http://vimeo.com/37744624[/video]

Re: YouTube Embedding

Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 10:58 pm
by Rafiki
Never got around to thanking you for this explanation that I only had the opportunity to getting around to reading now. So thanks Fonix!

Re: YouTube Embedding

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 6:17 am
by jerry
Even though I hiked the Border Route trail (Minnesota) this year, I needed an Isle Royale fix and these videos helped. I look forward to next year's trip to ISRO.