[Updated] How to embed YouTube videos!

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NEW YOUTUBE TAG, Jan. 14th, 2008

The new youtube tag is easier to use than the previous one (read the spoiler box below).

Just put the video code between the tags.
For example: to include this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZcNWUzxpUo
All you need is the CZcNWUzxpUo part.

Code:
[youtube]CZcNWUzxpUo[/youtube]

Result:


Enjoy!


[title:Old post by mthrnite]
Many people haven't gotten the hang of the YOUTUBE tags for embedding video in their posts.
Here's a quick explanation:

Find a vid you like on www.youtube.com and copy what's in your browser's address bar, here I found one.
Code:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAEk9ZDJUI4&mode=related&search=

Now, notice this part, between the v= and the mode=

watch?v=WAEk9ZDJUI4&mode=related&search=

That's the identifier for the vid. There isn't always a mode= part at the end, only if you got to the vid indirectly.
The identifier lives in the "v" directory on YouTube, so, here comes the surgery...

1. Highlight and delete the watch? on the left side of the v
2. Highlight the = on the right side of the v and type a / to replace it.
3. Highlight and delete mode=blablabla if it's there at all, all the way to the end of the line.
4. Now all that's left to do is to surround it in the YOUTUBE tags.

Here's a quick visual rundown:

Code:
This:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAEk9ZDJUI4&mode=related&search=

Becomes this:
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/v/WAEk9ZDJUI4&[/YOUTUBE]


Make sure you Preview Post before you Submit Post, the YouTube vid should show up in your preview.
If all is well, submit that thang and share your good taste with the world!




If you've found an easier way to do this or have any questions, let me know here.
I'm gonna sticky this topic for the time being.
 

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Thats cool and all but im a little scared of what people might post... Kinda like yours
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The youtube code is a lot more complicated then is should be.

On the websites I go on that use the code. I do what mthrnite said, but I only need to enter the video number. As shown below.

Code:
[youtube]o-64Z9gccuU[/youtube]
 

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Thats cool and all but im a little scared of what people might post... Kinda like yoursÂ
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That's like one of my favorite songs in the whole world!
Don't be hatin' on the classics, baby!
(that being said, Don Ho she is not.)
 

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It's easier just to grab the "embed" code from the Youtube page and take the URL "value" from it.

Thank you shaunj66,
It's such a long line though, and I have trouble scrolling over to the part I need in that short little window. So I'm left to copy the whole thing and end up with this:
CODE
which I have to pare down.

Personally having tried it both ways, I found myself doing it the "hard" way more often.
Guess I'm just weird, or just got used to it...
.. OR BOTH!!!
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It's easier just to grab the "embed" code from the Youtube page and take the URL "value" from it.

Thank you shaunj66,
It's such a long line though, and I have trouble scrolling over to the part I need in that short little window. So I'm left to copy the whole thing and end up with this:
CODE
which I have to pare down.

Personally having tried it both ways, I found myself doing it the "hard" way more often.
Guess I'm just weird, or just got used to it...
.. OR BOTH!!!
ohmy.gif
The embed text box is designed so that when you click it, all text is automatically selected. Just click in the cell > right click > copy.

Paste in address bar for convenience; select and copy req. URL et voila.

Or you could just keep doing it your way. Who cares?
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Edit: Moved topic to ' Site discussions, suggestions & forum help' for people looking for how to embed Youtube videos in the future.
 

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Is there any way of adding in parameters for the youtube tag? I.e.

Code:
[youtube=640,360]t3eJr4wx[/youtube]
would make the video appear in 640x360 resolution, or is this not possible?
 

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The Teej said:
Is there any way of adding in parameters for the youtube tag? I.e.

Code:
[youtube=640,360]t3eJr4wx[/youtube]
would make the video appear in 640x360 resolution, or is this not possible?

So, uhh, once again, I ask if this is possible
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