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Imbedded YouTube videos

PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2022 11:40 am
by Chunkychuck
Just recently I have been getting error messages everytime I try to play a YouTube video that has been embedded in the post. If just the link is there, they play fine. Any suggestions?

Re: Imbedded YouTube videos

PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2022 6:03 pm
by jdege
You need to edit the URL.

YouTube's current format doesn't work in Markdown, you need to use the old one.

If I put https://youtu.be/gH0FJlZ5pPU in a YouTube tag, I get this:
[youtube=https://youtu.be/gH0FJlZ5pPU][/youtube]

But if I put http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH0FJlZ5pPU, I get this:



(Note - the URL belongs after the '=', not between "][".)

Re: Imbedded YouTube videos

PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2022 11:33 pm
by Chunkychuck
jdege wrote:You need to edit the URL.

YouTube's current format doesn't work in Markdown, you need to use the old one.

If I put https://youtu.be/gH0FJlZ5pPU in a YouTube tag, I get this:
[youtube=https://youtu.be/gH0FJlZ5pPU][/youtube]

But if I put http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH0FJlZ5pPU, I get this:



(Note - the URL belongs after the '=', not between "][".)


I’m not trying to imbed them. I trying to play videos that are imbedded. When I hit the play arrow, they don’t play and I get an error message.

Re: Imbedded YouTube videos

PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2022 12:15 am
by jdege
Chunkychuck wrote:I’m not trying to imbed them. I trying to play videos that are imbedded. When I hit the play arrow, they don’t play and I get an error message.

That's a browser problem.
  • Try a different computer on a different network
  • Try a different computer on the same network
  • Try a different browser on the same computer