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Topic: Can you embed YouTube videos in a thread?
Posted By: numanme
Subject: Can you embed YouTube videos in a thread?
Date Posted: 18 February 2007 at 1:32am

Can you embed YouTube videos in a thread?

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I wanted to see if we could embed youtube videos in a thread. I've seen this on blogs, and I know how to embed a picture/image in a thread, but can't figure out how to get the youtube stuff to show up, showing a static image of the video with the little play button in the middle of it, then allowing it to play w/in the thread window.

Here's some example code I copied from the Gizmodo blog that I thought might do it, but no luck.

<center><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value=" - <'>http://www.youtube.com/v/dj0E02NVGF8"></param><embed src=" http://www.youtube.com/v/dj0E02NVGF8 - http://www.youtube.com/v/dj0E02NVGF8 " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></center>


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Posted By: Melkor
Date Posted: 18 February 2007 at 6:55am
http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=20195 - http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=20195

Posted By: Scotty32
Date Posted: 18 February 2007 at 11:17am
i wrote a tutorial on how to http://www.s2h.co.uk/wwf/tips/add-content/add-youtube-videos.asp - Add YouTube Videos to your forum
http://www.s2h.co.uk/wwf/tips/add-content/add-youtube-videos.asp -

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Posted By: numanme
Date Posted: 18 February 2007 at 11:47pm
Thumbs%20Up thanks got it working

Posted By: chicken
Date Posted: 19 February 2007 at 8:39pm
hi there
 
i have follwed
  • http://www.s2h.co.uk/wwf/tips/add-content/add-youtube-videos.asp - Add YouTube Videos   and i am not getting no where no video will disply

    • what can i do?

    Posted By: Scotty32
    Date Posted: 20 February 2007 at 5:55pm
    as long as you've turned on Flash, and are posting the code correctly you shouldnt have any problems.

    could you:
     - explain in more details whats acctually wrong rather than saying "it dont work" .. what hasnt worked? expand...
     - post the original YouTube Code
     - and post what your trying to post in your ... post


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    Posted By: lodogg
    Date Posted: 22 February 2007 at 10:01pm
    I have Flash turned on and I tried the following code:

    [FLASH WIDTH=425 HEIGHT=350]http://www.youtube.com/v/SPE8vL5hlFA[/FLASH]


    And I get the following output..
    < ="http://www.lodogg.com/forum/%3Cspan%20style=" color="" rgb(136="" 0="">http://www.youtube.com/v/SPE8vL5hlFA" quality=high width=50 height=50 type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">

    But when I copy and paste the link above it works?

    -lo


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    Posted By: chicken
    Date Posted: 23 February 2007 at 1:15am
    thats the sort of thing i get as well

    Posted By: mconway72
    Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 4:44pm
    They should make this a feature where members can insert youtube embedded videos without ever having to worry about code.  Many forums have already done this.

    Posted By: Scotty32
    Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 10:18pm
    if you are copy and pasting from my tutorial, try manually typing it.

    as the coloring i added to highlight areas might be effecting it.

    or you can try coping the below, without coloring:

    [FLASH WIDTH=425 HEIGHT=350]http://www.youtube.com/v/SPE8vL5hlFA[/FLASH]


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    Posted By: numanme
    Date Posted: 25 February 2007 at 12:58pm

    Could we add something like this to the forum

    http://www.numanme.co.uk/youtube/default.asp?search_query=gary+numan - http://www.numanme.co.uk/youtube/default.asp?search_query=gary+numan


    Posted By: numanme
    Date Posted: 25 February 2007 at 1:01pm

    Forgot to mention this is on my site but if you would like the raw code here is the link

    http://www.ismailkaplan.com/youtube_en/Default.asp? - http://www.ismailkaplan.com/youtube_en/Default.asp?


    Posted By: kpdillon
    Date Posted: 28 February 2007 at 4:43pm
    Is there an easy way to also embed a google video using the [FLASH] tag?

    Posted By: Scotty32
    Date Posted: 01 March 2007 at 3:34pm
    post an example of some code for a google video and i can show you.

    if its a basic flash movie, it works exactly the same as my ' http://www.s2h.co.uk/wwf/tips/add-content/add-youtube-videos.asp - Add a YouTube video ' tutorial.


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    Posted By: javi712
    Date Posted: 01 March 2007 at 6:12pm
    it would be sooooo cool if we could just use something like [youtube]DgrL21We3W0[/youtube] sighhhhhhh.....

    Posted By: kpdillon
    Date Posted: 02 March 2007 at 2:16pm
    Thanks Scotty, here is an example of something I would like to display in the forum much like I am able to do with the YouTube Video.
     
    <embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src=" http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-1310610142624598135&hl=en - http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-1310610142624598135&hl=en " flashvars=""> </embed>

    Posted By: Scotty32
    Date Posted: 03 March 2007 at 5:58pm
    try this:

    [FLASH HEIGHT=326 WIDTH=400] http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-1310610142624598135&hl=en - http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-1310610142624598135&hl=en [/FLASH]

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    Posted By: kpdillon
    Date Posted: 03 March 2007 at 8:35pm
    No go, unfortunately that doesn't seem to work.

    Posted By: Scotty32
    Date Posted: 04 March 2007 at 1:13pm
    ok, the problem is like the problem i had recently with YouTube Videos,

    the RTE editor is messing it up with fonts and links,

    if anyone has problems using the [FLASH][/FLASH] tags, try to copy the code into Notepad, which will remove any formating like fonts or links or what ever else is in their.

    try this:

    [FLASH HEIGHT=326 WIDTH=400]http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-1310610142624598135&hl=en[/FLASH]


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    Posted By: kpdillon
    Date Posted: 10 March 2007 at 3:58pm
    That did, it!  Thank you!

    Posted By: jcecilb
    Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 2:36am

    I have this mod working on my http://www.palmettocops.com/ - site :

    When using this in a post the format is [YOUTUBE]rgqrt67CP7U[/YOUTUBE]
     
    Put this in the /functions/function_format_post.asp
     
    

     
    

    '******************************************
    '***    Format YouTube File Support ***
    '******************************************
    

    'This function formats falsh codes
    Function formatYouTube(ByVal strMessage)
    


     'Declare variables
     Dim lngStartPos  'Holds search start postions
     Dim lngEndPos  'Holds end start postions
     Dim saryYouTubeAttributes 'Holds the features of the input YouTube file
     Dim intAttrbuteLoop 'Holds the attribute loop counter
     Dim strYouTubeWidth 'Holds the string value of the width of the YouTube file
     Dim intYouTubeWidth 'Holds the interger value of the width of the YouTube file
     Dim strYouTubeHeight 'Holds the string value of the height of the YouTube file
     Dim intYouTubeHeight 'Holds the interger value of the height of the YouTube file
     Dim strBuildYouTubeLink 'Holds the converted BBcode for the YouTube file
     Dim strTempYouTubeMsg 'Tempoary store for the BBcode
     Dim strYouTubeLink 'Holds the link to the YouTube file
    

     
    

     'Loop through all the codes in the message and convert them to formated YouTube links
     Do While InStr(1, strMessage, "[YOUTUBE]", 1) > 0 AND InStr(1, strMessage, "[/YOUTUBE]", 1) > 0
    

      'Initiliase variables
      intYouTubeWidth = 425
      intYouTubeHeight = 350
      strYouTubeLink = ""
      strBuildYouTubeLink = ""
      strTempYouTubeMsg = ""
    

      'Get the YouTube BBcode from the message
      lngStartPos = InStr(1, strMessage, "[YOUTUBE]", 1)
      lngEndPos = InStr(lngStartPos, strMessage, "[/YOUTUBE]", 1) + 10
    

      'Make sure the end position is not in error
      If lngEndPos < lngStartPos Then lngEndPos = lngStartPos + 9
    

      'Get the original YouTube BBcode from the message
      strTempYouTubeMsg = Trim(Mid(strMessage, lngStartPos, lngEndPos-lngStartPos))
    


       'Get the link to the YouTube file
       lngStartPos = InStr(1, strTempYouTubeMsg, "]", 1) + 1
       lngEndPos = InStr(lngStartPos, strTempYouTubeMsg, "[/YOUTUBE]", 1)
    

       'Make sure the end position is not in error
       If lngEndPos < lngStartPos Then lngEndPos = lngStartPos + 8
    

       'Read in the code to be converted into a hyperlink from the message
       strYouTubeLink = Trim(Mid(strTempYouTubeMsg, lngStartPos, (lngEndPos - lngStartPos)))
    


       'Build the HTML for the displying of the YouTube file
       If strYouTubeLink <> "" Then
        strBuildYouTubeLink = "<embed src="" http://www.youtube.com/v/ - http://www.youtube.com/v/ " & strYouTubeLink & """"
        strBuildYouTubeLink = strBuildYouTubeLink & " quality=high width=" & intYouTubeWidth & " height=" & intYouTubeHeight & " type=""application/x-shockwave-flash"" pluginspage=""  - http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash""></embed >"
       End If
      If strBuildYouTubeLink <> "" Then
       strMessage = Replace(strMessage, strTempYouTubeMsg, strBuildYouTubeLink, 1, -1, 1)
      Else
       strMessage = Replace(strMessage, strTempYouTubeMsg, Replace(strTempYouTubeMsg, "[", "&#91;", 1, -1, 1), 1, -1, 1)
      End If
     Loop
    

     'Return the function
     formatYouTube = strMessage
    

    End Function
    

     
     
    Then put this in your forum_post.asp after the "If blnFlashFiles Then" section where formatFlash can be found
     
    

    '=====================================
    '== BEGIN: YouTube MOD
    '=====================================
       If InStr(1, strMessage, "[YOUTUBE]", 1) > 0 AND InStr(1, strMessage, "[/YOUTUBE]", 1) > 0 Then strMessage = formatYouTube(strMessage)
    '=====================================
    '== END: YouTube MOD
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    Posted By: nomadtx
    Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 2:24am

    Ok, i tried and failed miserably!  lmao  look and tell me what i have done wrong.  Can some one please help me?  I'm so green at this it's unreal!!!  here's the link to my site on where the mess up is.  I want to fix it, but i think you all will find it funny and might be able to help me if you see my big mess up.

    http://www.adhdareus.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=692 - http://www.adhdareus.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=692
     
    any and all help will be appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

    Posted By: Scotty32
    Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 8:45pm
    i dont see why you need a [youtube] BBCode, when it does the same as a [FLASH] BBCode

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    Posted By: cathal
    Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 11:16pm
    I'm with scotty, its already fairly easy to embed youtube videos. Also, thanks for the Multimedia Functions mod S2H, its good

    Posted By: jcecilb
    Date Posted: 13 June 2007 at 9:45pm
    I made the mod to make it easier for my users to post youtube video.  People found it difficult to understand what part of the embed to cut and paste into the [FLASH] code.
     
    My users are generally not tech savvy people.  So this just makes it easier for them to post.
     
    Someone on the forum asked for this so I provided it.
     
     


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    Posted By: 123Simples
    Date Posted: 22 July 2007 at 6:06pm
    This utube problem has been solved Smile

    I now have it working on version 8 after some slight adjustments on the forum.codes.asp, functions/function.format_post.asp and forum_posts.asp Wink

    The changes are quite simple thanks to a lot of advice here and seeing how version 9 works. I would like to upgrade to version 9 but I'm worried about losing the posts, members, stats etc. I knew I should have taken up computing as a job Tongue


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    Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
    Date Posted: 22 July 2007 at 6:17pm
    Version 9 comes with an upgrade tool. There is only a few extra fields in the version 9 database compared with version 8 and the upgrade tool does them all for you without loosing any data.


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    Posted By: damaster
    Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 7:43am
    Strange Y this video doesnt work? Ouch
     
    [FLASH WIDTH=425 HEIGHT=350]http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ToMasPjaSo[/FLASH]


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    Posted By: Scotty32
    Date Posted: 26 July 2007 at 10:30am
    damaster, you have entered the webpage URL and not the Flash URL.
    so all its doing is loading the youtube html.

    try my tutorial on my website, http://s2h.co.uk/wwf/tips/add-content/add-youtube-videos.asp - Add YouTube Videos , it should help

    *edit* also which BBCode are you using


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