here's a general tech question for you guys i've noticed that when i post up a youtube vid to play, sometimes the link i post doesn't show as a viewer in the post? i've checked that the tags are in place ....i also open the vid and recopy the url tag straight from the vid, but that doesn't always work either is there a trick i'm missing?? here's my example: http://youtu.be/lyBz92bgnGw
It's not a "legitimate" link to youtube - While it gets you there in order for it to be included "inline" I believe the link must be "www.youtube.com......" Then the parser catches it. Here's the "real" link: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyBz92bgnGw[/ame] Cheers, Ian
^^^ correct. To solve this, it's always best to just search YouTube for the title of the video you want to link to - that way you'll get the correct www.youtube.com address for embedding. Jedi
okay? weird, as i used the embedded url, so i figured it was 'legit' ...being under the video, "share" button provided http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyBz92bgnGw&feature=youtu.be ^^ okay, this is the web address copied from the IE top left bar, but it doesn't show in view either? and yet it's a "www.youtube.com" address? just copied Ian's link from above post, and it looks like i still need to edit from above IE address, the "&feature=youtu.be" for it to work like below? it's weird, because i run into this every so often, and haven't been able to figure out why? still weird? [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyBz92bgnGw[/ame]
here's another example....and yet only one works ...this time is the copied IE web address that works ....so weird? 1. embedded url link 2. copied from IE address bar (works) 3. url link provided by "share" button in vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&list=PL1D626B3BA1A13BE3&v=nmFTy6KCDLw [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmFTy6KCDLw&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL1D626B3BA1A13BE3[/ame] http://youtu.be/nmFTy6KCDLw
^^^ Moral of the story: copy from the address bar Jedi [Internet Explorer? Really? All IE is good for is to download a GOOD browser ]
well, not quite ...see post #4, my first example didn't work with copied link from address bar i have firefox too, but it has it's issues lately ....i tried chrome, didn't like it at all
I guess I'm not sure what's going wrong - I've posted more than a hundred YouTube links over the years with nary an issue. Wish I could be of more help Jedi (Posting from Chrome, BTW )
i had to look up parser ....is that what 'writes' the address we see assigned? ...it's odd how in the first example, it works, but if i delete the last portion? oh well, guess some of mine will work, some won't
ya, i learned that of the first example ...had never noticed it before? ...it's weird, because that is the url resulting when i right mouse click "copy url" ? it's the copy of the browser address, that requires a portion to be removed in order to work, that is just plain weird!? :shrugshoulders:
