How To: Embed YouTube videos using the [flash] tags:

[guyforget]

ok, to insert youtube videos using the flash tags, use the "embed" link on the youtube video's page.  the only youtube in my history is the dos equis guy that goodabouthood linked to earlier, so ill use that.  heres the code i copied from their "embed" link:

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<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/k-aoECXBrEI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/k-aoECXBrEI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

from that code i need 2 things - the dimensions of the flash video window (the width and height in the code above) and the link the the video (the thing that starts w/ 'http').  with those two things, i apply them to the flash tag like this:

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[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/v/k-aoECXBrEI&hl=en&fs=1&[/flash]

please notice that i didnt cut it off after the normal video link, but also included the three trailing &'s and their parameters.  you want everything that is in "quotes" starting w/ "http://"

and that code produces this:

http://www.youtube.com/v/k-aoECXBrEI&hl=en&fs=1&

[gah]

I think what is throwing people off is that if you just copy the youtube site for example into the flash tag, you have to change the code part just before and after the "v" from "?v=" to "/v/" instead. At least that's how I've been doing it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4umTbRMVcms

changed to
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/4umTbRMVcms

[rowjimmy]

You don't have to 'change' anything if, as guy suggests, you take the embed code and trim it down to the source value.

[gah]

You don't have to 'change' anything if, as guy suggests, you take the embed code and trim it down to the source value.

Oh, well, that works too. I don't know. I've just being changing that v part of the code and it's been fine. Whatever works for folks.

[whyweigh5.0]

cottage cheese

I'll just keep posting links

[guyforget]

cottage cheese

couscous coconut juice

[Cavern_Dweller]

<object style="height: 344px; width: 425px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gd31cGlQjsg"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Gd31cGlQjsg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></object>

[Cavern_Dweller]

[flash=344px,425px]http://www.youtube.com/v/Gd31cGlQjsg/flash]

[Cavern_Dweller]

http://www.youtube.com/v/Gd31cGlQjsg

If this doesn't work I give up. :banana:

[rowjimmy]

You got yer height and width reversed.

[kellerb]

weird things happen to that video when I mouse-scroll up and down.  it gets taller and shorter and doesn't necessarily stay in the original post.

[blatboom]

weird things happen to that video when I mouse-scroll up and down.  it gets taller and shorter and doesn't necessarily stay in the original post.

sick Ghost tho

[guyforget]

no longer necessary, videos should auto-embed

just post the link, no [tags] or

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needed

[mopper_smurf]

http://www.youtube.com/v/sAWl5peI8HY&hl=en_US&fs=1&

"Oooh baby ..." Gotta love embedding 'tube vids.

[guyforget]

did auto-embedding not work?

shouldnt need the flash tags anymore

(dont watch the video, im just picking random crap off of the front page @ youtube)