I cant post videos.

[RCMerchant]

For some weird reason-I cant post videos. It was working fine when I posted the Ghidrah thing...but now-no. I also noticed the 'share' bar is huge on You Tube. The codes are in big letters? WT heck? I dont think its this site-I think its you tube! Any one else have this problem?



Hmm...mebbe it is a problem here-I cant even get the bad movies 'you tube' bars to show up without a code....I think yer Youtube adapter thingy may be messed up,Andrew...

[SPazzo]

Lemmie try and test it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRcGukCdr3c

[RCMerchant]

I dunno-mebbe its my computer?? I dont get it! I have tried! I never had this problem! I dont get it! I can do it on Facebook..! I dunno. Ill finger it out.

[Andrew]

The first thing that jumps to mind is that you might be copying the long URL.  For the youtube video preview to work it needs to be the short version, which will look like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eTzYEUW_0g (the series of letters and numbers at the end identifies the clip)

Then highlight the whole thing with your mouse and click on the youtube button.

It should put a start youtube tag at the front: 

Code Select Expand

And an end youtube tag at the back: 

Code Select Expand

Resulting in:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eTzYEUW_0g

[RCMerchant]

Nope-wont work. I dunno.

Heres the url...

http://youtu.be/1Q5nV12AgV 
for one thing-this url dont look right-theres a dot between the 't'u' and be'. Another-On you tube the urls are small. About the size of this type. But these are a 1/8th inch high. Have I been hacked?

I paste it in the middle of the "you tube' app,as I always have....and-nothing!

Below is where the video should be. I have the thing there. I've done it millions of times. I dont understand whats wrong!



I think I been hacked.

[RCMerchant]

nope-I'm blocked. 

[Andrew]

Youtu.be is not a YouTube URL, though it seems to redirect to it.  What is the URL on www.youtube.com?

[RCMerchant]

That took me to you tube. I posted a Ghidrah video yesterday. It worked fine. I went to the store. Came back-the same url-same video is in HUGE block letters-and it's this url-

http://youtu.be/0XeUlUA0ynU

When I post it in the app...blank. Not even the you tube app or url. shows up. Just nothing. I dunno.
The urls didnt look right-I noticed that right off. Mebbe I should contact you tube. I dunno.

[Rev. Powell]

Works for me if I use http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XeUlUA0ynU.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XeUlUA0ynU

If I use http://youtu.be/0XeUlUA0ynU then I get what you see below:

http://youtu.be/0XeUlUA0ynU



So, I would say click on your own link, then copy what appears in the address bar (youtu.be, whatever that is, redirects to youtube.com), then try again.

[Andrew]

The way the YouTube plug-in works, it's going to have to be a www.youtube.com URL, which looks like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XeUlUA0ynU

Anything else and the plug-in will not create a preview.

[RCMerchant]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q5nV12AgVc

AHHA!!!! 

So, I would say click on your own link, then copy what appears in the address bar (youtu.be, whatever that is, redirects to youtube.com), then try again.
[/quote]

Yeah-that worked. I dont know whats up with my youtube account...I may have been hacked. My Kaspersky went yellow alert just before I had this problem! Thank you Andrew and the good Revernd!!!

[Doggett]

I cant seem to post vids either.
Copy the address in the bar and then paste it between the TY brackets that you get from the icon.

Thats still how it's done, right? Or have I been gone so long that I've forgotten?

[Rev. Powell]

I cant seem to post vids either.
Copy the address in the bar and then paste it between the TY brackets that you get from the icon.

Thats still how it's done, right? Or have I been gone so long that I've forgotten?

Yes. Make sure you're using the "http" and not the "https" version of youtube, that's causing people a lot of problems lately.

[Doggett]

I cant seem to post vids either.
Copy the address in the bar and then paste it between the TY brackets that you get from the icon.

Thats still how it's done, right? Or have I been gone so long that I've forgotten?

Yes. Make sure you're using the "http" and not the "https" version of youtube, that's causing people a lot of problems lately.

That sorted it.