LittlestPetDJPinkie 43 April 3, 2014 Share April 3, 2014 I'm starting a blog on here and I wanted to know how to attach YouTube videos? Please help. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCS 7,521 April 3, 2014 Share April 3, 2014 Hi there, @LittlestPetDJPinkie. Welcome to the site! I moved your topic from Welcoming Plaza to Site Questions & Tech Support, as the latter is the best place to post questions about this site. To answer your question, you can add youtube videos to forum posts, your profile, and blog posts using the media tag. Example: [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xrwWR4gV7w[/media] You would not include the code tags. I include those here to prevent the youtube video from actually being embedded as opposed to showing the code. That's cool that you're starting up a blog. If you need further help with that in general, I recommend reading this FAQ entry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittlestPetDJPinkie 43 April 3, 2014 Author Share April 3, 2014 Thank you! Now, how do I embed the video if I do want to? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCS 7,521 April 3, 2014 Share April 3, 2014 Thank you! Now, how do I embed the video if I do want to? You would do so using the media tags. [media] insert youtube video link here [/media] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittlestPetDJPinkie 43 April 3, 2014 Author Share April 3, 2014 Mhm, like this? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLTZctTG6cE[media] Will this work? Cuz I want the video to actually be able to play inside the post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creamy Arty 6,252 April 3, 2014 Share April 3, 2014 Mhm, like this? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLTZctTG6cE[media] Will this work? Cuz I want the video to actually be able to play inside the post. Close. You left out the / in the second [media] tag. 1 Kyoshi made this ^^ Come join us on Equestria.tv on Fridays at 6 PM Eastern for our weekly movie nights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adorkable 2,737 April 3, 2014 Share April 3, 2014 A lot of times, you can just copy and paste the video's URL and it will automatically convert. I've personally never used the [media] tag, so I would recommend seeing which works best for you. Hope this helps! ^^ (\ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittlestPetDJPinkie 43 April 3, 2014 Author Share April 3, 2014 There. Did it embed it directly? [media] [/media} 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCS 7,521 April 4, 2014 Share April 4, 2014 There. Did it embed it directly? [media] [/media} You put a brace } instead of a bracket ] on the last tag. If you fixed that, it would embed properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squint 29 April 4, 2014 Share April 4, 2014 I'm pretty sure you can just post the video URL and it works. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Creamy Arty 6,252 April 4, 2014 Solution Share April 4, 2014 There. Did it embed it directly? [media]http://www.youtube.c...h?v=DLTZctTG6cE[/media} Nope, because you used a brace. However, Adorkable has the right idea. Many videos will embed if you simply drop the URL. However, it doesn't always work. What does always work, from my experience, is grabbing the "share" URL from the video and simply pasting it into your post. That's all it takes. 1 Kyoshi made this ^^ Come join us on Equestria.tv on Fridays at 6 PM Eastern for our weekly movie nights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squint 29 April 4, 2014 Share April 4, 2014 What does always work, from my experience, is grabbing the "share" URL from the video and simply pasting it into your post. That's all it takes. The 'share' URL is just a shortened version of the URL in your URL bar, so the one you had in the first place works just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creamy Arty 6,252 April 4, 2014 Share April 4, 2014 The 'share' URL is just a shortened version of the URL in your URL bar, so the one you had in the first place works just fine. Most of the time, but there have been rare occasions where using the regular URL has done nothing for me but provide a link whereas the share URL of the same video embedded. They may be the same as far as Youtube is concerned, but for some reason IPB has a problem with the full URL once in a blue moon. 1 Kyoshi made this ^^ Come join us on Equestria.tv on Fridays at 6 PM Eastern for our weekly movie nights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittlestPetDJPinkie 43 April 4, 2014 Author Share April 4, 2014 There we go. I got it to work! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzYynAsw_qM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryzu 984 April 4, 2014 Share April 4, 2014 Literally I just put a link and it appears. This was one from an earlier comment about moments that made you cry. And I won't allow you to blind those who are important to me! Looking for some friends to chat with? Join The Party Pony Plaza! Click Here! Show me who I am HERE. OCs: Faron Trail Burning Ash Wendy Skies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creamy Arty 6,252 April 4, 2014 Share April 4, 2014 Glad it's working for you. ^^ I'll lock this thread now that the issue is resolved. Kyoshi made this ^^ Come join us on Equestria.tv on Fridays at 6 PM Eastern for our weekly movie nights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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