Embedding Youtube

[TwoSaints]

There is a strange problem I have noticed with embedding Youtube videos in my website/blog.

If I do this in the valid xhtml fashion (i.e. leaving out the <embed> tag) then it works just fine in firefox or opera, however it will not show up in internet explorer.

If I then include the <embed> tag so that it will work in IE, my page no longer validates as xhtml.

Does anyone know of a method which satisfies both (i.e. works in IE but is still valid).

 

[dan^uk]

Try..

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="373" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/[COLOR="Red"]VIDEOIDHERE[/COLOR]">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/[COLOR="Red"]VIDEOIDHERE[/COLOR]&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999&amp;border=1" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /></object>

Replace VIDEOIDHERE with the id of the video you want to embed and change the other settings as you see fit.

 

[TwoSaints]

lovely, it has worked a treat! thanks

 

[Draeger]

Nice.....had a similar problem and wasn't sure how to get around it, will give this a shot.

Ta for the code.

 

[adamph]

about to start embedding it myself, thanks in advance