How to Post YouTube Videos to OcUK Forums.

BFG_9000 · 22 Oct 2009 at 11:16

Tried posting YouTube videos onto OcUK Forums but just keep getting text when enbedding from YouTube and not video, any help welcome. Thank you

RobH · 22 Oct 2009 at 11:17

You need to put the video id in the tags, not the full URL. So for the video

you would just put 94p8ilpYKf8 in the tags such as.

Quote my post and look at the code if you're still not sure.

peterattheboro · 22 Oct 2009 at 11:17

[youtube.] code at the end of the youtube url e.g. 43HDSKS54 [/youtube]

Squark · 22 Oct 2009 at 11:18

[y*utube] insert the bit after the = in the adress bar here [/youtube]

Replace * with o obviously

Berserker · 22 Oct 2009 at 11:18

[youtube]IhQ4dE_RGnQ[/MEDIA]

Gives...

The letters in between the tags usually come from the end of the YouTube URL.

meghatronic · 22 Oct 2009 at 11:18

Have you tried reinstalling?

BFG_9000 · 22 Oct 2009 at 11:33

Thank you all for your quick and helpful responses... with all your help I have now managed to post my 1st OcUK YouTube video.. BIG thank you again

TheCenturion · 22 Oct 2009 at 11:37

BFG_9000 said:
Thank you all for your quick and helpful responses... with all your help I have now managed to post my 1st OcUK YouTube video.. BIG thank you again

Wooooo you popped your cherry wooooooooo

YouBunt2 · 22 Oct 2009 at 11:41

a clever way to do this would be to look at a post some one has already made with a video in it and then quote it so you can see exactly what was typed....but thats just the clever way

Rotty · 22 Oct 2009 at 12:05

and post them in the correct place please