Youtube Video in threads??

hildark7 · 11 Dec 2011 at 11:58

how do i put youtube links in a forum post?? Rather than just putting the link in i would like the video to show and i really havnt got a clue how to do this

can someone pleeeeeease help??

King Damager · 11 Dec 2011 at 12:00

Take a random video link (youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd4etKNLM24&feature=g-u

take out this bit:
Hd4etKNLM24

Put in

Code:

 [YOUtube.] (without the . after the youtube in the previous one...[/MEDIA]

End up with

kd

hildark7 · 11 Dec 2011 at 12:01

King Damager said:
Take a random video link (youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd4etKNLM24&feature=g-u

take out this bit:
Hd4etKNLM24

Put in

Code:

[MEDIA=youtube]YOUR CODE HERE[/MEDIA]

End up with

kd

cant belive you put this video in! lol i have a serious man crush on these two! LMAO

THANKS!

Edrof · 11 Dec 2011 at 12:02

Put the code in between [ youtube] [/youtube ] tags.

King Damager · 11 Dec 2011 at 12:04

Edrof said:
Put the code in between [ youtube] [/youtube ] tags.

yeah, writing them so that it didn't try and display a video was a pain... for some reason not even the [ code] [/code] would stop it from trying to display a video...

kd

Edrof · 11 Dec 2011 at 12:05

Explaining tags is always annoying!

hildark7 · 11 Dec 2011 at 12:08

nope i just get a white box :/

hildark7 · 11 Dec 2011 at 12:16

this is the link i want to put in...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGY-BYv_Cro

Edrof · 11 Dec 2011 at 12:18

This...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[B]fGY-BYv_Cro[/B]

Edited to this...

Leads to...

hildark7 · 11 Dec 2011 at 12:22

you are a legend! cheers pal

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=20769612#post20769612