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How do you post a YouTube video?

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  • 05-09-2009 5:27pm
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    kelle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭


    Rather than just providing a link, how do you post an actual video? i guess it has something to do with embedding, but I tried that and it didn't work!

    Like this


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    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    If you ever want to know how someone does something like that, quote the post, it usually works.
    [noparse]
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCWK_wbYgdE
    [/noparse]

    ie - only use the code of the youtube video to drop it inside the youtube tags.


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    kelle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭kelle


    I did that Gordon, but I can't figure out where those letters in the middle come from!


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    BuffyBot
    Registered Users Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    Look at the link of the YouTube video: for example if it was youtube.com/watch?v=a1_f4xcjw3 then you take the a1_f4xcjw3 part, and put it between the


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    kelle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭kelle


    Ha, I just figured out the code you mentioned- thanks Gordon!


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    kelle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭kelle


    Thank you too, BuffyBot. I would have used the "Thanks" function but it isn't available here!


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