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General Chat => Technical Area => Topic started by: Superully on May 01, 2011, 06:12:30 PM

Title: how to ... EMBED YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Post by: Superully on May 01, 2011, 06:12:30 PM
hi guys!

i'd like to be able to embed some videos which i've uploaded to youtube into my threads so that you see a preview picture in the thread and once you click on that picture the video loads and plays. i've done some digging and read something about the administrator having to add a bb code (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=111386) which would make inserting videos extremely easy, but i'm no administrator here ;)

how are you guys doing this?

Title: Re: how to ... EMBED YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Post by: DarthNuno on May 01, 2011, 06:18:52 PM
I've to add a specific pluggin to this board first... I'll check that soon  8)
Title: Re: how to ... EMBED YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Post by: Muerto on May 01, 2011, 06:21:18 PM
hi guys!

i'd like to be able to embed some videos which i've uploaded to youtube into my threads so that you see a preview picture in the thread and once you click on that picture the video loads and plays. i've done some digging and read something about the administrator having to add a bb code (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=111386) which would make inserting videos extremely easy, but i'm no administrator here ;)

how are you guys doing this?


Like Nuno said, it´s not possible yet, when i did mine i cheated with a screen shot that linked to the movie on youtube
Title: Re: how to ... EMBED YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Post by: Superully on May 01, 2011, 06:31:32 PM
when i did mine i cheated with a screen shot that linked to the movie on youtube

how exactly? which code were you using?
Title: Re: how to ... EMBED YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on May 01, 2011, 06:47:33 PM
very simple, post the link, then edit your post, and instead of the words that make the link use a picture link

result:

a picture that is clickable..

(http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/EhFV5-qbbIw/default.jpg) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhFV5-qbbIw)

ps if you "quote" this post you can see the code  ;)
Title: Re: how to ... EMBED YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Post by: Superully on May 01, 2011, 07:05:24 PM
thx etienne - got it working! soon you will see some clickable pictures ;D
Title: Re: how to ... EMBED YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Post by: liquidx on May 01, 2011, 10:27:34 PM

You can even animate them :)


(http://www.gifsoup.com/imager.php?id=2430907&t=o) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmD4o6kMQCM)


Title: Re: how to ... EMBED YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Post by: Muerto on May 01, 2011, 10:43:40 PM
OMG!!!!! look at that file size!!!, that not even worth it!

(http://www.opdenkelder.com/muerto/arc/nonono.png)