GLPFAQ How to embed videos.

testing your patience

[link to www.youtube.com]

Hmmm, I'm signed in, I'm pasting from the address bar at Youtube, I'm highlighting the url after pasting it, I'm clicking on the Youtube button, but the video doesn't get embedded. Help?

[link to www.youtube.com]

Hmmm, I'm signed in, I'm pasting from the address bar at Youtube, I'm highlighting the url after pasting it, I'm clicking on the Youtube button, but the video doesn't get embedded. Help?

[link to www.youtube.com]

Hmmm...I don't see the GLP youtube tags before and after the url...

test...



edit: Works for me. Try clicking the youtube button, then pasting the URL, then click the button again.

Hmmm, I'm signed in, I'm pasting from the address bar at Youtube, I'm highlighting the url after pasting it, I'm clicking on the Youtube button, but the video doesn't get embedded. Help?

[link to www.youtube.com]

Hmmm...I don't see the GLP youtube tags before and after the url...

test...



edit: Works for me. Try clicking the youtube button, then pasting the URL, then click the button again.


[link to www.youtube.com]

For some reason the youtube tags aren't being added...I'm using Firefox. Would that be a problem? I'm following the directions...thanks, Omar

Hmmm, I'm signed in, I'm pasting from the address bar at Youtube, I'm highlighting the url after pasting it, I'm clicking on the Youtube button, but the video doesn't get embedded. Help?

[link to www.youtube.com]

Hmmm...I don't see the GLP youtube tags before and after the url...

test...



edit: Works for me. Try clicking the youtube button, then pasting the URL, then click the button again.


[link to www.youtube.com]

For some reason the youtube tags aren't being added...I'm using Firefox. Would that be a problem? I'm following the directions...thanks, Omar


Oh, maybe it's because I have to use a proxy server? My "normal" isp is banned...

How to embed videos.
First, open the video (youtube or googlevideo) in another tab or window. Then copy the url from the address bar, NOT the embed link! Then paste it into the glp reply box. Next, highlight the pasted url, then click the appropriate button (youtube or googlevid) at the top of the reply page.

It should look like this:
:howtovid:


Here's a sample video. You can click the quote button on this reply to see how to type it out manually if you like.



If you are posting from a country outside the USA, you will need to edit the country's prefix out of the youtube url.
ie: au.youtube, de.youtube, etc.

If you are an AC, you will need to type the embed code in manually. Just type the appropriate code shown above before and after your copied and pasted video url.