Embedding Videos on the Forums

[Lithium]

I've turned on the ability to embed video from YouTube and such into forum posts. However there are a few rules that I would like to see respected:

1. No Auto-Play Videos - Some members browse the forums at work, have limited connections, or just might not want to watch a video. No video should play automatically.

2. Only the following HTML tags are permitted:

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<iframe> <object> <embed> <param> <s>
Sample code should look something like:

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<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-IGug--fRUQ" frameborder="0"></iframe>
Or

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<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="blah"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="blah" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
3. No embedded code should break or make any part of the website nonfunctional - This should be very obvious.

4. Preview your post before submitting - Use the preview button to make sure your HTML works and doesn't break any rules.

Feel free to ask questions.

[Bellthazor]

very nice added feature

[Styan]

GJ lith!  Thx

[Anonymous]

i'm an idiot and don't know what i'm doing with this.
can you help with the "movie" and "blah" parts?  i don't know what to fill in the blanks.

[Lithium]

The code you use is next to the video on YouTube you just copy paste and it. So you don't need to fill in anything manually.

P.S. - "movie" is an attribute of the HTML tag, video URLs will be what I labeled as "blah" again YouTube provides the premade code with URLs

[likwidtek]

FYI, youtube's default embed code now uses iframe which doesn't work.  You can "Use old embed code" but some people will most likely miss it.

[XxUnforgivenxX]

Very cool.

[Lithium]

iframe test.



good.

[likwidtek]

Awesome dude.

[Broin]

I always shed a little tear when Manic dies....  :2'(

[Manic Velocity]

I always shed blood when Manic dies.