Youtube Embed Issues?

[MoonSylver]

Maybe I'm the only one having this problem, but just tried embedding FOUR different videos, one of which was a test (the True Grit trailer that I KNOW Bassman posted), but after I cut & paste the embed html & wrap the Youtube tag around it, all I get is the blank white Youtube box. Any ideas?

[bassman]

Use only the part after the url. I highlighted it for you... <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mVnMxAZjMsI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mVnMxAZjMsI?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

[MoonSylver]

That worked. Thanks Bass! That's damn inconvenient. WTF is up with that?

[bassman]

No problemo. You would have to ask Andy or one of the webpage-making guys around here, but I think the whole embed code is for placement on web pages rather than the embed on a message board.

[MoonSylver]

Hurm. Interesting. Never remember having that issue before.

[bassman]

Again, you would have to ask the more tech-savvy guys around here, but I think you can also embed on the boards using the actual url from youtube.com rather than the "embed" button. This is just the way that's worked for me, so i've stuck with it...

[Andy]

The forums wont process raw HTML so any you guys post will appear in code or partially processed but not enabled. its to stop malicious code being posted which could harm the forums. When you post a youtube video you only need to post the code from the URL wrapped in our youtube tags, which will correctly process and enable the code for you. For example, to post this video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tly_N45MHY&feature=sub i would just post [youtube]7tly_N45MHY[/youtube] Which gives me

[MoonSylver]

Thanks Andy. I don't know anything about all this code stuff, so the explanation is greatly appreciated.