didn’t work

trying to embed a video into a post so it appearsin a window, but i’m struggling. i can see how to post a link, ut not how to embed it, Anyone help?

Where is the video hosted YouTube and vimeo are easy

youtube. i must be missing something basic.

I can paste a photo, a link to a video, but seem unabel to embed a video
Durrrrrr!

Take the address from the address bar of the video and use the video button. You might need to remove the same from https

[video]www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyd3ghf_Yqw[/video]

[video]http://youtu.be/oyd3ghf_Yqw[/video]

ellies video

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyd3ghf_Yqw[/video]

ellies vid

[video]<iframe width=”853″ height=”480″ src=”//http://www.youtube.com/embed/oyd3ghf_Yqw?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>[/video]

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyd3ghf_Yqw[/video]

ok george, can you tell me how you did that….. its driving me nuts!

You need the “http://&#8221; at the start, and the shortened version (“youtu.be”) won’t work either

As below, but with the brackets rather than the asterisks

*video*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyd3ghf_Yqw*/video*

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyd3ghf_Yqw[/video]

thanks Folks! I think the fact that it doesn’t appear in teh preview window, only the submittted post was throwing me a bit and overthinking it!cheers, and please watch!
Have a good day

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So that worked, well done!

Now, how about you ditch that guy on the right, and come riding with me? ;-p

THAT is why Lycra should be banned.

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As soon as I saw the latest ‘test’ on this thread, I predicted bad things were going to happen 8)

Edit:

😯

o lawd

‘S a nice story though
We should take the piss*

*but we always do

(I had to mute the sound though. What the hell is that?)

Is that Miranda?

Er, I meant “shouldn’t take the piss”. Feel bad now.
i’ll have to donate to her charity to ease my conscience. Except I’m skint 🙁