Youtube Embedding - please read!

[Gryzor]

Ok, so it seems Youtube is changing their API and embedding in many cases does not/will not work. So I had to find another solution.


Beginning today (erm, actually, yesterday) you can't just paste the video link for it to be auto-embedded as video. Instead, you'll have to use the BBCode button in the button bar above the text field. It's the third-from-last button, the one with -guessed it?- the YouTube logo on it. Or, of course, you could input the BBCode manually.


You can actually do more stuff now:

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[youtube]{youtube link}[/youtube]
[youtube width=x height=y]{youtube link}[/youtube]
[yt]{youtube ID}[/yt]
[yt {parameters}]{youtube ID}[/yt]
[yt_user]{username}[/yt_user]
[yt_user {parameters}]{username}[/yt_user]
[yt_search]{search query}[/yt_search]
[yt_search {parameters}]{search query}[/yt_search]



where width and height is specified by x and y.  If width and height aren't specified, default size is 640x400.


The yt_user bbcode will show videos by the specified YouTube username.


The yt_search bbcode will show videos matching the provided search phrase.


This mod should be able to display a valid YouTube video when passing URLs, and more.  For example, all of the following will display the YouTube video at hxxp://www.yxxtube.com/v/fA4cphzsjn8:


[attachimg=1]



Optional parameters and values for all YouTube bbcodes are:

   
• width = Specifies the width of the iframe area.
• height = Specifies the height of the iframe area.
• start = Specifies the number of seconds into the video to start at.
• end = Specifies the number of seconds into the video to stop at.
• autoplay = 1, yes, on or true
• color = red or white
• theme = dark or light
• loop = 1, yes, on or true
• controls = 0, no, off, hide or false
• showinfo = 0, no, off, hide or false
• o privacy = 1, yes, on or true

If you don't want YT links to appear as embedded videos, There is a new option under Profile => Look and Layout called Show YouTube videos as a link.  Checking this box makes the mod create links instead of embedded videos in your post.

That's all. Please enjoy - and report any issues!

[Gryzor]

Anyone tried it? Any issues?

[ronaldo]

I have used it before reading this notice and had no issue at all. It worked flawleslly (The only thing I can think of right now is that pressing youtube button without something selected gives you the openning youtube tag, but not the closing).

[Gryzor]

Does it? For me the YT button inserts both tags properly... what browser are you using?


Thanks

[alex76gr]

I never liked embedded YT videos on forum pages.
It saves time for sure but bloats the page and increases the loading times.
If all fails, just throw a hyperlink and you are done!

[Gryzor]

Yeah, but others (like me) don't like opening new pages. Loading time should be marginally affected since the elements load asynchronously - the web page loads independently of YT requests.


You could do like me - install a flash blocker that requires you to click on a Flash element to activate it.


Also, read the OP - you can disable embedding for your profile.

[ronaldo]

Does it? For me the YT button inserts both tags properly... what browser are you using?

Thanks

I'm using firefox 37.0.2 on a Manjaro Linux .

[Gryzor]

I'm using firefox 37.0.2 on a Manjaro Linux .

Well, I'm not familiar with Killimanjaro or whatever, but I can confirm the bug with FF (38.0.5 here). I have reported it to the dev, let's see... thanks for reporting