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Traditional Catholic Faith => Computers, Technology, Websites => Topic started by: Marlelar on February 08, 2018, 11:59:49 PM

Title: How to embed video on CI?
Post by: Marlelar on February 08, 2018, 11:59:49 PM

I thought it would just be a cut and paste, but that didn't work.

Title: Re: How to embed video on CI?
Post by: MaterDominici on February 09, 2018, 12:06:35 AM

Yes, it is! I just did this (for the first time, surprisingly) a couple of days ago.

Find your youtube video, copy the URL, paste it into your post. Worked for me, anyway. : )

Title: Re: How to embed video on CI?
Post by: MaterDominici on February 09, 2018, 12:09:46 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS3SA6S1ojM&t=24s

Title: Re: How to embed video on CI?
Post by: MaterDominici on February 09, 2018, 12:13:48 AM

PS. It doesn't work in preview, you have to post to see if it worked.

Title: Re: How to embed video on CI?
Post by: Marlelar on February 09, 2018, 11:20:10 AM

Thanks. I’ll try again. 

Title: Re: How to embed video on CI?
Post by: rum on June 14, 2018, 04:19:03 PM

Anyone know how to post a link to a YouTube video, but not have the video embedded in the thread?

Title: Re: How to embed video on CI?
Post by: Stubborn on June 15, 2018, 05:02:12 AM

Quote from: rum on June 14, 2018, 04:19:03 PM

Anyone know how to post a link to a YouTube video, but not have the video embedded in the thread?

Hmmm, sometimes posting the link posts just the link, sometimes it embeds the video for me.

Title: Re: How to embed video on CI?
Post by: Ladislaus on June 15, 2018, 09:45:06 AM

Even if you use the "Insert Hyperlink" button, it tries to embed the video.

And even if you leave off the "http://" part.

Title: Re: How to embed video on CI?
Post by: Ladislaus on June 15, 2018, 01:58:21 PM

Cera just posted a LINK on a different thread.  We may have to ask her how she did it.

Title: Re: How to embed video on CI?
Post by: rum on June 17, 2018, 12:27:20 AM

This is the link Cera used:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwqv_ZJrp6U&feature=youtu.be

So let me test that last part with another YT video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEPA22ja0MU&feature=youtu.be

And then without &feature=youtu.be:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEPA22ja0MU

Okay, so placing &feature=youtu.be after the YT url will result in the video not being embedded in the thread.

I had to post to see the result, as preview doesn't give me an idea.

Title: Re: How to embed video on CI?
Post by: Ladislaus on June 17, 2018, 07:13:40 AM

Interesting.  I wonder why this happens.

Title: Re: How to embed video on CI?
Post by: Croix de Fer on June 17, 2018, 02:03:06 PM

Sometimes the links won't embed the video for whatever reason (it might have to do with your browser's interface with the link address), but what works for me is to put your cursor at the end of the link, then back space (deleting a character) each time before you try to embed the video. Eventually, usually after about five backspaces, but it varies, the video will embed.

Title: Re: How to embed video on CI?
Post by: Cera on June 17, 2018, 07:27:48 PM

Quote from: Ladislaus on June 15, 2018, 01:58:21 PM

Cera just posted a LINK on a different thread.  We may have to ask her how she did it.

I just did it by accident. When I cut-and-paste the link sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Beats me.