How do I post a uTube video?

dragonbone · 03-14-2009, 08:47 AM

Hi could someone please tell me how to post a uTube video (in a post) please, or do I just paste an URL? I actually want it to show in the post in a uTube frame.

Nate the great · 03-14-2009, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by dragonbone

Hi could someone please tell me how to post a uTube video (in a post) please, or do I just paste an URL? I actually want it to show in the post in a uTube frame.

Do you mean youtube? There is a special tag.

[YOUTUBE]

There is a button for it above the text window between the Wiki tag and the spoiler tag.

dragonbone · 03-14-2009, 08:59 AM

Yes, obviously I found the tabs, but I still can't work out how to do it..... details please...
Thanks

edit: P.S. Why can't I say uTube???

Nate the great · 03-14-2009, 09:01 AM

Well, you go over to the Youtube page with the video you want. There is a small text window labeled "embedded". Copy and paste the text in that window between the Youtube tags.

dragonbone · 03-14-2009, 09:04 AM

Hmmm... I'm sure I did exactly that already and a huge screen of mumbu jumbo showed up.

HarryT · 03-14-2009, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by dragonbone

edit: P.S. Why can't I say uTube???

You obviously can do, if you are referring to http://www.utube.com but if you actually mean http://www.youtube.com why would you want to?

dragonbone · 03-14-2009, 09:11 AM

Hey Harry, I was wondering when you would show up

.

HarryT · 03-14-2009, 09:21 AM

To answer your question, when you go to the youtube web site and watch a video you'll see that your web browser is display a URL something like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abcdefg

All you have to do is put the "abcdefg" string between the "youtube" and "/youtube" tags.

dragonbone · 03-14-2009, 09:22 AM

I tried again but no video, just a big open space.
What am I doing wrong?

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...452#post393452

HarryT · 03-14-2009, 09:25 AM

What is the URL of the youtube video that you want to post a link to?

dragonbone · 03-14-2009, 09:30 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLq7Aqd_H7g

montsnmags · 03-14-2009, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dragonbone

I tried again but no video, just a big open space.
What am I doing wrong?

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...452#post393452

When I look at your post at the above link, the bit you've put between the tags does not look like the same as what I get if I follow Nate's instructions above, nor like the short version in Harry's instructions above, both of which work (at least, for me). Which of these are you trying and getting "no video", or have you tried both?

EDIT: for examples...

Nate's advice:

Harry's advice:

Cheers,
Marc

HarryT · 03-14-2009, 09:34 AM

Test:

Nate the great · 03-14-2009, 09:34 AM

There was a typo in there somewhere, or you missed part of the text. I got the link again and replaced what you had. It worked.

HarryT · 03-14-2009, 09:34 AM

That seems to work just fine, doing exactly what I said - putting "RLq7Aqd_H7g" between the tags.

03-14-2009, 08:47 AM	#1
dragonbone must love dogs Posts: 480 Karma: 1079 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tokyo Device: Sony PRS-700, iPhone 32GB 3GS, iPad 64GB WiFi	How do I post a uTube video? Hi could someone please tell me how to post a uTube video (in a post) please, or do I just paste an URL? I actually want it to show in the post in a uTube frame.

03-14-2009, 08:59 AM	#3
dragonbone must love dogs Posts: 480 Karma: 1079 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tokyo Device: Sony PRS-700, iPhone 32GB 3GS, iPad 64GB WiFi	Yes, obviously I found the tabs, but I still can't work out how to do it..... details please... Thanks edit: P.S. Why can't I say uTube??? Last edited by dragonbone; 03-14-2009 at 09:01 AM. Reason: P.S.

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03-14-2009, 09:11 AM	#7
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03-14-2009, 09:21 AM	#8
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	To answer your question, when you go to the youtube web site and watch a video you'll see that your web browser is display a URL something like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abcdefg All you have to do is put the "abcdefg" string between the "youtube" and "/youtube" tags.

03-14-2009, 09:22 AM	#9
dragonbone must love dogs Posts: 480 Karma: 1079 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tokyo Device: Sony PRS-700, iPhone 32GB 3GS, iPad 64GB WiFi	I tried again but no video, just a big open space. What am I doing wrong? https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...452#post393452

03-14-2009, 09:25 AM	#10
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	What is the URL of the youtube video that you want to post a link to?

03-14-2009, 09:30 AM	#11
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03-14-2009, 09:34 AM	#13
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