YouTube BB Code (W3C-compliant!)
 

I searched for a decent YouTube BB code tag here, but every single one of them uses the embed tag, which is an illegal XHTML tag. I set out to find a way to create a W3C-compliant YouTube BB code tag, and this is what you see here.

Title: YouTube
BB Code Tag Name: youtube
Replacement: Example: [youtube]zlfKdbWwruY[/youtube]
Description: Embed a YouTube video. You <b>only</b> put the video ID in between the BB code tags (<b>NOT</b> the full URL!). Embedding <b>must</b> be enabled for the video!
Use Option: No
Image: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/01/66.jpg

Important Note!
A link to the YouTube video is displayed if the YouTube video fails to load. There are a variety of reasons this might occur:

- You didn't properly enter the video ID between the BB code tags.
- You don't have the latest version of Flash.
- You are using Firefox and have a conflicting extension (AdBlock, NoScript, a Greasemonkey script, etc).
- The video doesn't allow embedding.
- You have some other problem on your end (corrupt browser install, spyware, virus, etc.).
- YouTube is currently having a problem.

yes working thanks

thanks a lot i try it

Thanks a lot. Perfectly valid XHTML transitional. I have tried many bb codes for youtube, but this is the only one I have found that works with XHTML! Thank you very much!!!

bro, works perfrectly! finally someone who can easily explain how to do this! A+++++++

yap the same as iam useing in my codes ,,,,

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=189497

thanks ,

Good stuff, works a treat :)

Thanks

It sure is (except you don't post the full URL - just the video ID).

Very nice :D

Two times smaller than my previous code and your BORKED note is good to know too.

cool ta ;)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=193151 supposedly does it, but several of the comments don't look too good. Plus, his code isn't W3C compliant.

Thanks a lot men :)

Thanks :D

I just updated this to include a new tag (youtubehd) which enables embedding YouTube's new HD mode.

And I just updated it once more to add support for HQ mode (which is better than regular but worse than HD).

Thank you. :D

Installed the HQ version so far. Not sure I have ever seen an HQ video yet

Most of the HD videos I see on youtube are at 1280x720. The HD tag embeds at 630x380. Changing the size in the embed code seems to work, but is there anything else to change to get the full size in an embed?

BREAKING NEWS:

I don't know if YouTube did any tweaking or not, but if you put the embed code from a youtube video between [Youtube] embed code [/YouTube] now, it embeds the video perfectly as well. One of our member just did it and I was shocked. Just wanted to let you guys know ;). I have double checked the fact that my html IS turned off.

Installed and working, except when using the "botton" feature it adds spaces around
the video id, so you manually have to remove the extra spaces for it to work.

makes this

[youtubehd]
bIgslPPC1BA
[/youtubehd]

instead of [youtubehd]bIgslPPC1BA[/youtubehd]

Tx again.

But nice and installed. .

Would this work with other video sites, just setting the {param} differently?

does anyone know if this draws on your server bandwidth to run the youtube videos like this just curious thanks

I checked the size that YouTube actually uses (which isn't easily done since YouTube has a really complicated embedding scheme involving JavaScripts - I just took a screenshot and measured it), and it's actually not true 720p. YouTube displays at 858x508 for some odd reason, so that's what I'll alter the script to use.

I don't see this problem. When I hit the button, it just displays , no spaces or new lines. Glad you like it, though. :)

No, it doesn't use any bandwidth from your server.

It's not quite that straightforward, but most video sites have embedding code. Just alter the URL before/after the {param} and it should work. I've already modified the same code for Vimeo.

Does this, or any, embedded YouTube code make it so that "mature content" videos either can't be screened or have it so that the end user has to confirm that they are of age?

Well, yeah, and you'd have to use different tags, but I can see what you mean.

Excellent. I think I'll do this rather than the passive hack.

See if I can get people used to it by disabling the other hack in other forums...

I just tested it, and it appears that this does get by the age filter. The video I tried played just fine and didn't ask for an birthday or anything.

I always can NOT drop down the Thread Tools Menue ever when a post has been made with a Video in it ;S
IS that a bug?
had to uninstall it, because of that ;S

That's definitely not a bug with my BBCode. It's just a simple object HTML. It sounds like a browser bug on your end or maybe a bug with your template.

Hi,
Thanks a lot, it works great!

Having problems with the youtube button image in the post a reply box. It works if I use a url from another site, but can't get it to link from my site (probably doing something wrong).

Also in FireFox it just shows the text and not a button (wrap [youtube] tags around text).
Probably because there's a prob with the image button.

Anyway, help!!!

Such a small enhancement, but so useful. Makes things easier!

Can you give me an example of how you're trying to use the command? You aren't putting the entire YouTube link in between the tags, right? As for why the button isn't showing up, it sounds like you have the image path wrong in the BBCode manager.

Also, please hit "Mark as Installed" to let me know that you're actually using it.

I feel a little noob-ish on this, but where do I actually enter that code? I've installed other mods before, but had never had to do one like this, and I'm delving into VB for the first time in earnest as an admin.

You enter it in as a New BBCode in your Custom BBCode Manager.

THANK YOU! It's like the ONE area I hadn't explored in the ACP. installed

can someone please explain to me the whole "BORKED" thing?

If you see BORKED, it means that there's something wrong with your setup (your local setup). Maybe you don't have the latest version of flash. Maybe you have a funky Firefox extension installed. It just means something is preventing the flash video from being displayed on your machine.

thanx alot mate cool mod

thanks. that stinks. I dont know what could possibly be the issue. I have the latest flash version, and maybe a few FF plugins, but if I can see it on youtube's site, I dont know what would prevent me from posting it on my forum.

Which FF extensions do you have? Try disabling all of them and then see if it works. Does it work in IE?