Does vB4 Auto Embed Media?

[Reece^B]

Im currently using AME - The Automatic Media Embeder in 3.8, when I upgrade I need to know if vB4 now does this?

Ta!

[Videx]

No. Users must click an icon to insert things. But don't discount their intelligence. AME was cute, but it encouraged laziness. Besides, not everyone wants to embed the video.

[Reece^B]

Thanks

[AFemaleProdigy]

So, what is the purpose of the "insert video" tag? I just tried to use it and all it did was place a hyperlink there to the YouTube video instead of displaying the video. Seems redundant to the "insert hyperlink" button. What is the best way to go about embedding videos with the current suite?

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I believe the video tag is supposed to convert the YouTube videos to the actual player, but for some reason that is not working on my site. Any idea why it would only display the url instead of the video?

[Videx]

Originally Posted by AFemaleProdigy

Any idea why it would only display the url instead of the video?

You probably used an unsupported URL. Because Youtube uses so many, it's often necessary to track down the original and use that.

e.g.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAetv...37YTAAAAAAAAAA might not work. So I go watch the video and click the "share" button and it gives me http://youtu.be/VAetv47b-Eg which does work.

[AFemaleProdigy]

Originally Posted by Videx

You probably used an unsupported URL. Because Youtube uses so many, it's often necessary to track down the original and use that.

e.g.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAetv...37YTAAAAAAAAAA might not work. So I go watch the video and click the "share" button and it gives me http://youtu.be/VAetv47b-Eg which does work.

Ahhh... you got me looking at the link further and I realized that the YouTube "share" link has a typo in it. It seems to be a problem on the Youtube site itself. I corrected the typo and now it works. I thought I was losing my mind! Lol!