BB Code Enhancements - 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:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/{param}&fs=1&hd=1" width="644" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/{param}&fs=1&hd=1" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v={param}">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v={param}</a></object>

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:

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.

[Tagert]

thanks!

[Suiram]

thanks for the code.....

1.) i can not see the youtube picture button. it doesn't even show in the admincp under the button image heading. i placed the picture on my site and it's there. i can type in a browser's url and it shows up.

any idea ?
i don't use any forum mods.

2.) also seems most HD clips don't have a hq version. i have several hd youtube clips. you can view them in regular quality OR in hd, but not hq. but i would like to have one clip that i can use as an example for all three qualaties. so i want to embed the same clip thrice for each quality and show that as my tutorial. not sure if it's possible ?? anyone has a clip that can be viewed in regular, hq and hd ???

the way i figured it out is this:
if you upload a clip below hd quality it will have 2 versions: regular and hq
if you upload a hd clip it will have two versions: regular and hd (but not hq)
(unless i'm wrong)

thanks,

[RedHacker]

What happen with Youtube HD..!!!If go Youtube Homepage saw normal but from forum not saw....

[james-76]

from the videos working perfectly on firefox and IE all of a sudden today they are showing as white boxes and not loading in both.

http://www.birdiechance.co.uk/forums...hread.php?t=88

Is it just me or is it happening for everybody else?

[RedHacker]

Same problem...

[RedHacker]

http://www.instict.net/showpost.php?p=270&postcount=1

Look this....

[james-76]

The videos now work again using Firefox but still white boxes with Internet Explorer :s

[Suiram]

Originally Posted by Suiram

thanks for the code.....

1.) i can not see the youtube picture button. it doesn't even show in the admincp under the button image heading. i placed the picture on my site and it's there. i can type in a browser's url and it shows up.

any idea ?
i don't use any forum mods.

2.) also seems most HD clips don't have a hq version. i have several hd youtube clips. you can view them in regular quality OR in hd, but not hq. but i would like to have one clip that i can use as an example for all three qualaties. so i want to embed the same clip thrice for each quality and show that as my tutorial. not sure if it's possible ?? anyone has a clip that can be viewed in regular, hq and hd ???

the way i figured it out is this:
if you upload a clip below hd quality it will have 2 versions: regular and hq
if you upload a hd clip it will have two versions: regular and hd (but not hq)
(unless i'm wrong)

thanks,

say what ?

[james-76]

not working in firefox again now

[Fangs404]

Originally Posted by Suiram

thanks for the code.....

1.) i can not see the youtube picture button. it doesn't even show in the admincp under the button image heading. i placed the picture on my site and it's there. i can type in a browser's url and it shows up.

any idea ?
i don't use any forum mods.

2.) also seems most HD clips don't have a hq version. i have several hd youtube clips. you can view them in regular quality OR in hd, but not hq. but i would like to have one clip that i can use as an example for all three qualaties. so i want to embed the same clip thrice for each quality and show that as my tutorial. not sure if it's possible ?? anyone has a clip that can be viewed in regular, hq and hd ???

the way i figured it out is this:
if you upload a clip below hd quality it will have 2 versions: regular and hq
if you upload a hd clip it will have two versions: regular and hd (but not hq)
(unless i'm wrong)

thanks,

For your first question, I have no idea. Sounds like you copied/pasted something wrong. Double-check everything.

For your second question, look at the examples I gave. I use the same video 3 times. It has all 3 qualities.

For those of you that're experiencing issues with this not loading, there's nothing wrong with my script or your browsers or servers. It's just YouTube having issues. Give it time, and they'll straighten things out again.