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.

[ncrdave]

Installed!! Works great!! Thanks for a great, and easy mod!!

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[jlew24asu]

Originally Posted by Fangs404

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

tab mix plus and foxy tunes. doesnt work in IE either. this is the vid im trying

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zvCUmeoHpw



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[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by jlew24asu

tab mix plus and foxy tunes. doesnt work in IE either. this is the vid im trying

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zvCUmeoHpw



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This might seem like a silly question, but are you including the dash "-" ?

[Fangs404]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

This might seem like a silly question, but are you including the dash "-" ?

This is my guess as well. This is what the command should look like:

[youtubehd]-zvCUmeoHpw[/youtubehd]

[jlew24asu]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

This might seem like a silly question, but are you including the dash "-" ?

not silly at all! I had no idea about the dash. thanks! where did I miss this instruction?

[Digital Jedi]

Originally Posted by jlew24asu

not silly at all! I had no idea about the dash. thanks! where did I miss this instruction?

This ID number for a video begins immediately after the equals = symbol. So in this case, the dash was part of the ID.

[jlew24asu]

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

This ID number for a video begins immediately after the equals = symbol. So in this case, the dash was part of the ID.

oh. ok. thanks for your help

[the stig]

QUick question:

Can I change the value to 560 x 385 in the bbcode manager? the embed 425 x 344 is too small... thanks

[Fangs404]

Originally Posted by the stig

QUick question:

Can I change the value to 560 x 385 in the bbcode manager? the embed 425 x 344 is too small... thanks

I actually just checked YouTube's dimensions for regular and HQ, and it's 644x390 (HD is 858x508 for comparison). I went ahead and changed it. Thanks for the recommendation.

[the stig]

What should I do now?

I have regular and HQ youtube bb code. Should I just change the BB codes in bb code manager? Will changing the bb code to a different dimension affect any of our previously embeded videos in various post/threads?

thanks.