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.

[Fangs404]

Originally Posted by 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.

Yes, it'll change all instances of youtube or youtubehq to be the new dimensions, including the previously embedded ones.

[the stig]

Originally Posted by Fangs404

Yes, it'll change all instances of youtube or youtubehq to be the new dimensions, including the previously embedded ones.

Much thanks, sir. This is the best youtube embedding hack till date.

[Fangs404]

Originally Posted by the stig

Much thanks, sir. This is the best youtube embedding hack till date.

Thank you. That means a lot.

[james-76]

When i try to post these videos in the first post as a thread they come up as BORKED on firefox. When they are a reply to a thread so the 2nd post or after they work perfectly.

Can you help?

http://www.birdiechance.co.uk/forums...osted=1#post84

forgive the forum its not quite ready for the official opening just yet.


EDIT:
Ok I realised the problem and it was the tags and link were not on the same line. Iwill post below incase others have the same issue

This works fine

[YOUTUBE]1YQhoMt68CU[/YOUTUBE]

This comes up as BORKED and does not work

[YOUTUBE]1YQhoMt68CU
[/YOUTUBE]

[Fangs404]

Originally Posted by james-76

When i try to post these videos in the first post as a thread they come up as BORKED on firefox. When they are a reply to a thread so the 2nd post or after they work perfectly.

Can you help?

http://www.birdiechance.co.uk/forums...osted=1#post84

forgive the forum its not quite ready for the official opening just yet.


EDIT:
Ok I realised the problem and it was the tags and link were not on the same line. Iwill post below incase others have the same issue

This works fine

[YOUTUBE]1YQhoMt68CU[/YOUTUBE]

This comes up as BORKED and does not work

[YOUTUBE]1YQhoMt68CU
[/YOUTUBE]

Yeah, what that'll do is try to make the URL include a return which I guess causes YouTube to throw a fit.

Also, I don't know if you guys knew this, but if you want to make the video autoplay, you can do something like this:

[youtubehd]zlfKdbWwruY&autoplay=1[/youtubehd]

Just add &autoplay=1 to the end of the video ID.

[the stig]

Mr. Fangs404, looks like YouTube changed their default video size again (for regular and HQ videos). Would you be kind enough to update the sizes again? thanks.

[Fangs404]

Originally Posted by the stig

Mr. Fangs404, looks like YouTube changed their default video size again (for regular and HQ videos). Would you be kind enough to update the sizes again? thanks.

Hm, according to my calculations, regular/HQ is 644x390 and HD is 858x508 which is what the BBCode uses currently. Are you seeing something different on your end?

[Tannerman]

Has anyone noticed in the last week or so while using this modification that HQ videos are no longer defaulting in HQ mode when embedded? The HQ button is there, but it's no longer the default when the video starts. Did something change on the parameter level?

[Fangs404]

I just removed the HQ YouTube tag (youtubehq). It's no longer necessary since the embedded player now has a HQ button built in. The embedded player actually also has an HD button if HD is enabled for the video, but I'm leaving the HD tag (youtubehd) because it's a physically larger player.

[richardyoung]

NIce.. just installed and works great