Can’t embed YouTube

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  sethdellinger · Member · Jun 9, 2010 at 9:54 pm

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  All of a sudden I’m unable to get a YouTube video to embed on my blog. I’m using Windows 7 and internet Explorer. Here’s a link to my blog, where you’ll also see my most recent posting displaying what happens when I try to embed a youtube clip:

  http://notesfromthefire.wordpress.com/

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  mynokiablog · Member · Jun 9, 2010 at 10:14 pm

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  In your post you need

  [youtube=__________________]

  with ___________ as the youtube video address.

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  sethdellinger · Member · Jun 9, 2010 at 10:14 pm

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  wow, really??? Is that a new thing? Cause I never needed it before! lemme go try!

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  sethdellinger · Member · Jun 9, 2010 at 10:16 pm

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  it worked!! thanks! but again…when did I start having to do this?

  thanks a million!

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 9, 2010 at 10:24 pm

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  That is the ONLY method that always works. The others can go astray when YouTube or WordPress change something.

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  sethdellinger · Member · Jun 9, 2010 at 11:10 pm

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  ah. well, just plain pasting the code had somehow always worked for me before!