Google Video won’t embed

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  ismhistory · Member · Feb 10, 2007 at 11:09 am

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  Hi, I know this has come up in a few recent posts, but I’ve read them all and the FAQ and still can’t get to the bottom of it.

  I’m trying to embed a Google Video. My embed code is:
  <embed style=”width:400px; height:326px;” id=”VideoPlayback” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” src=”http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=2613725429543842517&hl=en-GB” flashvars=””> </embed>

  From this I’ve tried numerous variations as stated in the FAQ and forum posts, I have tried:
  [googlevideo=http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=2613725429543842517&hl=en ]
  [googlevideo=http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=2613725429543842517&hl=en-GB ]
  [googlevideo=http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=2613725429543842517 ]
  [googlevideo=http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=2613725429543842517&hl ]
  [googlevideo=http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=2613725429543842517&hl=en-GB” flashvars= ]

  Obviously all without the space at the end. All give me the same result: a google video player box with a black screen and no video! Works fine at google video itself. Am I missing something completely obvious?

  Thanks in advance!

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  mark · Member · Feb 10, 2007 at 11:20 am

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  Where is a post with the not-working code in?

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  ismhistory · Member · Feb 10, 2007 at 11:24 am

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  http://ismhistory.wordpress.com/tag/test-post-ignore/

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  mark · Member · Feb 10, 2007 at 11:45 am

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  You had the

  &hl=en-GB

  on the end which isn’t needed.
  I can’t get the actual google video to work though when I copy/paste the url into firefox – is the url valid? Try another?

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  ismhistory · Member · Feb 10, 2007 at 12:10 pm

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  OK, so I tried uploading it again, this is the new embed code:
  <embed style=”width:400px; height:326px;” id=”VideoPlayback” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” src=”http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-3760678297980114056&hl=en-GB” flashvars=””> </embed>

  From this I put in:
  [googlevideo=http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-3760678297980114056

  With a square bracket at the end as usual. Still the same result – google video player but no video!

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  mark · Member · Feb 10, 2007 at 4:18 pm

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  I see people skiing.
  Clear your browser cache?

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  ismhistory · Member · Feb 10, 2007 at 5:47 pm

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  Thanks, seems to be sorted after I cleared the cache. First upload must have been dodgy.

  Thanks for your help Mark.