problems uploading videos using windows live writer

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  puresecrets · Member · Apr 14, 2008 at 6:28 am

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  hi all. got a problem… yet again. I use windows live writer to blog (previous on live spaces and now on wordpress) but I discovered that I am unable to upload videos. I read somewhere in forums to use scott’s video upload plugin. I have been using his.. and it still does not work. I have to end up uploading the youtube video separately using wordpress online editor. What’s wrong?

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  deltafoxtrot · Member · Apr 14, 2008 at 7:57 am

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  Do you try to upload video files to wordpress.com or do you try to embed youtube videos?

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  puresecrets · Member · Apr 14, 2008 at 8:05 am

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  i believe windows live writer embeds it. apparently it worked for someone else here in the forums. (I can’t seem to track that person’s msg!)

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  gamehq · Member · Apr 14, 2008 at 8:10 am

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  I have WLW also I paste the youtube video url into my post and when I publish to my blog the video shows and works just fine I tryed using the video HTML code when I got WLW
  and ran into same the problem your having

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  puresecrets · Member · Apr 14, 2008 at 8:14 am

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  oh! really? let me have a try and it.. and get back to you as soon as i can!

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  deltafoxtrot · Member · Apr 14, 2008 at 8:16 am

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  Does it work if you insert this kind of code in WLW?

  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X_G2c_hWUo]

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  puresecrets · Member · Apr 14, 2008 at 8:18 am

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  i just tried that. go to my site and you’ll see what you’ll get. lol.

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  gamehq · Member · Apr 14, 2008 at 8:19 am

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  I forgot to mention that when you paste the youtube video URL into your post
  using “Windows Live Writer” It will display a non working video until you publish
  to your blog.

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  puresecrets · Member · Apr 14, 2008 at 8:20 am

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  but yeah. it looks like just pasting the youtube url in the blog works just fine. my goodness! then why do we even need a plugin to insert videos?

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  puresecrets · Member · Apr 14, 2008 at 8:29 am

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  thanks for the help guys. y’all are awesome!

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  gamehq · Member · Apr 14, 2008 at 8:55 am

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  Does it work if you insert this kind of code in WLW?

  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X_G2c_hWUo] <?blockquote>

  No need for the wordpress short cut format all you need is the URL of the you tube video
  when your using “Windows Live Writer”. When you publish to your blog “WLW” Will
  format The youtube video URL into wordpress short cut automatically

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  gamehq · Member · Apr 14, 2008 at 8:59 am

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  thats weird it quoted my wording to ?? and I had my wording on they out side of the HTML tag

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  deltafoxtrot · Member · Apr 14, 2008 at 9:16 am

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  Yeah, I figured that when I saw the result on puresecrets’ blog. I think, I should install XP on my machine again to have the Windows perspective handy.

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  gamehq · Member · Apr 14, 2008 at 9:30 am

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  heres a link to a post that I wrote about “Windows Live Writer” it also has a link to a tutorial
  video on you tube which will hight light WLW’s features
  windows live writer

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  gamehq · Member · Apr 14, 2008 at 9:42 am

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  @puresecrets Your welcome