videos? you tube etc.

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  donkeyriding354 · Member · Sep 29, 2008 at 9:46 pm

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  so i want to put in vids from youtube and stuff and my computer wont let me do the URL link thing and also the HTML format just deletes the embed code or something?! HELP?!?!?!?

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  bubel · Staff · Sep 29, 2008 at 9:46 pm

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  Please provide your blog’s URL and the URL of the YouTube video you are trying to post.

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  donkeyriding354 · Member · Sep 29, 2008 at 9:47 pm

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  P.S i also want to do it for pages, wont let me do that either?!

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  donkeyriding354 · Member · Sep 29, 2008 at 9:49 pm

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  donkeyriding354.wordpress.com
  and its any video. ive tried a few!
  heres one…

  URL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os71u7VB2jc

  EMBED: <object width=”425″ height=”344″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/Os71u7VB2jc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00″></param><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/Os71u7VB2jc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”425″ height=”344″></embed></object>

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  thesacredpath · Member · Sep 29, 2008 at 9:53 pm

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  A search of the FAQ for “youtube” would have brought you this on how to play youtube videos: http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/07/29/how-do-i-post-a-youtube-video/

  You can also do dailymotion: http://faq.wordpress.com/2007/01/19/how-do-i-post-a-dailymotion-video/

  And, for videos that are not supported directly, you can use the vodpod button many of them in posts:

  http://faq.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/using-vodpod-to-embed-video/
  http://vodpod.com/wordpress/

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  thesacredpath · Member · Sep 29, 2008 at 9:56 pm

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  The video you reference plays just fine in my test blog with the following code put into the HTML tab on the post editor:

  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os71u7VB2jc]

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  donkeyriding354 · Member · Sep 29, 2008 at 9:56 pm

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  ive tried to do all of that and my computer wont let me. (when the dark 2nd screen pops up in the window, it donst close and somewhat frezes up.) and i’ve tried setting up an account and THAT wouldnt let me either. i guess i have bad karma or something!?!?

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  donkeyriding354 · Member · Sep 29, 2008 at 9:58 pm

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  for me it just comes up as the text.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Sep 29, 2008 at 10:01 pm

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  You need to switch to the HTML tab in the editor. Copy the code I have above and then paste it into the editor in the HTML tab. I copied that code right out of my post where the video is playing as we speak.

  Also, in your browser make sure you have javascript enabled, and also make sure you have the latest version of flash.

  http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

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  bubel · Staff · Sep 29, 2008 at 10:01 pm

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  I successfully added the video to your blog within a private post. Please see –

  http://donkeyriding354.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/youtube-test/

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  donkeyriding354 · Member · Sep 29, 2008 at 10:02 pm

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  i was in the HTML thing. but that other stuff mught help. thanks!

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  donkeyriding354 · Member · Sep 29, 2008 at 10:04 pm

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  KINDA creepy bubel!!! lol but thanks alot!! =)

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  thesacredpath · Member · Sep 29, 2008 at 10:11 pm

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  I’ve had a lot of issues using the “add video” button above the toolbar lately. It’s been very hit and miss. My suggestion is to add the shortcode to the video manually. Actually type it directly into the HTML tab on the editor.