Youtube video not working in post

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  richardburges · Member · Jan 12, 2011 at 9:41 pm

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  Hello! I searched the support and forum to find anyone who had this problem–but found no exact matches: everyone seems to be doing OK with this!

  However, our blog doesn’t show the new Youtube video I wanted to display. I followed the instructions, but nothing is working. I tried looking at our site on both Firefox and IE. I want to have the video embedded, but nothing shows up. I placed a hyperlink on the page as a band-aid solution, but I’d like to see it looking like it does in your Youtube tutorial.

  Is this function broken (temporary problem) or am I doing something wrong?

  This is the post in question: http://richardburges.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/rachel-caine-countdown-glass-houses-video-review/

  Susan (one of the library bloggers)

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  sl1k · Member · Jan 12, 2011 at 10:20 pm

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  Hi There!

  Have you checked out the WP.com → YouTube Support Documentation page ?

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  richardburges · Member · Jan 25, 2011 at 10:54 pm

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  Yes. I checked out everything I could find on the subject. Not sure why I can’t see the video embedded.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 25, 2011 at 10:57 pm

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  @Richard
  Did you use the shortcode and enter it into the HTML editor or not?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jan 26, 2011 at 1:10 am

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  You’re not actually using the link for the video.

  You’re using the link for the video on a specific user’s page: http://www.youtube.com/user/cityofelpasotx#p/a/u/0/x3VxcxL5bGw

  Try this instead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3VxcxL5bGw