Posting videos

It has been asked how to use the myflash bbcode to post embedded videos. I want to put the answer here so it can be linked to.

YouTube:

1. Obtain the URL, which looks like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfG5Nftpp4I

2. Replace the red parts with forward slashes (/) so it looks like this:

https://www.youtube.com/v/HfG5Nftpp4I

3. Wrap it in the myflash bbcode:

[myflash=]https://www.youtube.com/v/HfG5Nftpp4I[/myflash]

4. On the YouTube page, click "Share" and "Embed" to see the HTML which contains the video's dimensions. What you're looking for is this:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HfG5Nftpp4I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

5. Transfer those dimensions into the myflash bbcode:

[myflash=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/v/HfG5Nftpp4I[/myflash]

It's very particular. Be sure to "Preview" your post first to see if it works. The pieces of information which change from one video to another are highlighted in red above, if it's easier to think of it that way.

Vimeo:

1. Obtain the URL, which looks like:

https://vimeo.com/58603054

2. On the Vimeo screen, click the "share" icon (looks like a paper airplane) and get the width and height values.

3. Using the video ID highlighted in red above, and the width and height values, make a myflash bbcode tag which looks like this:

[myflash=500,281]http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=58603054[/myflash]

It's very particular. Be sure to "Preview" your post first to see if it works. The pieces of information which change from one video to another are highlighted in red above, if it's easier to think of it that way.

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