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Youtube vids after upgrade

Discussion in 'Announcements & Community Discussions' started by leftlegmoderate, Apr 11, 2012.

  1. leftlegmoderate

    leftlegmoderate New Member

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    I've noticed that links to youtube videos currently display a link rather than an image of the YT video.

    I hope that we'll eventually go back to displaying the video's image rather than a link.
     
    leftlegmoderate, Apr 11, 2012
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    Trinnity Banned

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    Honey, it's easy.... click reply....see the icon second from the right ?

    Click that and insert the url.

    Here's one for ya...

    [video=youtube;nGeKSiCQkPw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGeKSiCQkPw[/video]
     
    Trinnity, Apr 11, 2012
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  3. leftlegmoderate

    leftlegmoderate New Member

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    Like this?

    [video=youtube;Q3Ow_uF_exE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Ow_uF_exE&feature=related[/video]

    Hopefully we go back on auto pilot :)
     
    leftlegmoderate, Apr 11, 2012
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  4. Makedde

    Makedde New Member Past Donor

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    I didn't even see that! My goodness, we have all these new buttons to play with! :)
     
    Makedde, Apr 11, 2012
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  5. leftlegmoderate

    leftlegmoderate New Member

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    Do you have any idea of whether or not video images will be shown in the future, or are we stuck with links only?
     
    leftlegmoderate, Apr 11, 2012
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  6. Makedde

    Makedde New Member Past Donor

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    ??? You posted a video above, and that wasn't a link?
     
    Makedde, Apr 11, 2012
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  7. leftlegmoderate

    leftlegmoderate New Member

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    Most of the time when you post a YT link, an image of the video is displayed. Here though, you have to wrap the YT link with the video icon. It'd be nice if we could just paste the YT link and have the image displayed again.
     
    leftlegmoderate, Apr 11, 2012
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  8. Makedde

    Makedde New Member Past Donor

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    Oh okay, I get it. I don't know, the software here is a lot different to the old forum, and I know a few things have changed, this is likely one of them. :(
     
    Makedde, Apr 11, 2012
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  9. leftlegmoderate

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    It seems like an easy enough fix. People would much rather have an image to preview than a drab link to click. But, since we still have the ability to display an image of the video, there isn't much to complain about. It'd just be nice if YT links displayed themselves as images rather than links.
     
    leftlegmoderate, Apr 11, 2012
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    Yes we used to have a plugin to auto-embed, because there was no button for embedding. I am unsure about adding auto-embedding again.
     
    PoliticalForum, Apr 11, 2012
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    Slyhunter New Member Past Donor

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    you mean with bracketed video and /video ?
     
    Slyhunter, Apr 11, 2012
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    Seems to display in the "preview," let's see if it actually displays when posted...

    [video=youtube;VQ_Wqtnlv4U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ_Wqtnlv4U&NR=1[/video]
     
    Angedras, Apr 12, 2012
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    Falena Cherry Bomb Staff Member Past Donor

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    The video posting limit was raised from 1 to 5 as an improvement.
    The image posting limit was raised from 4 to 8 now as an improvement.

    The bot is copying threads from the other site once an hour.
    The rep list is planned on going back up.

    I'm not debating anything. I'm reporting. If you have any suggestions for improvement post them here or PM me and I will relay them. I would ask you all to please post within reason and be patient.

    Falena
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    Falena, Apr 12, 2012
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    EvilAztec Banned

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    In generally unusual, but the quality of the embedded video is better than in old version of the forum. By and large, not bad.
     
    EvilAztec, Apr 12, 2012
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    Not likely. The system is what it is. You can do video /video brackets, I think.
     
    Trinnity, Apr 12, 2012
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    [video=youtube;d-n0umyjXms]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-n0umyjXms[/video]


    better view than before, use the video icon instead if the link icon
     
    Shangrila, Apr 12, 2012
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    leftlegmoderate New Member

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    Thanks all, guess I'll just have to a bit less lazy! :D
     
    leftlegmoderate, Apr 13, 2012
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    Makedde New Member Past Donor

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    I like the fact the picture posting limit was raised. That's good. :)
     
    Makedde, Apr 13, 2012
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    I like the way the youtubes are bigger too.
     
    Trinnity, Apr 13, 2012
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  20. Makedde

    Makedde New Member Past Donor

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    Same. They are not that much bigger, but big enough to make a significant difference.
     
    Makedde, Apr 14, 2012
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