How to Link Working YouTube Videos

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   A quick guide as I've seen people having trouble with this here.
To properly link to YouTube, first off make life easier for yourself and use the Insert Movie button on the post editor. It looks like this:

Now just paste in the YouTube URL. Make sure your URL starts with http:// and not https:// (note the s in the second one). http:// works. https:// does not. If you click the Preview button after pasting the URL you want to use, and the video is black and doesn't work, then you are using https://. 

Examples:

Using https://

Using http://

Edited by adg211288 - 09 May 2015 at 9:27am

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adg211288 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 22304	Post Options Post Reply Quote adg211288 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: How to Link Working YouTube Videos Posted: 09 May 2015 at 9:10am
	A quick guide as I've seen people having trouble with this here. To properly link to YouTube, first off make life easier for yourself and use the Insert Movie button on the post editor. It looks like this: Now just paste in the YouTube URL. Make sure your URL starts with http:// and not https:// (note the s in the second one). http:// works. https:// does not. If you click the Preview button after pasting the URL you want to use, and the video is black and doesn't work, then you are using https://. Examples: Using https:// Using http:// Edited by adg211288 - 09 May 2015 at 9:27am
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Nightfly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Admin Group Death, D/S/D, T/S/G Teams Joined: 07 Apr 2010 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 5079	Post Options Post Reply Quote Nightfly Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 May 2015 at 9:26am
	^ Thanks for that