Schot 406 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Hey gang. Just thought I'd open up this topic to list the ways that can make posting more fun and less work. This one is for you @Flix! Paste a link to a youtube video but don't embed it as a playable video within the post. Just a simple link. Step 1. Paste the link Step 2. Press CTRL + Z Done! A favorite of mine and something I find very annoying without. Making a new line without double line space. Step 1. Hold down the shift key Step 2. Press the Enter key Done! 1 Link to comment
Flix 4,924 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Thanks Schot! My problem was rather the opposite though. I wanted the video to embed in the post. I was pasting in the link and the video would not appear. A link wouldn't appear either, the URL simply transformed into the plain text title of the video and nothing else. Quick test: Meteor - Diablo 2 Fallen - YouTube 1 Link to comment
Timotheus 307 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) Same experience here. When pasted as a link via URL button it remains a link (of course):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmyenrDrDC8 When copy-paste is used: ULTIMATE RGB PC Tech Support Challenge!! - YouTube It just shows up as the title of the video. CTRL-Z just removes the entire line again, it does not embed. So the copy-paste method just shows the actual video title, not the link, nor the embedded video. EDIT: Ah I found it! You need to use the youtu.be link @Flix @Schot available through the [share] button on Youtube. Then it embeds immediately after pasting. Edited November 26, 2020 by Timotheus 1 1 Link to comment
Flix 4,924 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Thanks! I had been right clicking --> Paste as plain text to get around the issue. Link to comment
Timotheus 307 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Fair enough yeah, I see that works as well. Link to comment
Schot 406 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 Thanks for the exploration guys. A short time after posting this I did some testing in Edge and Chrome which ended up confusing me more than already was, haha. It seems that the two browsers may sometimes "fix" themselves after successfully embedding a youtube video after which point copy/pasting will reliably embed the video... So much for troubleshooting! Just tested now and Edge, Chrome and Firefox are all embedding automatically after copying a youtube url from the address bar and pasting into the editor. So maybe once someone successfully embeds then it is no longer an issue? Link to comment
Timotheus 307 Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) Still doesn't work for me? See below: How much Power does the Lotus Make? - YouTube Sorry for double posting! Second test after first succesful embed: How much Power does the Lotus Make? - YouTube Still, no dice? Edited December 1, 2020 by Timotheus Link to comment
Schot 406 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 On 12/1/2020 at 11:44 AM, Timotheus said: Still doesn't work for me? See below: How much Power does the Lotus Make? - YouTube Sorry for double posting! Second test after first succesful embed: How much Power does the Lotus Make? - YouTube Still, no dice? Curious! It's strange that it is pulling the title text of the video rather than embedding it. Are you coy/pasting from the address bar? Also, what browser Timo? Link to comment
Timotheus 307 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) Yup, CTRL-C CTRL-V from the adress bar. I'm using Edge (Chromium). Edited December 3, 2020 by Timotheus Link to comment
Flix 4,924 Share Posted December 3, 2020 58 minutes ago, Timotheus said: Yup, CTRL-C CTRL-Z from the adress bar. I'm using Edge (Chromium). Same here. Link to comment
