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  • RangeBob
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2014
    • 121903
    #1

    Youtube as URL

    How does one post a youtube link as a url only? Not an embedded video.
    This is useful for using the 'start time' ability of youtube to cue up exactly the part of a 1 hour long video.

    I tried using [ URL ], and that didn't work. It got replaced with embedded video.
    I tried using various urls : youtube.com, youtube.be, etc. They all got replaced with embedded.
    I've been using [ noparse ] for a couple weeks, but while people can see the url and cut/paste, you can't click upon it.
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    • jwirecom109
      GOC Co-Founder
      • Mar 2012
      • 11392
      #2
      Copy the URL, hit the film button, in between the picture and quote buttons, copy and paste the whole URL
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        • RangeBob
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2014
          • 121903
          #3
          That gives me
          [ VIDEO ]hxxp s:/ /ww w.y outube.c om/wa tch?v =S2 S5I5GHkDQ[ /VIDEO ]
          which I don't want.

          What I want is
          [ URL ]hxxp s:/ /ww w.y outube.c om/wa tch?v =S2 S5I5GHkDQ[ /URL ]

          But when I do
          [ URL ]hxxp s:/ /ww w.y outube.c om/wa tch?v =S2 S5I5GHkDQ[ /URL ]

          what I get is

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2S5I5GHkDQ


          Whereas what I want is to be able do get both [ video ] and [ url ] to work, as shown here :

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2S5I5GHkDQ

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2S5I5GHkDQ

          but with the bottom one able to click upon it because it's a [ URL ]


          The auto conversion of [ url ] to [ video ] is aggressive, unoverrideable, and not desired.

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            • DanN
              Senior Member
              • Apr 2015
              • 2824
              #4
              Yeah, doesn't seem like there is much point in having a "film" button if the "URL" button converts youtube links to video anyway. I have noticed this too.

              Unless Jwirecom109 can make a config change, I think we're SOL, RB.
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                • jwirecom109
                  GOC Co-Founder
                  • Mar 2012
                  • 11392
                  #5
                  Originally posted by DanN View Post
                  Yeah, doesn't seem like there is much point in having a "film" button if the "URL" button converts youtube links to video anyway. I have noticed this too.

                  Unless Jwirecom109 can make a config change, I think we're SOL, RB.
                  there isn't any plans to do any changes to the coding


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                    • RangeBob
                      Senior Member
                      • Mar 2014
                      • 121903
                      #6
                      It used to work.

                      Then there was a time that it worked if I used an unusual url in the [ url ]. Might have been a m.youtube or something.

                      Now I don't know of any variation.

                      Originally posted by jwirecom109 View Post
                      there isn't any plans to do any changes to the coding
                      That's fine. As long as you know.

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                        • Foxer
                          Senior Member
                          • Jan 2014
                          • 17799
                          #7
                          Originally posted by RangeBob View Post
                          It used to work.

                          Then there was a time that it worked if I used an unusual url in the [ url ]. Might have been a m.youtube or something.

                          Now I don't know of any variation.



                          That's fine. As long as you know.
                          Yeah, this is a recent change. I liked the old way better. The problem is if you just want to show PART of a clip from youtube theres no longer any way to do that - it just posts the whole thing.

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                            • Kane63
                              Senior Member
                              • Feb 2014
                              • 1330
                              #8
                              Tried to use the youtu.be url and it did the same thing...
                              Go Pig or Go Home

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                                • RangeBob
                                  Senior Member
                                  • Mar 2014
                                  • 121903
                                  #9
                                  Found one.
                                  Use 'embed' and URL works.

                                  YouTube
                                  https://www.youtube.com/embed/9v97xH6Bof0

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