Embedding YouTube and Vimeo videos in the forums

Posted by Zen Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:18:00 GMT

An oft-requested feature is the ability to embed video on the forums. We’ve gone and done just that.

To post a video, just post the link to the video. For example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3p6c2m4BCU

or

http://www.vimeo.com/1950685

They will embed the flash player into the post. These videos will not autoplay – you will still have to click on the play button to start the video.

If you are on dialup, you can disable the embed by going into your User Preferences and checking the “Hide Embedded Content” checkbox. After saving your preferences, video embeds will appear as links instead.

We currently support only YouTube and Vimeo embeds.