YouTube videos not showing in first post

[TripleDigitRide]

For some reason, when I create a thread and attempt to post a YouTube to the first post, the video will not appear. I post the same link to the second post, the video appears. Any reason for this?

[Guest 6.8 AR]

You're not holding your nose right in the first attempt. :D I have no idea. Just messin with ya!

[TGO David]

Enclose the video in the {media} ... {/media} tags.  Use square brackets [ ] instead though.

[TripleDigitRide]

Enclose the video in the {media} ... {/media} tags.  Use square brackets [ ] instead though.

I'll give that a shot. is there a reason behind that requirement for the initial post, but not the subsequent posts? 

[Oh Shoot]

I'll give that a shot. is there a reason behind that requirement for the initial post, but not the subsequent posts? 

 

Pretty weird.

 

I've always just pasted the link from browser address bar and they work every time.

 

- OS

[TGO David]

I'll give that a shot. is there a reason behind that requirement for the initial post, but not the subsequent posts? 

 

It's not a requirement; probably a bug in the software.  I've had questionable luck getting it to parse the URL correctly no matter what post # it is if I don't enclose the URL in the media tags manually.

[Garufa]

It's been a while since I've tried it but if I recall correctly posting a YouTube link in Firefox will embed properly, from Internet Explorer it only displays the link. 

 

For example....

 

From IE 8:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-tCIRJH9p0

 

IE 10:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-tCIRJH9p0

 

From Firefox:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-tCIRJH9p0

Edited September 19, 2013 by Garufa

[npgunner]

I've had this happen to me no matter what post using tapatalk (inconsistently anyways), but copying directly from the address bar to a post on the computer has always worked.
Thanks for the media tags. Seems to be working on the phone with them.
[media]http://youtu.be/OcfqDPAy7zc[/media]

[Oh Shoot]

It's been a while since I've tried it but if I recall correctly posting a YouTube link in Firefox will embed properly, from Internet Explorer it only displays the link. 

 

...

 

Interesting observation. I only use FireFox, will see if I get same results when I get back home and can use broadband.

 

- OS

[mikegideon]

I have been wondering about this myself. I use Chrome. Forcing it with the media tags will work for me.

 

[media] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OnpkDWbeJs [/media]

Edited September 20, 2013 by mikegideon

[TripleDigitRide]

I also use Chrome. It now works with the media tags. 

[Dolomite_supafly]

An easy way is to hit the formatting button on the top left. Then paste in the URL. Then hit the format button again. Hit submit.