Comments on: YouTube Embed

Question: YouTube Embed

etaoin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:32:24 -0800

Hi, is there a way to post a video to YouTube but have it link back to the original posting site? And can I post a video and NOT make it available for embedding? Thanks,

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:36:27 -0800

Don't know about the first thing, but when you upload a video, down in the options area where you can choose whether or not to let people add comments and stuff, you can select the option to not allow people to embed your video.

By: ALongDecember

ALongDecember — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:47:38 -0800

What do you mean by "have it link back to the original posting site?" Do you mean a link to your site in the "About this video" box?

By: xammerboy

xammerboy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:52:10 -0800

You can download the video itself, and then code it to do such things...

By: yellowbinder

yellowbinder — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:59:42 -0800

You can put a hard link in the about this video box. I'm not sure if HTML works, but you can definitely spell out the whole address and it'll make a link. i.e. http://www.metafilter.com

You can also put links right on the video as it plays using the new annotate feature. You can have a little box pop up at a certain point in the video, and it can contain a link. I know some people have made choose your own adventure style things with the boxes linking to other videos, but I don't have any hands on experience with how to do it.

By: etaoin

etaoin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:25:36 -0800

Hey, this is great information from everyone. Yes, link back as in, somewhere on the site, show people where they can find it. Thanks very much.
Pam

By: cjorgensen

cjorgensen — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:54:23 -0800

And be sure to include the URL in the video credits.