YouTube Embed

October 10, 2008 11:32 AM

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,
posted by etaoin to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)

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.
posted by phunniemee at 11:36 AM on October 10, 2008

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?
posted by ALongDecember at 11:47 AM on October 10, 2008

You can download the video itself, and then code it to do such things...
posted by xammerboy at 11:52 AM on October 10, 2008

Best answer: 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.
posted by yellowbinder at 11:59 AM on October 10, 2008

Response by poster: 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
posted by etaoin at 12:25 PM on October 10, 2008

And be sure to include the URL in the video credits.
posted by cjorgensen at 12:54 PM on October 10, 2008