# Embedding video links (again) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 2, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embedding-video-links-again/994015 "2023-12-02T16:49:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embedding-video-links-again/994015/1 "2023-12-02T16:49:26Z")
In the FQ thread “Scat car? Old riding toy ID” the 11th post has an embedded Youtube video at the end, complete with thumbnail, video title and description from youtube. I thought this was something we couldn’t do on Discourse, especially since I thought I had tried it myself more than once and gotten an error message. Was I mistaken about this? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embedding-video-links-again/994015/2 "2023-12-02T16:51:22Z")
If you copy the address and just paste it to its own line it should work. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/S-rB0pHI9fU/maxresdefault.jpg "The Beatles - Penny Lane") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-rB0pHI9fU) Is this what you mean by the thumbnail? Otherwise please link to the thread that you meant. ETA: The address should be in this format: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-rB0pHI9fU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-rB0pHI9fU) Easily copied from a web browser, probably tougher from the YouTube App. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embedding-video-links-again/994015/3 "2023-12-02T17:31:29Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > If you copy the address and just paste it to its own line it should work. And hit _Reply_ before the preview loads. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embedding-video-links-again/994015/4 "2023-12-02T17:45:47Z")
Seems like I always have to put a slash at the end of the link, and it won’t accept links with copy URL from this point. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embedding-video-links-again/994015/5 "2023-12-02T20:06:09Z")
This bug is discussed in more detail in this Site Feedback thread: > [@Have links to YouTube been disabled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958): > > I just tried posting a couple of YouTube links in and got the message An error occurred: Sorry, you can’t embed media items in a post. What’s going on? Since this is basically a duplicate topic, this is closed. Please use the Site Feedback thread for further discussion. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embedding-video-links-again/994015/6 "2023-12-02T20:06:15Z")