# Posting videos **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 9, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848 "2023-09-09T17:45:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/1 "2023-09-09T17:45:14Z")
It seems to be possible but I can’t figure out how. I tried searching and was swamped by unrelated results. Little help? ---
**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:** [September 9, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/2 "2023-09-09T17:50:09Z")
Easiest things is to copy the URL from the Address bar and then post it the edit window on a line by itself. When you post it, it should look like this in the edit window without the space between the slashes. https:/ /www.youtube.com/watch?v=p\_NS2H55dxI Like this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/p_NS2H55dxI/maxresdefault.jpg "Landshark - SNL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_NS2H55dxI) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/3 "2023-09-09T20:41:40Z")
Note that there are currently some Discourse bugs that affect videos. See this thread for details along with workarounds: > [@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? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/4 "2023-09-09T20:45:18Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > See this thread for details along with workarounds: That thread has 247 posts. Any hint as to which posts contain workarounds that work? ETA: if your solution above works, then ignore this post! ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/5 "2023-09-09T20:56:23Z")
Try writing the whole post in Notepad. Then copy and paste it into the message box and post it as fast as possible before a preview is generated: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MmpJ9zQvEVA/hqdefault.jpg "Star Wars Holiday Special (Abridged)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmpJ9zQvEVA) ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/6 "2023-09-09T23:40:19Z")
If I go to a YouTube video, click share, and then copy the link, I can post it here. Then I add a back slash (/) and it embeds it in the post. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dYkDxgRYXcI/hqdefault.jpg "1950: The World Series of 1950 (Phillies vs. Yankees)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYkDxgRYXcI) ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2023, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/7 "2023-09-09T23:53:39Z")
Where do you add the back slash? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/8 "2023-09-10T10:25:06Z")
After the URL that you copied from yt and pasted into your post It would be something like: ```auto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYkDxgRYXcI ``` and instead you type ```auto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYkDxgRYXcI/ ``` ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/9 "2023-09-10T13:55:00Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Where do you add the back slash? At the end of the copied youtube link, as stated above. > [@MrDibble](#): > > After the URL that you copied from yt and pasted into your post ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/10 "2023-09-10T14:03:25Z")
Well, but then Discourse writes > An error occurred. Please try again later. (Playback ID: PTSuR3\_BOhkwrWcQ) > [Learn More](https://support.google.com/youtube/?p=player_error1&hl=en) when I click on the image in your post. But if I click on the title of the YouTube post (upper left corner of the image: “Star Wars Holiday Special (Abridged)” in this case, post 5, yours has an error message so I no longer can read it) it opens a new window and links to the video in youTube. Then it works fine. It didn’t use to be so complicated, but at least I found out that it still can work. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/11 "2023-09-10T14:08:39Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Well, but then Discourse writes > > > An error occurred. Please try again later. (Playback ID: PTSuR3\_BOhkwrWcQ) > > [Learn More](https://support.google.com/youtube/?p=player_error1&hl=en) > > when I click on the image in your post. Well, shit, it works for me, so I don’t know anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/12 "2023-09-10T14:36:26Z")
@Moriarty’s video worked fine for me, too. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/13 "2023-09-10T17:01:44Z")
Link + / worked. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/14 "2023-09-10T17:03:24Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > … I add a back slash (/)… That’s a forward slash. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/15 "2023-09-10T17:03:50Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > That’s a forward slash. D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/16 "2023-09-10T17:07:35Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > That’s a forward slash. Or a back-backslash? ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/17 "2023-09-12T15:16:38Z")
I should add that there is a quirk to this. Once you post the embedded video, you can’t edit your post. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/18 "2023-09-12T15:27:13Z")
🎶 SLASH! Ah-ah! Saviour of the universe! 🎵 ---
**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:** [September 12, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/19 "2023-09-12T18:19:16Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I should add that there is a quirk to this. Once you post the embedded video, you can’t edit your post. If you get bit by this bug and need a post edited, just report the post and tell us what needs to change. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848/20 "2023-09-12T18:27:36Z")
The selflessness of the SD mods knows absolutely no bounds. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-videos/989848.md?page=2)