Help Needed

[boji]

Embedding videos from YT:

When I imported my entries over from LJ, embedded videos from YT failed to materialise. I knew this was a known issue at the time. I planned to follow the FAQ advice (at a later date) and re-paste in embed code from YT into the relevant entries.

I tried that tonight and the code still doesn't register or show to a/any video. I just get a broken icon and a white dotted line around the space where the vid should be. This also happens if I try to embed a video into a new post.

Anyone know why this is?
And if there is a work around?

I have made some custom CSS tweaks on my dreamwidth

.contents .userpic {

float: right;
position: relative;
left: 2.5 px;
top: 2.5px;
border: 0px;
}

#container {

width: 99%;
margin: auto%;
font-size: 100%;
text-align: left; /* IE fix */}


#content {

width: 75%;
display: inline;
float: right;
text-align: left;
font-size: 111%; line-height: 1.2em;
margin: auto%;
border-left-style: double;
border-left-color: black;
border-left-width: 3px;

}

But I very much doubt that these are what's interfering. They seem really basic - which of course is why I managed to plonk them in the CSS box successfully to begin with! *grin*

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Problem which was identified as user error *g* solved thanks to the gracious and helpful people on the thread.

Thank you.

Comments

[healingmirth]

Can you see videos on other people's journals? Because that description sounds like you have video placeholders enabled [http://www.dreamwidth.org/manage/settings/?cat=display]. (some browsers, like netscape navigator and older firefox versions have had problems with video placeholders in the past that rendered the videos unplayable, which would effectively turn it into a broken link)

[baggyeyes]

boji couldn't see the video I embedded at my journal as a test. It's possible it's the browser incompatibility.

Hrm. Maybe no Flash?

[boji]

Luckily it isn't flash and healingmirth was right. I evidently clicked the damn thing off six months ago when YT videos didn't embed and forgot all about it.

I am a muppet. But a very grateful one.

Thank you so much for your patience and for prodding me in the right direction.

[baggyeyes]

Oh! That's fine. I'm glad you got it sorted out. :)

I'm not one of the cranky hecklers in the gallery! I'm more like The Beautiful Assistant. Who isn't. Beautiful, that is.

All totally Muppet references.

:)

[boji]

Thank you princess. If I had a Han Solo icon I'd flash a grin (and a blaster) your way. Can I give you Jack Harkness instead?

[healingmirth]

took me about forever to find a link to a video on my own journal - [http://healingmirth.dreamwidth.org/70369.html] if you need it.

[boji]

Yes this. I could literally kiss you for I'm the muppet who clicked video placeholders six months ago when they failed to embed on import and I planned to go back and deal with it later - i.e. now.

Of course forgetting I'd clicked it so.

THANK YOU SO SO MUCH.

Really.

[healingmirth]

I'm so glad I could help! I'm pretty sure that I have ancient broken videos in the back of my journal here that I didn't deal with in any way shape or form. Happy video-watching :)