BBC code to post a non-youtube video?

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What is the BBC code to post a video that's NOT on youTube? Or if there isn't a BBC code, what is the method you have to use? Talkin' about posting here on a2k, of course.

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@MontereyJack,

I'm interested too.

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@MontereyJack,

You can't do that here. There used to be a way to embed Flash videos. I did that on several occasions before but since forgot how to do it. Either that other video sites have wised up and disabled live embedding of nonYouTube videos.

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@MontereyJack,

Here ya go.

Butrflynet wrote:

If anyone needs to refer to the instructions again in the future, bookmark this entry from the A2K blog.

http://blog.able2know.org/2009/01/26/dev-updates-lastfm-youtube-and-flickr-on-your-profile/

It also has a link to the A2K topic about it where Robert gave detailed technical instructions about how to embed flash videos (which I still don't quite understand or can't get to work right).

Here's the link to the topic, which can also be found in the above blog article:

http://able2know.org/topic/127097-1

Here's an even better and more detailed instruction for embedding the flash videos. It starts at this post and goes on a few:

http://able2know.org/topic/136311-1#post-3758090

http://able2know.org/topic/168954-1#post-4533633

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@Butrflynet,

I remember that. I never mastered it. Should try again.

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@ehBeth,

Neither have I. Tried many times, but never quite got the right flash file to work with, I guess.

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Almost there.

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@jespah,

Congratulations!

Okay, now write what you did in simple English rather than tech-speak.

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@jespah,

Holy crap, I got it!

Instructions:

Go to wherever the hell you've got flash you want to load
Right-click that page and select view page source
Ctrl-f to find the following term: .swf
Copy that entire url into your clipboard, including the .swf part
Note whatever it also says for height and width
On A2K, type as follows: [flash]
Then where it says flash, type a equals sign then the height # a comma and then the width #. DO NOT ADD ANY SPACES. YES, THIS GOES INSIDE THE BRACKETS, e. g. flash=600,920
Then paste in the complete url
Then type [/flash]
Preview to make sure it works
Hit reply and bask in your awesomeness

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@jespah,

Yay! Imma gonna swipe that for the tutorial thread then give it a try.

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@jespah,

Okay, here's where I run into a problem. Go to this page. There are 6 instances of .swf files.

Which one do I select for the bbc code?

http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-flash/crazy-for-you/?play=2b8b1a3f-e7b2-4715-80e9-c79d44f2805d

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