How to handle video embeds?

[ThomasMore]

I have noticed a problem with the forum when I want to manipulate a YouTube or other video embed, i.e., change or delete one.

When I go to "edit post," the video embed does not appear at all. There is nothing that I CAN edit or delete. But when I complete my edits, the video is still there, unchanged.

Is there a way to reveal the embed so we can make changes?

[DoctorDoom]

For YouTube, the embed code looks like this, minus the spaces after the < characters, without which the code couldn't be viewed in a post:

< object width="425" height="350">< param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/K70JzbIgVIE">< /param><param name="wmode" value="transparent">< /param>< embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K70JzbIgVIE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350">< /embed>< /object>

To eliminate it, delete everything from the opening to closing object codes. To change it, delete the code and replace it with the new code.

For other video sites such as Google, the code might differ a bit, but it will be a similar block.

[ThomasMore]

For YouTube, the embed code looks like this, minus the spaces after the < characters, without which the code couldn't be viewed in a post:

< object width="425" height="350">< param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/K70JzbIgVIE">< /param>
< /param>< embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K70JzbIgVIE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350">< /embed>< /object>

To eliminate it, delete everything from the opening to closing object codes. To change it, delete the code and replace it with the new code.

For other video sites such as Google, the code might differ a bit, but it will be a similar block.

I have been looking for the embed codes, to delete them. But I don't see them at all. I see the text which precedes and which follows it, but nothing to delete.

I have tried deleting the open space, but it doesn't seem to work for me.

[DoctorDoom]

Do you have your edit preferences set to WYSIWYG?

User CP > Edit options > Miscellaneous options > Message Editor Interface

See if it's set to "Enhanced Interface - Full WYSIWYG Editing". If so, try changing it to "Standard Editor - Extra formatting controls". I can see the embedded code with that setting.

[ThomasMore]

Do you have your edit preferences set to WYSIWYG?

User CP > Edit options > Miscellaneous options > Message Editor Interface

See if it's set to "Enhanced Interface - Full WYSIWYG Editing". If so, try changing it to "Standard Editor - Extra formatting controls". I can see the embedded code with that setting.

That might be the problem, Doc. Thanks.

[Rhino]

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