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Post by mason coal burner » Wed. Sep. 26, 2012 10:19 pm

Got an iPad a few months ago . Can't figure out how to get the code off YouTube to link a video to post it . Can any one explain how to do this ?

 
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Post by Richard S. » Thu. Sep. 27, 2012 5:52 am

I really need to update this so it's not that hard. All you need is the base URL from the address bar and only the base URL.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXX is a bunch of characters, the cutoff is at the ampersand as that is what is called a parameter. You need to edit the ampersand and everything else after. This will fail:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXXXXX&feature=XXXXX

 
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Post by mason coal burner » Sun. Sep. 30, 2012 8:58 pm

I had no problems when I had a lap top . Now with the iPad there is no codes with the video . YouTube has also changed there format . That could be the case ?


 
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Post by Richard S. » Sun. Sep. 30, 2012 10:18 pm

What format youtube is using is irrelevant as long as it's compatible with the system. If they using different format for Ipad it's so it's compatible. One of the problems with Apple is those devices are "walled gardens".

I'm assuming this is some kind of app? This may not solve your problem but is there a share button?

 
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Post by Yanche » Mon. Oct. 01, 2012 11:04 am

mason coal burner wrote:I had no problems when I had a lap top . Now with the iPad there is no codes with the video . YouTube has also changed there format . That could be the case ?
Watching a YouTube video on the iPad can be done in one of two ways. Directly in the Safari web browser or in the iPad YouTube application. I prefer the latter. If you do that an want the code to post here just click the icon to send an e-mail link. A new e-mail window will open and it includes the full video link address. Edit this link as Richard suggests, then copy it and paste it.

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