Embed YouTube and Soundcloud etc?

[monark]

Is it possible to do? I know Soundcloud has bbcode for embedding:

http://blog.soundcloud.com/2009/07/28/s ... d-bb-code/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

i dunno about YouTube... but for the Music section, would be nice to be able to offer a sample where you don't have to click away...

[Jay]

We made a conscious decision not to embed youtube video because we felt it wasn't a big deal for folks to click and open the actual youtube page and it saved bandwidth for users with crappy connections. I dunno... I prefer the clean look of a link anyway. Still, if everyone else really wants youtube video embedding as an option we won't stand in the way.

[andy_tchp]

We made a conscious decision not to embed youtube video because we felt it wasn't a big deal for folks to click and open the actual youtube page and it saved bandwidth for users with crappy connections. I dunno... I prefer the clean look of a link anyway. Still, if everyone else really wants youtube video embedding as an option we won't stand in the way.

It might just be me, but I vote 'nay'. YouTube/flash-based crap significantly slows down page loads (and more frustratingly - scrolling!) on other sites I visit that have it enabled, and I have a pretty good 'net connection.

[UlricvonCatalyst]

I vote for no embedding too. One of my (many) pet hates is trying to click on a link only to find I've actually clicked on something else because the page has 'redrawn' itself thanks to some kind of embedded crap.

[El Pr0n]

Also, when you start playing an embedded video in a music thread and have the music interrupted when you move to the next page of the thread, headwrecking. Embedding is bad

[tape]

I don't know if this topic is up for being revisited, and I know I'm new, but...

Every other forum I frequent enables youtube/etc. embeds. I never really thought about it much, but since I started paying attention to this forum a little while back... I notice that it's missing.

If there were a poll, I'd vote for embeds, early and often.

[slavemaster]

Every other forum I frequent enables youtube/etc. embeds.

We are not every other forum. We sniff cork. We stand alone!

Kids, say no to embedding.

[thepastrecedes]

We are not every other forum. We sniff cork. We stand alone!

That's the first time in a while that something has genuinely made me LOL

[countertext]

Don't do it!

[Maulden7]

The internet etc moves on, so can I ask the question again please.

Is it admissable to post links to YouTube band videos?

Doesn't rob much bandwidth & this site is very quick anyway.

No problem if the answer is no, but it is ok elsewhere on Fender related sites.

Thanks.

[fuzzking]

You can post links as you please... check the music discussions etc.

They just won't be embedded on the site. Which is very very good.

[andy_tchp]

They just won't be embedded on the site. Which is very very good.

+1.

The main reason I'm here is because it isn't like every other site.

[fuzzking]

yup. i like to see a whole thread in front of me without hundreds of tiny flash players loading. please keep it that way.

[andrewdoeshair]

They just won't be embedded on the site. Which is very very good.

+1.

The main reason I'm here is because it isn't like every other site.

Streamlined. OSG was the first forum I frequented, and I don't know if that's the cause of my tastes, but I can't stand sifting through all the flashing this and that. What next, animated avatars? Images and a list of links for our signatures? I'm already getting ready to make a complaint about the red link bar thing at the top of the page; it's such a stimulating color... Okay, seriously though, the last part about the red bar was a joke, but the rest is how I feel.

[Murph]

animated avatars are great