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youtube embeding does NOT work

by Nic Biondi · in Torque Game Builder · 02/17/2009 (1:35 pm) · 8 replies

Hi gang. looks like youtube embedding doesn't work for half of the videos out there. Youtube puts a dash in the middle of Id's often. Anyone gonna fix this, or know a work around?
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Associate Phillip O'Shea
Violent Tulip
#1
02/17/2009 (1:39 pm)
[youtube="0th7qd-TYvI" width=640 height=480]

Edit: That didn't work!

Torque Owner Nic Biondi
Default Studio Name
#2
02/17/2009 (1:44 pm)
yeah dashes in the name don't work. Half of my videos have dashes in them. Save me!
(:cD)

Associate Orion Elenzil
Real Life Plus
#3
02/17/2009 (4:22 pm)
i would maybe put this in site feedback ?

Torque 3D Owner Chris Jorgensen
Cascadia Games LLC
#4
02/18/2009 (3:26 pm)
[youtube=0th7qd%55TYvI width=640 height=480]
[youtube=0th7qd&#45TYvI width=640 height=480]

Edit: Ok, escape characters aren't flying either.

Torque Owner Nic Biondi
Default Studio Name
#5
02/18/2009 (3:47 pm)
Thanks Crhis, yeah I tried to escape it before using ''

Any developers or moderators want to chime in on this as a known/unknown issue??

thanks!
-nic

some more failed pathetic attempts below

youtube="0th7qd-TYvI" width=640 height=480]
youtube="0th7qdTYvI" width=640 height=480]
youtube="0th7qdTYvI" width=640 height=480]
youtube="0th7qd\-TYvI" width=640 height=480]
youtube="0th7qd"-"TYvI" width=640 height=480]
youtube="0th7qd""-TYvI" width=640 height=480]

Associate David Montgomery-Blake
David MontgomeryBlake
#6
03/02/2009 (8:04 am)
I put in a ticket for the webteam on this issue.

Employee Michael Perry
ZombieShortbus
#7
03/02/2009 (8:07 am)
Nic's youtube video in his OP is working now, and it has a dash in it.


Torque Owner Nic Biondi
Default Studio Name
#8
03/02/2009 (8:46 am)
Woot! Thanks so much for fixing this! It's been a minor thorn-in-my-side for a while now; I'm grateful that you took the time to remedy my little problem.

thanks again!
-nic