which posts the thumbnail from YouTube, links to the video, loads faster than an embed, and best of all, doesn't play adverts.
(Note: this thumbnail used hqdefault in the code, if you get a grey cassette image, swap in maxresdefault for hqdefault. Oh, and for either code, change the unique alphanumeric string to match the one in the YouTube URL each time. The string for this Steely Dan video is h3Pw4t_Falo.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2019-11-29 09:59 pm (UTC)I think 'Charlie Freak' has to be my favourite if I have one.
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Date: 2019-11-29 11:06 pm (UTC)<object width="640" height="360"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/h3Pw4t_Falo?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/h3Pw4t_Falo?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="360" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>
but I now prefer this:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3Pw4t_Falo"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h3Pw4t_Falo/hqdefault.jpg" width="640" /></a>
which posts the thumbnail from YouTube, links to the video, loads faster than an embed, and best of all, doesn't play adverts.
(Note: this thumbnail used hqdefault in the code, if you get a grey cassette image, swap in maxresdefault for hqdefault. Oh, and for either code, change the unique alphanumeric string to match the one in the YouTube URL each time. The string for this Steely Dan video is h3Pw4t_Falo.
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Date: 2019-11-30 03:05 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2019-11-30 11:33 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2019-12-01 12:23 am (UTC)