A question about the addresses for videos from Youtube

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x911272

Bozita (1000+ posts) Sun Apr-17-11 03:13 PM
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A question about the addresses for videos from Youtube



I've run across two videos in recent days where DU rejected their posting in the PV forum.

Here's the address that was rejected earlier today:
http://youtu.be/dxJSvASe3Ys

I removed the period between the u and the b. Problem solved. Posted nicely at DU.

Is this a common problem?

Or should I start looking for my box of tinfoil?

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I wouldn't worry about it ... Trajan Apr-17-11 03:16 PM #1

Trajan (1000+ posts) Sun Apr-17-11 03:16 PM
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1. I wouldn't worry about it ...

YT has been using the new URL form for a short while now, and they do work if you point to that URL directly.

DU's control for posting videos is apparently parsing for URL form, and isn't happy with the ' .. tu.be ... ' ....

I am sure DU could be modified to accept this new construct as well ... They are the same content type in the end ...

I am not familiar with that.

FWIW, DU is supposed to only handle "youtube.com" files.