I don't know, but you're mistaken if you think that the link makes a difference. For many years, we couldn't embed videos. Back when Mongo banned videos, it was all links.
Now I'm confused, how am I supposed post relevant information like that without linking to another website? There's literally links all over the place here, what seperates a link to one website/ video from another?
Depends on what Mongo is doing at the time. Or you could play it safe and post your videos in the YouTube thread.
Well you are the one that left a grey area in the rule for videos that are reasonable and relevant, and it's not like I was trying to post a video, simply a link to a website. Kind of detracts from the conversation if you have to tell someone to go look in another thread for the answer to their question.
I never said it was with you, my issue is with the coding in the BBS that embeds videos from links without using the embed function. I can't edit the post to see what coding it auto populated but it shouldn't have been [embed] if the BBS interface has a separate button for embed, perhaps it populates as a [media]
Figured it out, it should have showed up like this so it's just a text comment and just like a link to any other website. Explanation of why Boeing didn't scrap the 737: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfNEOfEGe3I
Yeah, and what I said earlier is that this isn't any safer. This is how people used to post videos before the software allowed embedding them. Take a look at the early pages of the YouTube thread.
Well shit. So I'm back to my question of how to disseminate relevant information in a not bullshit thread.
Want to show people a video on the beeb? 1. Place video in YouTube thread. 2. Tell people in other thread "I just posted x video in the YouTube thread. 3. Sit back and watch the magic happen.
I just put some video's in the Youtube thread. They have nothing to do with Boeing or 737's though. Now I'm waiting for the magic to happen.
Well from a technical side, I found the youtube thread and looked at the early posts. The HTML code back then looked at anything with a web address as an external linkable code and posted it as such. On November 13th, 2015 the BBS software started recognizing media embedded in the linked websites and created a direct embedded <iframe> in the HTML code. So it's not how people posted the videos before vs. now, It's how the software on someone's end changed to automatically embed media from an external link. So if there's no problem with linking to a website then inserting it like a link how I did is easy enough with the click of a button already on the BBS dashboard. So I guess it depends if mongo is comfortable seeing a link to a video like we already link to a picture or written story.
I had to search for it, is it not already stickied to one of the forums, I didn't see it. I kind of thought about the route of posting in the youtube thread, but I didn't see a difference of posting in the youtube thread, then post a link to the youtube thread post in here any different than linking directly to the youtube video. Linking to the video directly without embedding it get the person to the relevant info in one click. Posting in the youtube thread, then posting here with a link or mention to check another thread seems to add more posts and server usage on the BBS than necessary. I totally get the point of the youtube thread, but double posting on the BBS seems counterintuitive than just posting an external link that doesn't show video. Yea I fucked it up the first time but I didn't realize the software would automatically convert a link to embedded media, now that I do it's as simple as clicking the "link" button on the BBS dashborad.
Pfft. Being worried about posting videos is lame. You're only worried about a pasty french guy and a midget who needs a booster chair to reach the keyboard. Just post those links and then go "NOW WHAT! Do Something!!" like I do. It helps to have "beeb status"...kinda like airline status...but worth more in real life. Cause chicks dig guys with large beeb post counts.