can't embed videos its just a white square

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embed isnt working for me

here is an example

embedding this"


<object width="1280" height="745"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8agz9FcDcPk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8agz9FcDcPk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="1280" height="745"></embed></object>

using the youtube tags [yt.] [/yt.] without the dots


i see just a white square

here is the URL to the video embed code above
someone else try to embed it here and see if its also not working for you

YouTube - Carter Emmart demos a 3D atlas of the universe
 
can you please post just the exact embed text you used

then post what tags you used.

i need to test this somehow
 
are you clicking the embed icon in youtube then using control+C to copy it?

are you using Chrome as your browser?

maybe my browser is causing it. i am at a loss
 
I went to the link you posted, clicked embed, then copied this embed code using the mouse:

<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8agz9FcDcPk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8agz9FcDcPk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

I'm actually using IE(I know, it's shit), and you're using the correct embed tags so I don't really know what it is.
 
After doing a quick visual comparison it looks like the code you posted and the one that ultimately allowed me to post the video are a bit different. Maybe you copied the embed code of a video from a site we can't use here earlier and the ctrl c didn't work properly when you tried to copy from youtube. I know I've had problems using the ctrl c command to copy from youtube, that's why I use the mouse to do so.
 
ok i just copied the exact embed text you used from your post

now i will put the YT tags around them to see

 
i did exactly what you did at the exact same youtube page

this is the embed code i get

<object width="1280" height="745"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8agz9FcDcPk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0& amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" ></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8agz9FcDcPk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0& amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="1280" height="745"></embed></object>

it will be different slightly depending on my youtube settings, for instance mines set to the widescreen.

this is your embed code. you are using 640/385 dimensions. maybe thats the differnce


<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8agz9FcDcPk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8agz9FcDcPk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
 
i changed the size to 640 lets see if it works now

 
yup i copied the embed text in IE and it works

the problem is with Chrome i guess
 
here are the two embed texts pulled from IE and Chrome

they are clearly different

IE8

<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8agz9FcDcPk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8agz9FcDcPk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

Chrome

<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8agz9FcDcPk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8agz9FcDcPk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>
 
I keep hearing how chrome is the shit, but I've had nothing but problems with it. I don't know if there might be some sort of upgrade available, but until there is I'll continue to let it collect dust.
 
i just analyzed each embed code and see that Chrome adds these two strings:

?rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6">
?rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6

it seems these strings cause the embed to fail.

this has never happened before to me and i have used chrome for two years,
i wonder if there is anyone i can contact about this.
 
You've been using Chrome without a problem for two years? I started having problems with Chrome the second I downloaded it.
 
yup. no real problems

except once all my favorites disappeared. but that never happened again.

seems like there is one now though :(

i hate to have to use IE because it isnt secure like Chrome and allows viruses to get through
 
I always use the sequence that comes after "v=" in the url to the youtube vid.
 
there is no string
V=

in the youtube embed code

Click the "Share" button under the video. There will be an address and if you put what is after the "v=" and put that in between the yt brackets it will work as well. Just less to copy, really. Try that on chrome and see how it works for you.
 
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