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cockpitvisit Jun 17, 2020 7:07 pm

Is it possible to link to a youtube video without embedding it?
 
When I post a link to a youtube video, the forum seems to automatically convert it into an embedded video.

Is there any way to avoid this? Sometimes one just wishes to place a textual link...

IBJoel Jun 18, 2020 9:38 am

No reliable way that I can determine. I managed to get a YouTube link to display as a URL, but when I did the exact same thing, I couldn't replicate it.
youtube.com/watch?v=il235kluZag

I got the above by pasting the URL into the "Source" editor and removing the https://

cockpitvisit Jun 18, 2020 9:55 am

Appears as an embedded video for me.

IBJoel Jun 19, 2020 8:30 am


Originally Posted by cockpitvisit (Post 32466729)
Appears as an embedded video for me.

Can you post a screenshot, please? Seems odd that it wouldn't be the plain text that the editor says it is.

cockpitvisit Jun 19, 2020 11:14 am

No, it's okay now.

Your first attempt (before you edited the post) appeared as an embedded video to me.

CPRich Jun 22, 2020 10:59 pm

But now it's just plain text - not meeting the request of someone who "wishes to place a textual link..."

Was this functionality disabled - I certainly seem to recall being able to do this in the past.

IBJoel Jun 23, 2020 12:06 pm


Originally Posted by CPRich (Post 32477834)
But now it's just plain text - not meeting the request of someone who "wishes to place a textual link..."

Was this functionality disabled - I certainly seem to recall being able to do this in the past.

I was able to do it once when I was testing, too. But even replicating the exact steps, I was unable to do it again

Adam Smith May 27, 2022 6:14 pm

I find this feature incredibly annoying and am disappointed there's no way to turn it off. I understand making it the default, but I don't think it's uncommon to want to post a link to a YouTube video, Twittier post, etc, without wanting to embed the whole thing in the middle of a sentence, such as this post.

Zorak May 27, 2022 7:49 pm

One workaround is to use something like tinyurl to obscure the URL, like this

but then of course the "hover-over" URL will show tinyurl and not YouTube.

ft101 May 29, 2022 5:51 am

Edit - Didn't work.

IBJoel May 31, 2022 10:49 am


Originally Posted by Adam Smith (Post 34286384)
I find this feature incredibly annoying and am disappointed there's no way to turn it off. I understand making it the default, but I don't think it's uncommon to want to post a link to a YouTube video, Twittier post, etc, without wanting to embed the whole thing in the middle of a sentence, such as this post.

I understand your point and you give a good example, but unfortunately we can't make it a switchable setting and from my experience, most people find auto-embed far more useful.


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