So I searched all over the help forums, and I am not sure why, but I don't find any of the icons to embed video that are mentioned in those forums.  Am I missing something?

Click on the icon between type size and the eraser. Click on the BBCode drop down menu and select 'Media.' Put your url and and click 'Okay.'

 

Click on the icon between type size and the eraser. Click on the BBCode drop down menu and select 'Media.' Put your url and and click 'Okay.'

 

That only posts the url into my post whenever I do it.

 

That only posts the url into my post whenever I do it.

A more manual method that amounts to the same thing is to precede the URL with the word "media" inside square brackets, and then close it with "/media" inside square brackets.

 

Like this:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EZTUYwjWBs

 

Here is the above URL without the surrounding meta-code, and with an extraneous space thrown in to prevent it from being interpreted as an embedded video anyway:

https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EZTUYwjWBs

 

It works for me with www.youtube.com URLs that have "watch?v=" after the slash. The URL might need to be of the type that starts "https://". If you're trying to post a video from some other source, maybe none of this works.

 

A more manual method is to precede the URL with the word "media" inside square brackets, and then close it with "/media" inside square brackets.

 

Like this:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EZTUYwjWBs

 

It works for me with www.youtube.com URLs that have "watch?v=" after the slash. If you're trying to post a video from some other source, maybe none of this works.

 

They're mlb.com videos that I can't get to work.  I've tried what you're talking about with no success.

http://m.mlb.com/video/v80734783/must-c-curious-lester-tosses-glove-to-rizzo-for-out

 

Yes, I see the same behavior you're reporting. I tried a few ideas with no results. Maybe Brock will pipe up with a solution.

 

The above link is worth viewing in its own right, BTW. The Smartest Play In The History Of Baseball, or at least of today.

 

http://m.mlb.com/video/v80734783/must-c-curious-lester-tosses-glove-to-rizzo-for-out

 

Yes, I see the same behavior you're reporting. I tried a few ideas with no results. Maybe Brock will pipe up with a solution.

 

The above link is worth viewing in its own right, BTW. The Smartest Play In The History Of Baseball, or at least of today.

 

I believe Terry Mulholland is the first guy I saw do this.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6teIloOoUMY