Probably need to update the BBCode for Youtube somehow.
so hype, does this mean the administrators can straighten this out?
Re: youtube
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 5:15 pm
by creep
no
i think the board needs to be deleted and a fresh install of an updated board. i'm pretty sure if i try that we may lose all posts.
Re: youtube
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:31 pm
by SR
I'll settle for a post wipe. But whatever works.
Re: youtube
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 2:21 am
by Matz
or we could just copy the Youtube code and go and watch the video on Youtube. That process takes 10 seconds. I think it would be a shame to lose all the posts. And how often does one watch a Youtube video here anyway? Not very often if you're me
Re: youtube
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 7:44 am
by Hype
Yeah I don't know if the new phpBB fixes this -- but it could. I'm also not sure why it only stopped working recently -- all old posts with youtube links no longer work. There are all kinds of hacky ways it could be fixed, but it's probably not worth it.
Re: youtube
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:13 am
by kv
Works on my phone, works on my PC....sounds like more of a browser issue...the fix would prob kill the whole site
Re: youtube
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 12:12 pm
by Hype
kv wrote:Works on my phone, works on my PC....sounds like more of a browser issue...the fix would prob kill the whole site
I don't think it's a browser issue exactly because I'm getting the black bar (it's a flash object with no video) in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. It could be that Youtube pushed an updated API globally and it's just taking time to propagate across the internet (also depending on caching, etc).
It's confusing because Youtube claims that the old code (<object>) became deprecated a year ago, so there's no clear reason why it should suddenly start affecting people now.