Modern YouTube BBcode

[3Di]

BBCode usage
[youtube]{IDENTIFIER}[/youtube]

HTML replacement

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<span style="display:inline-block;width:100%"><span style="display:block;overflow:hidden;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%"><iframe allowfullscreen="" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/{IDENTIFIER}" style="border:0;height:100%;left:0;position:absolute;width:100%"></iframe></span></span>

Help line
Insert YouTube video ID – Example: [youtube]0BU8M0sCXAM[/youtube]

Edit: oops, wrong forum. Feel free to move this topic.

[3Di]

This responds to any device and automatically expands to the maximum available width.
You can rotate the device and it will automatically adapt.

[hogsty]

Hi, I know this topic is a couple months old, but I am just setting up phpbb after accidentally nuking my SMF forum. I need the ability to post youtube videos.

So, how does this work? Do I have to add the HTML code somewhere? I tried just using the bbcode on 3.3.8 and nothing happened.

[KevC]

Hi, I know this thread is a couple months old, but I am just setting up phpbb after accidentally nuking my SMF forum. I need the ability to post youtube videos.

So, how does this work? Do I have to add the HTML code somewhere? I tried just using the bbcode on 3.3.8 and nothing happened.

So much easier with the media extension.
https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/exte ... ediaembed/

People just post the link and it embeds automatically.

You can add custom BBcode in the admin panel >posting tab

[Holger]

Thank you for the bbcode!
I have a bbcode that creates massive pageload and slows down the page massively.
Does the above add less?
My bbcode:

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[youtube]{IDENTIFIER}://youtu.be/{TEXT}[/youtube]

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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="{IDENTIFIER}://www.youtube.com/embed/{TEXT}" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Then, I found this:
https://www.labnol.org/internet/light-y ... eds/27941/
Is this something that can be used for a YT-bbcode?

[P_I]

So much easier with the media extension.
https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/exte ... ediaembed/

People just post the link and it embeds automatically.

I'll second this advice. My boards originally used a custom BBCode for YouTube and it worked okay.

Once the phpBB Media Embed PlugIn became available, we gladly switched over. It makes posting YouTube (and other media) links much simpler, no BBCodes to remember and properly use.