Sharing YouTube Videos

• How do I link to or embed a single YouTube video?
• How do I link to a list of YouTube videos?

How to link to a single YouTube video

Go to the video that you want to share, and look for the share details section under the video player. There you will see 2 options.

Option 1: Video URL (Permalink) This URL points directly to the YouTube page that plays the video. Copy and paste this URL into an E-mail and send it to your friends. Option 2: Embeddable Player Copy and paste this HTML snippet into your website to insert the video player directly into your page. This way visitors will be able to play the video without leaving your site. You may alter the size of the video (by changing the width or height). Example below: Tip: Put YouTube videos on       Rollover the highlighted site names below for instructions on how to insert your video into: MySpace1. Copy the code in the Embeddable Player box. 2. Sign in to MySpace and click  "Edit My Profile." 3. "Edit" the section where you want the video. 4. Paste the copied code. 5. Remove, change, or keep the width & height. 6. Hit  "Preview" and then  "Submit.", Friendster1. Copy the code in the Embeddable Player box. 2. Sign in to Friendster & click  "Update My Profile." 3. Click  "Customize" and paste the copied code. 4. Remove, change, or keep the width & height. 5. Hit  "Save." 6. Make sure  "Safe Mode" is OFF in  "My Settings.", & eBay auctions1. Copy the code in the Embeddable Player box. 2. Sign in to eBay and click  "Sell." 3. Follow the  "Sell Your Item" steps to #2. 4. Go to the  "Item Description" box. 5. Click on the  "Enter your own HTML" tab. 6. Paste the copied code into the box.

 

How do I link to a list of YouTube videos?

Want to show off more than one of your own YouTube videos, or specifically tagged videos, on your website? Below are a few options!


Option 1: Displaying a window of your own YouTube videos

By placing a small snippet of HTML code in your webpage, you can pull up a list of all your YouTube videos in a neat, little window. Take a look at the example below; on the left is the HTML snippet that you would copy+paste into your webpage. As a result, a small box with your videos will be rendered as shown on the right. Remember to replace the part of the code that says "YOUR_USERNAME" with your YouTube username. The sample shown is from the YouTube user account.

<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/swf_show/YOUR_USERNAME" quality="high" width="425" height="350" name="myclips" onkeyup = "top.goog.i18n.bidi.setDirAttribute(event,this)" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" /> <iframe id="videos_list" name="videos_list" src="http://www.youtube.com/videos_list?user=YOUR_USERNAME" scrolling="auto" width="265" height="300" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0"></iframe>

Option 2: Creating links

You can also create links to your profile, your videos, or specifically tagged videos. (Thanks to lsolesen for suggesting this). Remember to replace the part of the link that says YOUR_USERNAME with your YouTube username. To pull up results for a tag search, simply replace the part of the link that says YOUR_QUERY with a tag term of your choice. For example, if you wanted to pull up results for the tag term wedding the link would be: http://www.youtube.com/tags/wedding

Purpose	Link
To link to your profile page	http://www.youtube.com/user/YOUR_USERNAME
To link to your videos page	http://www.youtube.com/videos/YOUR_USERNAME
To pull up results for a tag search	http://www.youtube.com/tags/YOUR_QUERY

You can even put an HTML snippet on your website that automatically pulls up the latest videos with a certain tag term. Let's say you want to show all videos related to Surfing on your website. In addition, you want your website to be automatically updated whenever a new video is uploaded with the tag term Surfing. By using the snippet below, you can do this!

<iframe id="videos_list" name="videos_list" src="http://www.youtube.com/videos_list?tag=Surfing" scrolling="auto" width="265" height="400" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0"></iframe> Tip: You can replace the word Surfing above to a tag term of your choice.