Video Directory has been upgraded and now includes the ability to automatically create a corresponding discussion thread. Video formats currently include
Metacafe,
YouTube,
YouTubeHD,
Dailymotion and
Veoh.
The new
LOAD INFORMATION button also makes it easier to add your favorite videos. To catalog a video:
- Click the ADD VIDEO button anywhere within Video Directory.
- Select the Category which best suits the content type.
- Enter the URL of the video.
- Click the LOAD INFORMATION button (title and description will pre-fill).
- (OPTIONAL) Edit the description to include any additional comments you wish to make.
- Click the ADD VIDEO button.
All of this will be automatically be transferred to a corresponding thread, unless you deselect this checkbox option.
Note that you can also browse videos by member and a panel of recent videos uploaded is maintained within member profiles. Features abound!
If you wish to reference any cataloged video within a post, you may use the
video BBCode. Simply insert the video number within video tags:
{video}103{/video}
(substitute square brackets in lieu of braces shown above)
This option is only available to cataloged videos. Regardless, direct real-time embedding of video content from raw URL data is still active, therefore it is not a pre-requisite to catalog a video in order to embed it with the direct method. Note that the title link of an embedded Video Directory selection is directed to the corresponding entry .
Sample video directory embed: