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irisblue

(37,961 posts) Thu May 14, 2026, 01:15 AM May 14

You never know who is staying in motels. (I don't know how to make youtube vids open automatically)

https://youtube.com/shorts/42YyOf0mJaI?si=Yz9UnwHaJCfl2sje

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You never know who is staying in motels. (I don't know how to make youtube vids open automatically) (Original Post) irisblue May 14 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author ahnakneemoose May 14 #1

Replace shorts/ with ... littlemissmartypants May 14 #2

Oh, so close! You were right there... Here's the rest JoseBalow May 14 #3

My info is for all YT shorts. Not just this one. littlemissmartypants May 14 #4

Looks like the bear was more afraid of the cops than they were of him. red dog 1 May 15 #6

Please bear with me Niagara May 14 #5

that "backup cop" cracks me up Skittles May 15 #7

Thanks, now i can make youtube vids NOT open automatically here! TomWilm May 16 #8

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ahnakneemoose This message was self-deleted by its author.

littlemissmartypants

(34,481 posts)

2. Replace shorts/ with ...

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Thu May 14, 2026, 04:11 AM

May 14

watch?v=

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JoseBalow

(9,748 posts)

3. Oh, so close! You were right there... Here's the rest

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #2)

Thu May 14, 2026, 12:53 PM

May 14

Video embedded:

littlemissmartypants

(34,481 posts)

4. My info is for all YT shorts. Not just this one.

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #3)

Thu May 14, 2026, 01:19 PM

May 14

If you want any of them to embed, those are the portions of the link that need changes for all shorts videos and not just this one.

But thanks for your reply, JB.

red dog 1

(33,506 posts)

6. Looks like the bear was more afraid of the cops than they were of him.

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #3)

Fri May 15, 2026, 05:01 PM

May 15

Niagara

(12,160 posts)

5. Please bear with me

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Thu May 14, 2026, 05:59 PM

May 14

I just got done paws-itively raiding the minibar! 🐻

It's nice to see non-conservation career related people helping out the local wildlife.

The easiest way to have YouTube shorts to open automatically is to replace the "shorts" with "embed" within the link.

Skittles

(172,982 posts)

7. that "backup cop" cracks me up

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2026, 08:33 PM

May 15

he be like, NOPE

TomWilm

(1,970 posts)

8. Thanks, now i can make youtube vids NOT open automatically here!

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 07:15 AM

May 16

Sometimes it would be nice to include a youtube-link in a text, but just as a link - which the DU-robots normally prevent you from doing, forcing those huge youtube previews...

But, as your example shows, a youtube link for:
https:// plus www.youtube.com plus /watch?v=SmGaDL-mcs4
can be written like this:
https:// plus youtube.com/shorts/SmGaDL-mcs4

Linked behind a word, this will be shown just as a normal link.
Hope this nice trick will keep working here!

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