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2. It has 'live' in the url, so this must have been from a live feed.

Reply to ShazzieB (Original post)

Sat Aug 9, 2025, 12:06 PM

Aug 9

I'm guessing that live feed urls don't translate well in DU posts. Shorts don't post directly either.

If you substitute the text 'watch?v=' for the 'live/' text before the video code, it should translate.

Change this "https://www.youtube.com/live/N2mOVlZ77n4"

to the following:

"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= N2mOVlZ77n4" NOTE: I added a space after the v= to get it to display as text

Without the space, it displays the video:

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Problem embedding a YouTube video [View all] ShazzieB Aug 9 OP

I just click on the video and when it starts, right click and I get a drop down that gives me the video URL Jim__ Aug 9 #1

I'm using a tablet with a touch screen. ShazzieB Aug 9 #4

It has 'live' in the url, so this must have been from a live feed. ihaveaquestion Aug 9 #2

Holy cow, that works all right! ShazzieB Aug 9 #3