# How To Post Videos on the YYE Forums

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In response to the question posed in [How to post videos to the forums](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-to-post-videos-to-the-forums/387253), this is a best effort guide to document the process of posting videos on the YYE forums. I’m treating this one as a wiki-like post, so please let me know if you have any suggestions or corrections in the thread below.

# How to Post Videos on the YYE Forums

## Step By Step Overview

1. Upload your video **somewhere else**
2. Copy the embed or share URL for the video
3. Write your forum post, and paste the embed URL on a line by itself, with an empty line before and after. Here’s an example:

```auto
Here's my totally awesome text introducing my video!

https://www.mylinkhere.com

Here's the text I intended for after the video.

```

## Popular options for **somewhere else** to upload videos and a brief overview of how to do it

NOTE: This set of directions was curated using a Chrome web browser. Instructions are likely slighly different on mobile, but the general steps are probably similar.

### YouTube

- Requires account
- Supports private sharing (by link)
- To Upload: Click “Create” → “Upload Video”
- To get URL: Click “Share” → “Copy”

### Imgur

- Does **not** require account, but account recommended
- Supports private sharing
- To Upload: Click “New Post” and drag and drop video
- To get URL: Click “Grab Link”

### Discord

- Requires account
- Supports private sharing
- To Upload: Click “+” and select a video to upload. Note that you do not need to actually post the video, selecting it uploads it.
- To get URL: Discord should give you the URL after you select the video. Simply copy it.

NOTE: To my knowledge, Discord provides no guarantee around how long they will retain the video.

### Instagram

- Requires account
- Does _not_ support private sharing
- To Upload: Click the “+” icon (tooltip says “Create”). Select video.
- To get URL: Click the three dot menu in the top right corner and select “Copy URL”

NOTE: Instagram embedding lately has been hit or miss for me, and has resulted in a clickable links with preview rather than a full embed.

### Other

You can upload your video to any file sharing service and make the video public and try to get the YYE forums to embed. YMMV. Google drive for example doesn’t embed but does give a clickable link.

Thanks for checking out my guide. Please let me know below if you have any feedback!

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