Figured this out
There is a share button on YT that brings up an embed link. However when I paste it, nothing shows. The link it creates has a weird period in the middle of it. Simply copying the url from the address bar solves that.
Will be building a user's guide here as we go. In the meantime, please feel free to post your notes on using the system here.
I think the Youtube share/embed links have embed commands in 'em, and when using the embed function here, it's too many commands.
Just the straight up url out of the browser bar works great.
The first part of that is just my theory, though.
You are absolutely correct. Paste the url only in the embed field for youtubes. We're not going to be able to allow embed html because there are too many security holes and too much room for malicious mischief. Will build routines for c-span videos and others as I get time.
By the way, if you RIGHT click on a youtube video, it gives you a menu where you can chose to copy the url for the video. Makes it very easy to get the proper url to post.
Example;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q-pXD0FXLQ8