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EmbedVideo: YouTube/Google Video plugin for WLW

Posted by Cynthia August 25, 2006

1EmbedVideo is a plugin which generates the HTML code needed to embed a YouTube or Google Video video into your Windows Live Writer driven post.

Use is very simple. Click the Insert Video Clip… entry in the Insert menu on the sidebar or the Insert menu dropdown. Select whether you’re going to use YouTube or Google Video and enter the clip ID. You find the clip ID “hidden”, or embedded, in the URL of the video you were watching.

EmbedVideo plugin for Windows Live WriterHitting preview calls up the relevant page in your browser.

The process definitely is a bit faster, smoother and, yes, more up to the level of the Windows Live Writer experience than switching to HTML code view, pasting the embed code as provided by either YouTube or Google Video, and switching back to Web Layout.

Download page for EmbedVideo plugin for Windows Live Writer.

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note: at the time of writing this plugin doesn’t work with MSN Spaces.

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9 Responses to “EmbedVideo: YouTube/Google Video plugin for WLW”

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  1. indian Aug 29 2006 / 8am

    nice plugin…only it s a shame it doesn t work on live spaces :(

    greetings

  2. Cynthia Aug 29 2006 / 6pm

    Thanks for the heads-up, Indian. I verified your report and am indeed unable to get Spaces to accept the HTML code. It simply doesn’t show up.

  3. Marc Jennings Sep 03 2006 / 6am

    I don’t believe there’s anything I can do about supporting MSN Spaces at the moment. AFAIK, the issue lies with Spaces rather than the plugin. If anyone knows a way to embed video from YouTube of Google Video on a Spaces page, then please leave a comment on my blog and I’ll look at incorporating it into the plugin.

  4. Cynthia Sep 03 2006 / 7pm

    Thanks Marc for the fast reply!

  5. Jess Sep 14 2006 / 8am

    Is it possible to modify the plugin to support .FLV videos as well. But it’s still a Great app.

  6. zar Nov 03 2006 / 8am

    http://tat.chillijam.co.uk/2006/08/23/an-update-to-the-embedvideo-plugin/ is unreachable.
    How can I download this Youtube plugin for WLW ?
    Thanks

  7. Myles Nov 23 2006 / 3pm

    Hey guys,
    I have an iMac G5 running tiger 10.4.7 and I an having a wierd problem. Whenever I go to a site that has an embedded youtube, flash or some kind of video, there is no sound. If it a quicktime file there is no problem. There is not sound no matter what broswer I use, firefox, camino, safari, or shiira. And keep in mind that about a week ago I was not having this issue.

    Help Would be awesome
    Thanks!

  8. seattle Nov 27 2006 / 7pm

    Bad link to download.
    I can’t understand why WLW has the plugin, but doesn’t work in Spaces. What’s the use?

  9. Where is it? Jan 13 2007 / 2am

    Can’t find this plugin anywhere and I need it badly

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