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How to embed YouTube videos without invalid code

by Miraz on May 19, 2008

I’m developing a new blog and decided to check the validity of what I was doing. Once I recovered from the shock of 67 errors I realised that 2 embedded YouTube videos may well have been contributing problems. So I went searching and found this excellent advice:

If you’re looking to embed a YouTube video in your website’s code and want to retain your validity, … use the following

<object type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” style=”width:425px; height:350px;” data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/7_6B6vwE83U”><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/7_6B6vwE83U” /></object>

[Via : Embedding YouTube Videos as Valid XHTML 1.0, Bernie Zimmermann.]

Of course, you need to substitute the correct URL in two places.

In my new blog I fixed up a few other coding errors, used the above technique for the youTube videos and soon had the thrill of seeing the green ‘valid’ ribbon.

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International Year of Astronomy 2009 has a trailer

by Miraz on April 26, 2008

Phil Plait at Bad Astronomy Blog pointed to the trailer for the International Year of Astronomy in 2009. It’s really inspiring. Having relinquished some of my voluntary obligations to make some extra free time in my life, I’m hoping I’ll be able to focus a bit more on astronomy this year and next.

Much has been planned to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo turning his new telescope to the heavens … take a look at this fantastic trailer put together to build some excitement for IYA 2009.

Do watch the video — and share it around — it’s about 2 and a half minutes long.

[Via Bad Astronomy Blog: IYA 2009 Trailer.]

I love how the trailer soundtrack manages to hint at 2001 A Space Odyssey, and Chariots of Fire, and even, I think, Contact.

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How to use YouTube Videos in a Keynote presentation

by Miraz on April 15, 2008

Every trainer knows not to rely on technology working correctly, so I decided to include a couple of YouTube videos in a presentation I’m creating, not just link to them.

The problem was that Keynote.app doesn’t seem to respond to the .flv files you end up with after downloading a YouTube video. When I dragged the movie into a slide, nothing happened.

A bit of Googling and something called Perian soon sorted things out — Convert YouTube Videos for Your iPod Apple TV and iPhone:

Here’s a step-by-step tutorial on how to copy video files off YouTube.com and convert them for iPod Video, Apple TV, iPhone or even just to watch in iTunes. This trick will work on either Mac or PC using Firefox, Safari or Internet Explorer.

I used the download trick I wrote about in Make an offline copy of a YouTube video, installed Perian, opened the file in Quicktime, then exported it as a .mov file. I dragged that file into Keynote, and it played quite happily.

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