have tried a few suggested methods with no sucess

but have seen it done on this forum

half way down this page

Damn I've forgotten how to do it! Chris will know.

Copy the embed code offered under the video (you may have to click the share option first).

It looks like this (I selected the old embed code):

<object width="1280" height="720"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/lM5UANKMVkA? ... t;</param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="https://www.youtube.com/v/lM5UANKMVkA?version=3&hl=en_US&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="1280" height="720" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>


We need this bit:

https://www.youtube.com/v/lM5UANKMVkA

Put flash either side like so (don't insert the commas like I did) use this button
:

"[flash=,]"https://www.youtube.com/v/lM5UANKMVkA"[/flash]"

And then once the parameters for Flash videos are in it displays like this:

https://www.youtube.com/v/lM5UANKMVkA

EDIT:

I'll just try it with the new code offered straight off,, haven't noticed that before.

http://youtu.be/lM5UANKMVkA

Nah did'nt work. I'll have another go at it later.

What a good life that guy has aye??^^^

Cheers Chris!

Don't forget the 'preview' tab when creating a post does not display the video! You have to submit it to see it.

ya lost me, doesnt work for me, what do you mean "once the parameters for flash are in"

http://www.youtube.com/v/ek-S9Zqv6r0

When you click the red flash button all it does is put the flash coding either side of the link.

There ya go.