youtube videos not playing when embedded with “normal” URL

[Coldy1984]

I'm trying to embed a video on my page, depending on which one the user selects after being presented with a list.On my page I have:\[code\] <div id="vidContent" style="text-align:left"> <object width="550px" height="350px" > <asp:Literal ID="ltlVideo" runat="server"></asp:Literal> </object> </div>\[/code\]And in the code behind I have:\[code\] Dim strVidPath As String = "http://www.youtube.com/v/" & strVidID ltlVideo.Text = "<embed src='" & strVidPath & "' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true' height='350' width='470'></embed> phVideoBanner.Visible = True\[/code\]..which works ok...if the you have the "strVidID"It only seems to display and play if you have the strVidPath = www.youtube.com/v/_O7iUiftbKUbut not play if strVidPath = www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O7iUiftbKU ....which seems to be the normal URL in the address bar when watching a youtube video.I want the user to be able to add a video to the page and I was thinking it would be easier if the paste in the URL of the video but now it seems I'll have to get them to paste in the videoID instead as it only seems to play when I use www.youtube.com/v/_O7iUiftbKUAnyone know why this is?