Help:Inserting videos

It is desirable to complement War Thunder Wiki articles with thematic videos to expand their themes. At the same time, the wiki does not have the feature to directly upload videos like images. Therefore, the desired videos must be first uploaded to a video hosting site, such as YouTube.

You can insert an external video into an article in the following ways:

Visual editor

Insert video gallery

To insert a video gallery through a visual editor, go to the "Template" section of the "Insert" menu.

In the dialog box that appears, select the template Youtube-gallery and click the "Add template" button.

In the next window, the "Field name" box, enter the number 1, then click on the appeared block with the name "1" with the caption "Unknown field." After these actions, another input box will appear on the screen, where you should enter the ID of the video from YouTube into it. You can get it from the video URL as follows:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8_8L-F44ts&t=54s

The bold text will be the ID of the video.

Then, in the "Field name" box in the "Add more information" section, you need to enter the number "2" and click on the appeared block with the same name. Now in the new input box that appears on the screen, you can add an explanatory note to the video. You can continue adding these text by inserting digits in order (3, 4, 5, etc.) to infinity, with each odd field will be considered a video ID, and each even field will be considered as the description for the preceding number/video. Nevertheless, an infinite number of videos in the article would look somewhat inappropriate, so it is advisable to limit their number to three or four. An example with three inserted videos and their descriptions:

After all the parameters are specified, click the "Insert" button

Insert single video

To insert a single video through the Visual Editor, you need to go to the “Templates” section just like in the previous example, but this time choose the Youtube template.

In the required "url" field, you need to insert the ID of the video from YouTube, the receipt of which was shown in the last example. For the template, the additional parameters "align," "size," and "caption" are also available in the "add more information" section, the setting of which can be adjusted from the field box shown afterwards.

After all the parameters are specified, click the "Insert" button.

Wiki text editor

Insert video gallery

Using the wiki text editor, you can insert a video gallery using the following code:

{{Youtube-gallery|<ID1>|<Caption1>|<ID2>|<Caption2>|<ID3>|<Caption3>|...}}

Glossary:

• ID - Identifying numbers of the YouTube video. Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8_8L-F44ts&t=54s
• Caption - Caption that will be displayed under video.

The number of videos in the gallery is not limited, but it is recommended to insert no more than three.

Usage example:

Code:

{{Youtube-gallery|0-J5Vg0SxLc|Victory is ours!|-ndHK-sKUkw|Unforgotten: T-44<br>'Start up and move out!' in Kubinka|8MoVAKl9uFc|Update 1.47}}

Result:

Victory is ours!

Unforgotten: T-44
'Start up and move out!' in Kubinka

Update 1.47

Read more about the template: Youtube-gallery.

Insert single video

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You can insert a single video through the wiki text editor using the following code (example of the result to the right):

{{Youtube
 |url = mzFOHUsXu-E
 |caption = G.55 Silurante
 |align = right
 |size = 300
}}

Glossary:

• url - link or video ID (required)
• caption - Caption under video
• align - center, left, or right (left by default)
• size - video size in pixels (default is 300)

Lines with optional parameters can be deleted.

Read more about the template: Youtube.

Insert video with #ev

The basic tool for inserting video contained in the EmbedVideo extension and able to work with a large number of video hosting sites. Example of inserting a video in #ev:

{{#ev:Site|ID or URL|Width|Alignment|Caption}}

Glossary:

• Site — the name of the service that hosts the video (see the table under the spoiler below)
• ID or URL — the address of a specific video
• Width — width of the video in pixels (640 by default)
• Alignment — align the video to the left, center, or to the right with their respective parameters
• Caption — Caption under video

List of supported services

Site	Site name		Sample ID	Sample URL
Archive.org Videos	archiveorg		electricsheep-flock-244-80000-6	https://archive.org/details/electricsheep-flock-244-80000-6 https://archive.org/embed/electricsheep-flock-244-80000-6
Bambuser	bambuser - Broadcasts	bambuser_channel - Channels	5262334	http://bambuser.com/v/5262334
Beam	beam - Streams		RocketBear	https://beam.pro/RocketBear
Bing	bing		31ncp9r7l	http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/adorable-cats-attempt-to-eat-invisible-tuna/31ncp9r7l
Blip.tv	blip - Blip requires the full URL to the video page and does not accept the raw ID.			http://blip.tv/vinylrewind/review-6864612
C3TV	mediacccde		32c3-7305-quantum_cryptography	https://media.ccc.de/v/32c3-7305-quantum_cryptography
CollegeHumor	collegehumor		6875289	http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6875289/batman-says-his-goodbyes
Dailymotion	dailymotion		x1adiiw_archer-waking-up-as-h-jon-benjamin_shortfilms	http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1adiiw_archer-waking-up-as-h-jon-benjamin_shortfilms
Daum TVPot	tvpot - Obtain the URL or ID from the share menu URL.		s9011HdLzYwpLwBodQzCHRB	http://tvpot.daum.net/v/s9011HdLzYwpLwBodQzCHRB
Div Share	divshare
Edutopia	Edutopia content moved to YouTube. Please use the youtube service selector below.
FunnyOrDie	funnyordie		c61fb67ac9	http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c61fb67ac9/to-catch-a-predator-elastic-heart-edition
Gfycat	gfycat		BruisedSilentAntarcticfurseal	http://www.gfycat.com/BruisedSilentAntarcticfurseal
Hitbox	hitbox		Washuu	http://www.hitbox.tv/Washuu
JW Player	jwplayer		cr5d8nbu-8ZpoNmmJ	https://content.jwplatform.com/players/cr5d8nbu-8ZpoNmmJ.html
Kickstarter	kickstarter		elanlee/exploding-kittens	https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elanlee/exploding-kittens
Metacafe	metacafe		11404579	http://www.metacafe.com/watch/11404579/lan_party_far_cry_4/
Nico Nico Video	nico		sm24394325	http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm24394325
RuTube	rutube		b698163ccb67498db74d50cb0f22e556	http://rutube.ru/video/b698163ccb67498db74d50cb0f22e556/
SoundCloud	soundcloud		use full url	https://soundcloud.com/skrillex/skrillex-rick-ross-purple-lamborghini
TeacherTube	teachertube		370511	http://www.teachertube.com/video/thats-a-noun-sing-along-hd-version-370511
TED Talks	ted		bruce_aylward_humanity_vs_ebola_the_winning_strategies_in_a_terrifying_war	http://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_aylward_humanity_vs_ebola_the_winning_strategies_in_a_terrifying_war
Tubi TV	tubitv		318409	http://tubitv.com/video/318409
Tudou	tudou		mfQXfumwiew	http://www.tudou.com/listplay/mfQXfumwiew.html
Twitch	twitch - Live Streams	twitchvod - Archived Videos on Demand	twitchplayspokemon	http://www.twitch.tv/twitchplayspokemon
Videomaten	videomaten
Vimeo	vimeo		105035718	http://vimeo.com/105035718
Vine	vine		h2B7WMtuX2t	https://vine.co/v/h2B7WMtuX2t
Yahoo Screen	yahoo		katy-perry-dances-sharks-2015-024409668	https://screen.yahoo.com/videos-for-you/katy-perry-dances-sharks-2015-024409668.html
YouTube	youtube - Single Videos	youtubeplaylist - Playlists	youtubevideolist - Video List	pSsYTj9kCHE
Youku	youku		XODc3NDgzMTY4	http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODc3NDgzMTY4.html

We do not recommend embedding YouTube videos using #ev.

Once the code for the video is complete, add the code
afterwards, then the text will not flow around the video.