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Dragon Phoenix · Judge Doom

Anybody can help me? I want to embed links to YouTube videos in my blog, but with a different picture than provided by Youtube in their links. Their code:

<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lzbw-53g2CU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lzbw-53g2CU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>

Any ideas?
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Antrax · ESL Student

Try something like this:

Dragon Phoenix · Judge Doom

Thanks, does not work though. The pic is displayed, but without any link assocuated with it and some html code is still visible on top. I tried inserting a </img> just in case, but no change.
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Antrax · ESL Student

Interesting. Which broswer does it happen on?
Also, have you tried implanting the <img> tags in your original code, before the closing </object> tag?
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Samadhi · +1

Also, it's your blog but does your host block flash linking?
Or, if you have more direct control over your interface, check if that's disabled.
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Dragon Phoenix · Judge Doom

Firefox.

I tried inserting the [img] tags on a few places, but no dice.
I don't think it's a host action, as the usual youtube code works. It shows the screen in the size that the video will play with an image taken from the video and an arrow, and when you press it, it starts.

Well, I have a simple fallback by linking the Youtube site to a picture and let that open in a different window. If the solution had been simple, I would have liked it, but it's not worth spending too much time one.

The usual html codes work within blogger, even the one they do not offer in their shortcut menu (such as linking a site to a pic).

Thanks for the suggestions anyway.
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