How to embed a video in Google Wave.

Embedding a video in Google Wave took me a little while to figure out, despite rather clear instructions in the help forum, because evidently at the moment it only works with YouTube videos, (and the first video I was experimenting with was not a YouTube video).  OK.

1.  Choose a video from YouTube, and copy the video's URL (NOT the embed code).

2.  In an open Google Wave, either click the Reply icon, or click on the bottom border or a particular comment in the thread.

A text box opens for your comment....

3.  You can type some text, then click on the Link icon.

4.  Type or paste in the URL of the video (NOT the embed code!)  Click Insert Link.

5.  Wave will display the URL with a little light bulb at the end.  Click the light bulb.  (If your video is NOT a YouTube video, you will not see the light bulb, and Wave will only display the link;  only YouTube videos are embeddable.)

6.  Click the light bulb, then click the words Embed Video

7.  The YouTube video will appear in your Wave Message.  Click Done.

8. YIPEEEE!!