If IPB has some method of having partially concealed text (like "spoiler" tags that don't load their content immediately), could that be a default for YouTube embeds? If a link is posted that has a valid embed (youtube, soundcloud, etc.), a "spoilers" collapsible item could appear around the embed, letting forum users decide on whether or not to actually load the embed, thus speeding up initial page load times, as the extra resources are loaded manually.
Kind of like this.
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holy shit it works. Media tag doesn't seem to support Soundcloud yet, or else I can't figure it out.
real question is, do the resources within the [ spoiler] tag load with the page, or after the tag is opened?
Damn. Really, really got used to that ass-backwards layout over the past few years. Gotta conform to the standards now!