How do I show a YouTube link, without the video's cover appearing in a post?

[Scott(0)]

Hi M654321

The only thing is, is that someone might not notice the two asterisks and curse me for making a mistake in the URL ...

I think this part that I mentioned in the previous post may help that issue?

...and if you like you can include a note in the post that the "h**ps" must be changed to "https".