Using the Video Filter module with drupal

If you’re installing the very useful Video Filter module for Drupal, you might get confused like I did by it’s non-functional nature.

It turns out that to enable the module, after you have done the normal step to enable a module in the Administer/Modules page, you then have to go to the Administer/Input Formats page at “yoursite.com/admin/settings/filters” then configure the input formats for “Filtered HTML” and “Full HTML”, where you’ll see a new “Video Filter” option. Check this box, and suddenly you’ll be able to embed a Youtube or other supported website just by putting

[video:url]

in your normal drupal page. Magic!

Why this isn’t included in the minimalistic installation and usage instructions I’ve got no idea.