diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
index 279546c..2ccf37b 100644
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ looking at this usage:
     
     {% oembed 320x240 %}
 
+Check if video exists before printing on the DOM
+{% if video_url|is_video:video_url %}
+    {% oembed %}
+        Video url
+    {% endoembed %}
+{% else %}
+    Some Default Video/Image
+{% endif %}
+
 Note that this application requires Python 2.3 or later, and Django later than
 0.96. You can obtain Python from http://www.python.org/ and Django from 
 http://www.djangoproject.com/.
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diff --git a/oembed/templatetags/oembed_tags.py b/oembed/templatetags/oembed_tags.py
index 2b1dcba..1252190 100644
--- a/oembed/templatetags/oembed_tags.py
+++ b/oembed/templatetags/oembed_tags.py
@@ -58,3 +58,11 @@ def render(self, context):
             kwargs['max_width'] = self.width
             kwargs['max_height'] = self.height
         return replace(self.nodelist.render(context), **kwargs)
+
+@register.filter
+def is_video(object, link):
+    iframe = replace(link).find('iframe')
+    if iframe == 1:
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False