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dwinnbrown
dwinnbrown

Reputation: 4019

HTML5 - Opening youtube video in view player

Title says it all really. Is it possible to open a youtube video in an HTML5 video player? I want to play a youtube video in a way that is more mobile friendly and was planning on uploading a thumbnail and then creating a onclick function to open up the video in fullscreen - this is particularly important on mobile devices. I know that I could use the youtube iframe but find it a bit 'clunky' to use, especially on android. On iOS it at least autoplays the video in full screen - is there an option like this available on android?

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 264

Answers (1)

Mick
Mick

Reputation: 25491

In general the answer is no - YouTube want you to use their player, their ads etc for obvious reasons.

There is quite a good overview of what can and can't be achieved for HTML5 players and YouTube, based on one of the biggest web players, JWPlayer, here:

I don't think you are interested in a native Android App, but if you were then there is a specific YouTube API:

Upvotes: 1

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