How to embed YouTube and Google Video without breaking validation!

Posted on 9/10/2006 by C.K. Sample III

So, here’s the code for either one:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="[INSERT VIDEO URL FROM EMBED CODE PROVIDED HERE]" width="400" height="326"><param name="movie" value="[INSERT VIDEO URL FROM EMBED CODE PROVIDED HERE]" /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerMode=embedded" /></object>

Took a while to figure out, but it works. I originally tried the code mentioned in this article, but it kept breaking my site, so I trimmed it all down to the bare essentials. This works for me and my template. Let me know if it does / doesn’t work for yours in the comments. w00t!

UPDATE: Great post from Ryan over at Hapless band of staff and regulars, where he tweaks my code slightly to avoid YouTube upscaling of the video. Check it out.


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  2. dizi izle says:
    5/20/2008 at 4:15 am

    thank you man

  3. PhotoFiltre Studio says:
    5/31/2008 at 1:47 am

    hey, great work, thanks

  4. Rob C says:
    6/28/2008 at 3:07 am

    Thanks for the quick fix.

  6. bearshare says:
    7/9/2008 at 3:30 am

    thanks, great work

  7. oyun says:
    7/15/2008 at 4:57 am

    thanks alot

  8. oyunlar says:
    7/15/2008 at 4:58 am

    merhaba ho? geldiniz te?ekkürler

  10. oyun says:
    7/26/2008 at 2:10 pm

    Thanks so much.

  11. toner says:
    8/3/2008 at 5:08 pm

    Thanks a lot.

  13. kartu? says:
    8/11/2008 at 6:14 pm

    Thanks for that. Your method validates in XHTML 1.1 and that’s the one I needed.

  14. aljuk says:
    8/25/2008 at 2:53 pm

    OMFG! Thankyou SO much!

  15. Thomas says:
    8/30/2008 at 11:54 pm

    will google adsense ban me if i paste youtube videos in my site?

  16. c.k. says:
    9/4/2008 at 5:18 am

    Thomas,

    No. YouTube is owned by Google, so it’s all good.

  17. North Cyprus Holiday says:
    9/26/2008 at 4:00 pm

    Your web site is really nice if we think the others
    I think you had worked about that web site, hardly.
    Like I see. Thank you for information tht i get.

  18. hikaye says:
    9/27/2008 at 10:56 am

    Yes Thats is a good idea

  20. Dizi izle says:
    10/19/2008 at 5:50 am

    No. YouTube is owned by Google, so it’s all good.

  21. simon bullock says:
    11/6/2008 at 2:39 am

    Another awesome way to embed video is to use VideoSwiper a web 2.0 online application that can mass populate your websites and wordpress blogs with niche targeted video content. The application also allows you to edit the embed codes title, description and tags before posting it to your website to keep the content unique.

    http://www.videoswiper.com

  22. Tony Oravet says:
    11/7/2008 at 7:42 am

    This worked great! Thanks so much! IE can be such a pain sometimes!

  23. hdtv antenna says:
    11/11/2008 at 4:12 pm

    For some reason I have the hardest time ever when dealing with this type of code. Still learning though!
    Thanks for the article

  24. sohbet says:
    11/11/2008 at 7:20 pm

    Thank you
    sohbet

  25. sohbet says:
    11/11/2008 at 7:21 pm

    Another awesome way to embed video is to use VideoSwiper a web 2.0 online application that can mass populate your websites and wordpress blogs with niche targeted video content. The application also allows you to edit the embed codes title, description and tags before posting it to your website to keep the content unique.

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