Embedding HD Autostart YouTube Videos

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  phlevel · Member · Jul 9, 2009 at 6:46 am

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  So, I’m sure this has probably been answered but I searched this place up and down and have been unable to find the answer. So I look to you fine ladies and gentlemen for assistance.

  http://phlevel.wordpress.com/ is my blog, and I’m attempting to embed an HD YouTube video. I understand that adding fmt=18 to the tag will autostart it in HQ, but the video is in HD which means fmt=22 should autostart it in HD, correct? But that’s not the case. It’s starting normally, and I don’t know why. I even tried adding fmt=18 to it to see if it would work anyways, still nothing.

  I would really appreciate some help as to why this is. Thanks everyone!

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 9, 2009 at 7:04 am

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  Those codes do not appear to be supported at WordPress.com. Here’s a list of the ones that are:

  YouTube

  I know a blogger who used to have an autoplay YouTube ad on his blog, and when he moved from Blogger to WP.com it stopped autoplaying. I don’t think autoplay is possible.

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  phlevel · Member · Jul 11, 2009 at 10:29 am

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  I meant that, I want them to, when you press Play, start in HD.

  For example, if yo watch an HD video using the url that has “&fmt=22” at the end of the URL that will automatically be in HD, you won’t have to click the button to make it that way.

  Also, YouTube sizing has stopped working, but apparently other people have reported this, hopefully it gets resolved soon.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 11, 2009 at 10:46 am

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  So, you’re saying the &fmt=18 code does not work? Is that correct?