Height and width specifications not working with Youtube videos on my blog

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  illwearanycoloraslongasitsblack · Member · Jul 10, 2009 at 6:24 am

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  On my blog: http://illwearanycoloraslongasitsblack.wordpress.com, Youtube videos recently stopped stretching to the height and width I specified in the post and are just the typical size as they are on the Youtube website. No idea why this started happening. The code I am putting in is copied exactly from the page WP Support about how to embed videos (with &h for height and &w for width). I’ve tried different browsers, clearing cache, restarting, etc. but it still looks this way. Clearly this is not a life or death situation but I like for all the images to be the same size for aesthetic reasons. If anyone knows what I can do to make them go back to the way they were, please let me know…

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  factreal · Member · Jul 10, 2009 at 6:35 am

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  I just started having the same problems….all my videos from old posts went back to the regular YouTube size. Please help!!

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  factreal · Member · Jul 10, 2009 at 6:37 am

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  My blog address: http://www.FactReal.wordpress.com

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  jurilife · Member · Jul 10, 2009 at 6:41 am

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  I’m experiencing the same problem. Seems WordPress.com has disabled the feature, probably trying to convert it to paid service to earn more money???

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  illwearanycoloraslongasitsblack · Member · Jul 10, 2009 at 6:42 am

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  I’ll pay, just tell me where to go…. I don’t want my blog looking so crappy :(

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 10, 2009 at 6:47 am

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  I’m sure it is a temporary glitch. Youtube and the other videos covered by shortcodes I’m certain will stay free, just as they have always have been.

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  wunderwally · Member · Jul 10, 2009 at 9:10 am

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  I hope so! fI looks really messed up without the Height and width specifications! http://wunderwally.wordpress.com

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 10, 2009 at 9:26 am

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  Make sure to report the glitch directly to staff via:

  http://support.wordpress.com/

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  henomis · Member · Jul 10, 2009 at 9:31 am

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  I have the same problem! It seems that wordpress.com appends “&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&hd=0” to youtube link removing personalized optional parameters.

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  ayumilove · Member · Jul 10, 2009 at 11:33 am

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  I just realised today that all my videos in http://ayumilove.wordpress.com/ are shrink. Thought it was just me, after googling, it seems it affects all wordpress users who used the &w=&h= settings.

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  illwearanycoloraslongasitsblack · Member · Jul 10, 2009 at 3:23 pm

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  Anyone have any idea how we can fix this??

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 10, 2009 at 3:31 pm

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  Contact support at http://support.wordpress.com/contact/ .

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  illwearanycoloraslongasitsblack · Member · Jul 10, 2009 at 4:30 pm

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  I contacted support. If I hear back, I’ll post here.

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  evoulie · Member · Jul 10, 2009 at 5:09 pm

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  I’ve got that problem too..

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  dleighmiad · Member · Jul 10, 2009 at 7:38 pm

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  Same here. I contacted Support as well.

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  factreal · Member · Jul 10, 2009 at 8:12 pm

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  I contacted support already….no response from them yet

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  aw1923 · Member · Jul 10, 2009 at 8:26 pm

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  I think they’re trying to fix the issue, or changing some things since my sidebar also all of the sudden got bigger

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  kennafish · Member · Jul 10, 2009 at 11:42 pm

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  I can’t add my Logitec Quickcam video blog to my blog….give me some kind of security violation notice. Anyone else having a similar notice?

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  illwearanycoloraslongasitsblack · Member · Jul 11, 2009 at 3:54 pm

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  Support wrote me back and when I explained the problem and directed them here yesterday afternoon, I haven’t heard back. Still bummed but I will post here if I get anything back from them.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 11, 2009 at 4:08 pm

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  I suspect then that they are looking into it. Being the weekend, you might not hear anything back until Monday. There is always the possibility that Youtube has changed something. I know they have in the past on several occasions without letting anyone know they had changed things.