YouTube video dimensions different from actual when posted

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  arogersct · Member · May 16, 2013 at 11:43 pm

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  When I embed a YouTube video in a post its dimensions are smaller than its actual size on YouTube. 440 x 150.

  At first I used just the URL
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzODCtG5KBA&list=PL9bGKSUzF_U0mN8VXCJJ2abOTYiz4WjDI

  then I tried
  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzODCtG5KBA&list=PL9bGKSUzF_U0mN8VXCJJ2abOTYiz4WjDI&w=560&h=314&rel=0]

  Neither made a difference. Please see http://cerritotheater.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/chase-your-french-connection-may-9th-7pm/

  Any idea what’s going on and how do I fix this?

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  pamelazzzzz · Member · May 17, 2013 at 12:26 am

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  The same exact thing is happening tm me but with Flickr.

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  justpi · Member · May 17, 2013 at 1:36 am

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  @arogersct:
  Nothing strange about the width. 440px is the width of the main column in the theme you’re using. Just like images, oversized videos are automatically downsized to the maximum that can fit in the column.
  The height is a different matter. The same thing is happening in the theme demo:
  http://reddledemo.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/matt-mullenweg-on-kteh-this-is-us/
  Youtube videos in Reddle are displaying at 150px no matter what height you specify. This is a bug that needs to be fixed by WP.

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  arogersct · Member · May 17, 2013 at 4:03 am

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  Thanks, justpi.
  Sigh…onward to find another theme.