According to the YouTube API Player Parameters page, the /v/ style URL was used for the embedded AS3 player and is deprecated. Instead, use https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID, with the start parameter, e.g.: Also, just to clarify, this URL will take up the full browser window, not the full screen. A better solution using iframe here with jQuery … Read more
In a shell, & is a special character, advising the shell to start everything up to the & as a process in the background. To avoid this behavior, you can put the URL in quotes. See the youtube-dl FAQ for more information. Also beware of -citk. With the exception of -i, these options make little sense. See the youtube-dl FAQ for more information. … Read more
You can use YouTube Data API to retrieve video thumbnails, caption, description, rating, statistics and more. With the YouTube Data API, you can add a variety of YouTube features to your application. For the high quality version of the thumbnail use a url similar to this: There is also a medium quality version of the … Read more
If you have your own DNS server you can block domains from resolving. Here is a guide to block domains in Bind DNS server. To get all the IP addresses there is no way. What you can do is, install dig. It’s available in linux but not in windows. Then time to time enter dig youtube.com. It’ll show you … Read more
Here’s how to get the transcript of a YouTube video (when available): Go to YouTube and open the video of your choice. Click on the “More actions” button (3 horizontal dots) located next to the Share button. Click “Open transcript” Although the syntax may be a little goofy this is a pretty good solution.