Embed HTML5 YouTube video without iframe?

Solution 1:

Here is a example of embedding without an iFrame:

<div style="width: 560px; height: 315px; float: none; clear: both; margin: 2px auto;">
  <embed
    src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J---aiyznGQ?autohide=1&autoplay=1"
    wmode="transparent"
    type="video/mp4"
    width="100%" height="100%"
    allow="autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture"
    allowfullscreen
    title="Keyboard Cat"
  >
</div>

compare to regular iframe "embed" code from YouTube:

<iframe
  width="560"
  height="315"
  src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J---aiyznGQ?autoplay=1"
  frameborder="0"
  allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"
  allowfullscreen>
</iframe>

and as far as HTML5 goes, use <object> tag like so (corrected):

<object
  style="width: 820px; height: 461.25px; float: none; clear: both; margin: 2px auto;"
  data="http://www.youtube.com/embed/J---aiyznGQ?autoplay=1">
</object>

Solution 2:

Yes. Youtube API is the best resource for this.

There are 3 way to embed a video:

• IFrame embeds using <iframe> tags
• IFrame embeds using the IFrame Player API
• AS3 (and AS2*) object embeds DEPRECATED

I think you are looking for the second one of them:

IFrame embeds using the IFrame Player API

The HTML and JavaScript code below shows a simple example that inserts a YouTube player into the page element that has an id value of ytplayer. The onYouTubePlayerAPIReady() function specified here is called automatically when the IFrame Player API code has loaded. This code does not define any player parameters and also does not define other event handlers.

<div id="ytplayer"></div>

<script>
  // Load the IFrame Player API code asynchronously.
  var tag = document.createElement('script');
  tag.src = "https://www.youtube.com/player_api";
  var firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
  firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);

  // Replace the 'ytplayer' element with an <iframe> and
  // YouTube player after the API code downloads.
  var player;
  function onYouTubePlayerAPIReady() {
    player = new YT.Player('ytplayer', {
      height: '390',
      width: '640',
      videoId: 'M7lc1UVf-VE'
    });
  }
</script>

Here are some instructions where you may take a look when starting using the API.

An embed example without using iframe is to use <object> tag:

<object width="640" height="360">
    <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yt-video-id?html5=1&amp;rel=0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;version=3"/
    <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/>
    <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/>
    <embed width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yt-video-id?html5=1&amp;rel=0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;version=3" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"/>
</object>

(replace yt-video-id with your video id)

JSFIDDLE

Solution 3:

Yes, but it depends on what you mean by 'embed'; as far as I can tell after reading through the docs, it seems like you have a couple of options if you want to get around using the iframe API. You can use the javascript and flash API's (https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters) to embed a player, but that involves creating Flash objects in your code (something I personally avoid, but not necessarily something that you have to). Below are some helpful sections from the dev docs for the Youtube API.

If you really want to get around all these methods and include video without any sort of iframe, then your best bet might be creating an HTML5 video player/app that can connect to the Youtube Data API (https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/). I'm not sure what the extent of your needs are, but this would be the way to go if you really want to get around using any iframes or flash objects.

Hope this helps!

Useful:

(https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters)

IFrame embeds using the IFrame Player API

Follow the IFrame Player API instructions to insert a video player in your web page or application after the Player API's JavaScript code has loaded. The second parameter in the constructor for the video player is an object that specifies player options. Within that object, the playerVars property identifies player parameters.

The HTML and JavaScript code below shows a simple example that inserts a YouTube player into the page element that has an id value of ytplayer. The onYouTubePlayerAPIReady() function specified here is called automatically when the IFrame Player API code has loaded. This code does not define any player parameters and also does not define other event handlers.

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IFrame embeds using tags

Define an tag in your application in which the src URL specifies the content that the player will load as well as any other player parameters you want to set. The tag's height and width parameters specify the dimensions of the player.

If you are creating the element yourself (rather than using the IFrame Player API to create it), you can append player parameters directly to the end of the URL. The URL has the following format:

...

AS3 object embeds

Object embeds use an tag to specify the player's dimensions and parameters. The sample code below demonstrates how to use an object embed to load an AS3 player that automatically plays the same video as the previous two examples.