how to make a youtube video smaller

[Celine]

Hiya,

I would like to upload videos on my website - from youtube. Is there any way I can make the video smaller than the big youtube box? It takes all the room on the page- Even better, was thinking of having a small image and make it big when somene clicks on it....

Any advice would be very appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Celine

[Shaun(OfTheDead)]

I think you'll have to consult Youtube for that one.

Somewhere on their site there should be optional embed codes that you can use.

[guioconnor]

Hi Celine,

The HTML code to embed a youtube video is similar to this one:

<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://..."></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://...." type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>

If you change 425 and 355 both in the embed element and the object element you'll be able to display the video in a different size.

Keep in mind, though, that the video is the same, so the quality might suffer a little and the bandwidth required to download it is the same, so it won't be faster for the viewer.