Converting a regular Youtube 'link' into an embedded video

Question

My goal: I am trying to allow users to embed a link to a Youtube video in my site, while giving me control over the player\'s settings.

I would like to do this by only a

Answer 1

This is what youtube uses:

Then just use a regexp to change the link from:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb-gmJVW5lw

into:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/zb-gmJVW5lw

Here's a proof of concept regexp for matching regular youtube links:

• http://rubular.com/r/Fitt7PPJW1

And here's a proof of concept regexp for matching youtu.be links:

• http://rubular.com/r/MTgd9nXzFA

Note that the embed url can also be loaded in the browser which opens a page where the video is fullscreen.