Make a YouTube Embed Player Full Screen

Do you like a full screen embed player? well, this tells you how to.

Steps

URL Method

  1. Take the url
  2. Edit the url.
    Delete the "watch?v=" and replace it with "v/"
  3. Hit enter with the url and you'll have a filled screen of the video

Embed Method

  1. Copy the Embed code, you will use "What I go to school for -- BUSTED" which is <object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/VRy2f_3DZDw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="https://www.youtube.com/v/VRy2f_3DZDw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"></embed></object>
  2. Copy the code into the browser
  3. Delete <object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/VRy2f_3DZDw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="
  4. Once deleted, load the page
  5. It should be full screen!
  6. NB You may need to delete extra code. The final code should begin something like "https://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?swf&video_id="



Tips

  • You can also add or keep any other parameters for the video including start times, playlists, etc.
  • The YouTube embed player can't fill your whole screen on a Mac, on a PC, Press F11 to full screen the window.

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