[AntoineParticipant]

Hi,

I am using embedded video from YouTube and the video lightbox, and the quality of the video is much worst that on YouTube itself. Do you know how I could solve the problem?

Here is an example:
– Video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE8lpu34HYk&feature=youtu.be
– Video on my website: https://paleoflaneur.com/discover-paleo/foods-you-should-eat-or-avoid/#gallery-image/4

I use an image with a a link to the video (https://www.youtube.com/embed/wE8lpu34HYk?rel=0&showinfo=0), using Video Lightbox.

I think the problem it that I am using a link to the video, but this link doesn’t have the size of the video, as it is using a iframe. I tried using a iframe and the quality is much better. The could would then be:

<iframe width="1280" height="720" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wE8lpu34HYk?rel=0&showinfo=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Thanks for your help!

[ThaiModerator]

Hi There,

Thanks for writing in.

Try adding the &vq=hd720 at the end of the youtube link, something likes this:

https://www . youtube . com/embed/wE8lpu34HYk?rel=0&showinfo=0&vq=hd720

For more information, please take a look at this link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23145257/is-there-a-way-to-link-someone-to-a-youtube-video-in-hd-1080p-quality#answer-23147137.

Hope it helps.

[AntoineParticipant]

Thanks for the info. I tried (also with hd1440) and it doesn’t do any difference in the quality of the video.
Do you have any other suggestion?

[ThaiModerator]

Hi There,

Upon checking your video, I can see that the maximum quality of this video is 720p:

So that the hd1440 will not work.

Regards!

[AntoineParticipant]

Thanks for the info. OK, I should then use hd720, but it doesn’t solve the problem as it doesn’t work when I use hd720. I mean, it makes no difference and the quality is way better on Youtube.

As I said, when I use a “normal” embedded video, without using Video Lightbox, the quality is the same as on Youtube. Moreover, I noticed 2 more things:

#1: The quality is good on Firefox and IE (I normally use Chrome, where the quality is bad)
#2: Adding hd720 in the URL does not affect the quality of the video. The quality is much better on Firefox and IE and there is no difference if I use hd720 or not)

Any other suggestion to solve the problem?

[ChristianModerator]

Have you tried the HD parameter? See http://www.techairlines.com/youtube-parameters/

Thanks.

[AntoineParticipant]

Thanks for the link to the page, but it doesn’t do anything else as adding the hd720 in the URL, which is exactly what I tested before and what doesn’t work on Chrome.

If you don’t know how to solve the problem, I might have to look for another way to display my videos as the quality if really not good enough on Chrome when I display the video using the lightbox. Frustrating as I like the way the videos are displayed with lightbox.

[ChristianModerator]

Hey Antoine,

Upon further investigation, I have found that the quality depends on the space you give your video. Please see http://demosthenes.info/blog/717/Force-Embedded-YouTube-Videos-To-Play-In-HD for more details. I’ve tested viewing it in a large monitor and sure enough, it plays in 720p HD. In my laptop, it shows 480p only.

Regretfully, since X is a responsive theme, Youtube will drop the quality in other sizes. The article shows how to achieve this is a responsive theme however, implementation of it would fall outside the scope of our support.

Thank you for understanding.

[AntoineParticipant]

Hi,

Thanks for the explanation. As I am not using a iframe in the way the video are displayed (but simply a link on an image to a video, using lightbox), I don’t know how I’ll be able to implement the solution you provided.

Well, I think I will live this on the side for now and will try to fix a solution later. I indeed have so much other stuffs to do as well 🙂

Thanks for your help!

[ChristianModerator]

Though the setting requires only a link, the image shortcode outputs iframe placing the URL you set as src value.

You will need to modify the image shortcode to achieve what you need however, that falls outside the scope of our support.

Thanks.

[AntoineParticipant]

Thank you. I’ll have a look at this in a later stage and I’m sure I will somehow manage it 🙂

[RadModerator]

Sure, let us know 😉

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