Markdown cheatsheet for YouTube

youtube.md

Embed YouTube Video in Markdown File

1. Markdown style

[![Watch the video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nTQUwghvy5Q/default.jpg)](https://youtu.be/nTQUwghvy5Q)

2. HTML style

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nTQUwghvy5Q" target="_blank">
 <img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/nTQUwghvy5Q/mqdefault.jpg" alt="Watch the video" width="240" height="180" border="10" />
</a>

3. embed thumbnail

![alt text][image]
[image]: /full/path/to/image/file.jpg "alt_txt"

4. resize thumbnail

<img src="/full/path/to/image/file.jpg" alt="alt_text" width="200">

Extras on Thumbnail Format

Each YouTube video has 4 generated images. The first one in the list is a full size image and others are thumbnail images. They are predictably formatted as follows:

https://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/0.jpg
https://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/1.jpg
https://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/2.jpg
https://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/3.jpg

The default thumbnail image (ie. one of 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg) is:

https://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/default.jpg  

Other than the default.jpg, the following thumbnail formats are also available:

• hqdefault.jpg <- high quality
• mqdefault.jpg <- medium quality
• sddefault.jpg <- standard definition
• maxresdefault.jpg <- maximum resolution

NB: sddefault.jpg and maxresdefault.jpg are not always available.

All of the above urls are available over http too. Additionally, the slightly shorter hostname i3.ytimg.com works in place of img.youtube.com in the example urls above.