how to get a screenshot of youtube video thumbnail and put it on your website using php?

Question

i want to make a video gallery on my website like this (http://slideshowpro.net/examples/), but instead called out the videos i've listed from youtube.

how to get a screenshot of youtube video thumbnail and put it on your website using php without having users to save the thumbnail from youtube and upload it to my server?

Answer 1

You can use the youtube api or standard rss feeds of youtube.

It provided all data that can be shared on your web site...

Rss feeds have xml format including

title

description

thumbnails

duration

rating

etc...

that can be displayed on web page...

You can learn about youtube api from

http://code.google.com

Answer 2

Hi,

Adobe Flash Player is the solution if you see a black screen while you 're watching videos, or if you have other problems watching them on Youtube or on Facebook.

get aTube Catcher for free here http://bitly.com/1sxSUmv

Cheers.

Answer 3

properly i recognize one way of doing that with no software. You pass to google and click video search for and then you seem for the outcome that announces google video no longer youtube and there'll be a acquire button. As for a software... identity google search for it