How to show YouTube video on ASP.NET page

How to show YouTube video on ASP.NET page

Showing YouTube video on web page is simple. If you browse YouTube and watch some interesting video, notice Embed text box on the right side, like in image bellow:

Click on small button with blue gear opens additional options like video size, player's colors, border etc. Code inside text box looks similar to this:

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5P6UU6m3cqk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5P6UU6m3cqk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>


Now, to show this video on web page, you need only to copy this code and paste it on your page, which is good enough for static pages and small number of videos. Code includes several parameters to adopt it on different pages. Most important parameter is video ID (bolded in code above) used to specify which video you want to show. If we want to display other video, simply place its ID on appropriate place in code. To change it with ASP.NET server side code we can use simple Response.Write() method. On the same way, all other parameters could be changed to better fit in website design. Complete list of YouTube player parameters you can find on YouTube Embedded Player Parameters page.