[YouTube-API] Re: Player is too small

Hi Jeff

Thank You - looking forward to what the Players team has to say

-Bobby

On Jun 5, 2:23 pm, Jeffrey Posnick <je...@google.com> wrote:
> Hello Bobby,
>
>  Thanks for passing along that concrete example—I'll let the Players
> team know.
>
> Cheers,
> -Jeff Posnick, YouTube API Team
> groups.google.com/group/youtube-api-gdata | apiblog.youtube.com |
> @YouTubeDev
>
> On Jun 4, 6:49 pm, Steven Sacks <stevensa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
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> > Hi Jeff,
>
> > Thanks for the reply. As you can see in my embed code, I am using the
> > chromeless player with no controls so that can't be the issue for me. I
> > definitely have more than enough height, even if I had controls, so it's
> > definitely throwing a false positive. My height is 271, and the controls
> > are like 15-20 so I have more than enough height.
>
> > FWIW, I see this issue a lot nowadays on Facebook where YouTube videos
> > won't play b/c they're "too small".
>
> > Cheers,
> > Steven
>
> > On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 12:13:48 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Posnick wrote:
>
> > > Hello,
>
> > >  This turns out to be the same issue as before, where the controls end
> > > up counting against the available height.
>
> > >  There was some confusion on my part about the controls autohiding for
> > > small embeds going live last week. That will start happening this
> > > Wednesday evening. In the meantime, you can explicitly add in
> > > autohide=1 to the URL query parameters right now to accomplish the
> > > same thing.
>
> > > Cheers,
> > > -Jeff Posnick, YouTube API Team
> > > groups.google.com/group/youtube-api-gdata | apiblog.youtube.com |
> > > @YouTubeDev
>
> > > On May 29, 12:37 pm, Jeffrey Posnick <je...@google.com> wrote:
> > > > Hello Steven/Dave,
>
> > > >  I was able to trigger a failed playback with 7MaF-bWeLGw in a 200px x
> > > > 200px player (in the U.S.), though some playback attempts did work. I
> > > > think there's a specific type of ad that's associated with that video
> > > > id and others as well, and the logic in the player needs to be updated
> > > > to accomodate that scenario.
>
> > > >  I opened a bug with the Players team with that example and I'll
> > > > update this thread when I hear back.
>
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > -Jeff Posnick, YouTube API Team
> > > > groups.google.com/group/youtube-api-gdata | apiblog.youtube.com |
> > > > @YouTubeDev
>
> > > > On May 29, 9:33 am, Dave Bennett <d...@primedcanvasmedia.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Still have problems with videos being 200 high, are they going to fix
> > > the
> > > > > auto hide of the controls? i have my player set to auto hide but still
> > > get
> > > > > a too small error on some videos
>
> > > > > I don't really see why there should be a minimum at all anyway. why
> > > cant a
> > > > > youtube player just come down all the way to just a play and pause
> > > button
> > > > > on hover and a 50px by 50px screen?
>
> > > > > On Monday, May 21, 2012 8:50:51 PM UTC+1, Jeffrey Posnick wrote:
>
> > > > > > Hello,
>
> > > > > >  You're using 360px x 90px. That's going to remain too small. You
> > > need
> > > > > > to use at least 200px x 200px, and the fix rolling out later this
> > > week
> > > > > > is supposed to ensure that anything 200px x 200px or above isn't
> > > > > > flagged as being too small.
>
> > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > -Jeff Posnick, YouTube API Team
> > > > > > groups.google.com/group/youtube-api-gdata | apiblog.youtube.com |
> > > > > > @YouTubeDev
>
> > > > > > On May 21, 9:57 am, Exza <mhoekst...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > Hello, I'm developing a personal use mixing application using the
> > > > > > Youtube
> > > > > > > chromeless API.
>
> > > > > > > It all worked perfectly, but 80% of all videos seemed to be broken
> > > 2
> > > > > > weeks
> > > > > > > ago.
> > > > > > > I did some research, and found there was an update made with the
> > > API.
> > > > > > > But before I make a major change to my application, I need to make
> > > sure
> > > > > > if
> > > > > > > the 200x200px will fix my problem.
> > > > > > > I get the player is too small error, at least I think I do. (when
> > > > > > playing
> > > > > > > upload with video content 'official videos for example', it gets
> > > stuck
> > > > > > on
> > > > > > > the preloading image)
>
> > > > > > > var flashvars = {};var params = {};params.wmode =
> > > > > > "transparent";params.AllowScriptAccess =
> > > "always";params.allowfullscreen =
> > > > > > "true";var attributes = { id: "mixer1" };
> > > > > > > swfobject.embedSWF("
>
> > >http://www.youtube.com/apiplayer?version=3&playerapiid=ytplayer1&enab...",
>
> > > > > > "mixerdiv1", "360", "90", "8", null, flashvars, params, attributes);
>
> > > > > > > An image of my application: Screenshot <
> > > > > >http://wittevelg.webs.com/this.jpg>
>
> > > > > > > Question:
> > > > > > > As I read the last message, I noticed there comes another update
> > > this
> > > > > > week.
> > > > > > > But is the problem solved by that, or does the 200x200px remains?
>
> > > > > > > Thanks for a comment.
> > > > > > > Gr, Exza

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