Artiss YouTube Embed 2.1 released
I’m happy to announce the release of version 2.1 of my WordPress plugin Artiss YouTube Embed.
There are a number of new features, some of them cleaning up changes made recently to work around some issues that users were having. For example, you can now turn on and off options to use HTTPS instead of HTTP. I’ve also taken the opportunity to improve the error reporting as well.
Away from that, new features include more specific options for thumbnails – you now have 5 thumbnail types to choose from – and, most importantly, support for the latest API changes.
Recently, you may have noticed that the default YouTube player has changed from a light grey to a much darker scheme. At the same time YouTube updated their player API to allow users to switch between light and dark themes. They also took the opportunity to add a feature where you can change the colour of the progress bar from red to white. Both of these are now supported by my plugin, so if you want the old light colour back you can do.
However, whilst testing this I can across what looked like a bug with YouTube’s API. I couldn’t get the light theme to work with the white progress bar – the progress bar would always appear in red. I double checked my own code to ensure it wasn’t my issue but I don’t believe it is.
YouTube’s own blog entry suggest that this entry is valid…

I opened this up in their forum where another user of the API confirmed my find. However, over 24 hours later, I have yet to receive a response from YouTube.
I’m therefore releasing the plugin as-is but with mention of this issue in the instructions.
Update (19/8/11 @ 19:36): Google have provided an update on the bug…
This is a bug, and it is scheduled to be fixed next Wednesday
evening.Cheers,
-Jeff Posnick, YouTube API Team

Much to do, but exciting times ahead! #














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