: Can I hide an embedded YouTube video or is that against the terms of use? I've been working on a music web application that so far always has a prominently displayed YouTube video that is

@YK1175434

I'm not a lawyer but I think "points 8/9/14 section II - Prohibitions" of YouTube TOS suggest you are violating them.


8.separate, isolate, or modify the audio or video components of any YouTube audiovisual content made available through the YouTube API;

9.promote separately the audio or video components of any YouTube audiovisual content made available through the YouTube API;

14.use a video player smaller than the minimum video player size set forth in the YouTube API documentation and specifications.


I think it makes also sense, some videos shows advertises, so it makes sense their TOS prohibits to hide the video.

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@BetL925

I haven't pored over their terms of service to see if it would violate them, but I know that it has been done in the past. Here is a site that describes how to modify their embed code to only show the audio controls: rcdewebmasters.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/embed-audio-only-youtube-video/ To make it happen you just need to set the height of the iframe to 24 pixels and add parameters to make sure the controls always show up.

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