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How to make youtube embed code HTML valid for w3c validator?


Here is my code.

<div>
    <object>
        <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Cbspv1ZKR8o?version=3&amp;hl=en_US" />
        <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
        <param value="transparent" name="wmode" />
        <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" />
        <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Cbspv1ZKR8o?version=3&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" class="cssVideo"></embed>
    </object>
</div>

But the above code failed to pass the W3C Validator. I search and try to follow these guides but I am unable to solve the problem.

Can anyone help me with this? Thanks.


Solution

  • Actually, you don't need to always use the embeded code provided from youtube.

    Below is a typical way to change the embedded version of the youtube and validate it as well.

    <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/n">
         <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/n" />
         <a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/" target="blank"><img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get flash player to play to this file" width="88" height="31" /></a><br />
    </object>
    

    Where n is the youtube id of the video.

    See a demo validation result

    Cheers Prabhu :)