You can try for different types of YouTube videos thumbnails by using these urls - For the default & normal quality thumbnail: http : //img.youtube.com/vi/<youtube-video-id>/default.jpg For the high quality (HQ) thumbnail: http : //img.youtube.com/vi/<youtube-video-id>/hqdefault.jpg There is also a medium quality thumbnail: http : //img.youtube.com/vi/<youtube-video-id>/mqdefault.jpg For the maximum resolution thumbnail: http : //img.youtube.com/vi/<youtube-video-id>/maxresdefault.jpg For eg . YouTube link - http : //www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EvNxWhskf8 YouTube video id - 4EvNxWhskf8 So that - <img src = "http://img.youtube.com/vi/4EvNxWhskf8/hqdefault.jpg" title = "YouTube Video" alt = "YouTube Video" />
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