How to get a representative video on Youtube

When you search or see any video on Youtube will see thumbnail images, this is a representative image, thumbnail of Youtube video. The image will appear as soon as you see the video and before or after playing the YouTube video.

The thumbnail of the Youtube video will be selected by the user after posting the video to Youtube. And this avatar image you can't change after you've selected it. If you want to get a thumbnail of the Youtube video, we just need to go to the ID of the Youtube video link. The following article will guide you how to get a representative image of the Youtube video in the article below.

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Instructions for taking Youtube video thumbnail images

The Youtube video thumbnail will display as shown below when we search for videos. If you download YouTube video avatar, it will be these images.

Step 1:

First, you need to get the YouTube video ID that you want to represent. At the YouTube video URL we will copy the Youtube video ID starting from the = character .

For example, with the YouTube video URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5ypoXH7uIg , the Youtube video ID is B5ypoXH7uIg . Please copy the ID of the Youtube video again.

Step 2:

Video avatars on Youtube will have 4 different forms, with different links:

1. Avatar image with size 480 x 360: http://img.youtube.com/en/ ID of the video to take photo /0.jpg.
2. Avatar image with 120 x 90 size: http://img.youtube.com/en/ ID of the video needs to get the image /1.jpg, or http://img.youtube.com/en/ ID of the video needed Get the image /2.jpg, or http://img.youtube.com/en/ ID of the video you want to get /3.jpg. Choose 1 of 3 links to get a representative picture of Youtube video size 120 x 90.

Please copy the above path into another tab, replace the copied YouTube video ID address above into the ID section of the video to be taken.

With the video above we have a link to get an avatar of http://img.youtube.com/en/B5ypoXH7uIg/0.jpg and press Enter. You will then see an avatar of the Youtube video appear.

Step 3:

To copy pictures to your computer is very simple, right-click on the image and select Copy image to download photos to your computer or edit on other image editing tools.

In addition, we can also take images according to different sizes and resolutions:

1. Take the picture with the default resolution: http://img.youtube.com/en/ID of the video to be taken / default.jpg.
2. Get an image with an average resolution: http:///img.youtube.com/en/ID of the video to get the image / mqdefault.jpg.
3. Take photos with standard resolution: http://img.youtube.com/en/ID of videos to take pictures / sddefault.jpg.
4. Get photos with high resolution: http://img.youtube.com/en/ID of videos to take pictures / hqdefault.jpg.
5. Take photos with maximum resolution: http://img.youtube.com/en/ID of the video to be taken / maxresdefault.jpg.

Note to readers if the video is of good quality, when the image is not blurred, the avatar will be better. For videos when launched with 1080p HD quality without rupture, you should take photos at high resolution, standard and maximum to use.

So you can quickly get a representative image of Youtube video with a very simple way. Users only need to have a YouTube video ID that needs to take a representative photo, then use the link to take photos according to different sizes according to the needs of each user.

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I wish you all success!