Poster image on embedded youtube video

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Published on 2010-05-16T12:15:49Z Indexed on 2010/05/16 12:20 UTC
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Hi, I want to embed a youtube video on my website and I need to replace the default poster image that shows up on the video with a jpg of my own. The default image that shows up is a scaled-up thumbnail and is therefore very blurry and pixelated and I need to use a hi-res jpg in place of it.

I'm aware that youtube only allows us to pick one of three auto-generated thumbnails, but does that restriction also apply to youtube videos embedded on an external website?

If so, is there an alternate way to do this? Thanks!

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