How To Loop Youtube Videos

The video portal Youtube does not offer any means to loop or repeat videos automatically. There are however a few possible solutions for users who want to loop a video at Youtube.

The first option requires basic knowledge about Youtube’s url structure especially the unique video code that is part of every url. It is possible to change the url of the Youtube video so that it will loop and autoplay automatically. Here is how you can do that manually:

A normal Youtube url looks like the following

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgjMK2sWgsE

You can turn this into a replaying and autoplaying video url by appending the parameters loop=1 and autoplay=1 to the url and changing the url slightly so that it looks like this afterwards

http://www.youtube.com/v/sgjMK2sWgsE&loop=1&autoplay=1

This will open the youtube video in fullscreen in the web browser, play it automatically and loop it infinitely.

The manual solution to loop Youtube videos is fine if it is only used scarcely. Users who want to loop Youtube videos regularly might want to consider an automated option like the Youtube HD Ultimate userscript which comes with the functionality to automatically loop Youtube videos. Other userscripts are available that offer a similar functionality.

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Categories: Tutorials Basic

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6 Responses to “How To Loop Youtube Videos”

1. Nikchr says:

   October 13, 2009 at 10:31 am

   Or you can write this as an example

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgjMK2sWgsE

   to this

   http://www.youtuberepeat.com/watch?v=sgjMK2sWgsE

   Reply
   • Andrew Lee says:

     October 17, 2009 at 6:21 am

     This is much better than the one listed above, this actually works the one above does not

     Reply
2. Brad says:

   October 22, 2009 at 6:54 pm

   I created this site to let users loop whatever they want in youtube

   http://playinurtubez.com

   add videos to the looper, add entire playlists.. let er rip :) I have no advertising on this site so i’m not fishing for clicks.. just thought i’d share

   Reply
3. gene says:

   October 25, 2009 at 6:49 pm

   Thanks for such a simple, straight forward answer on how to loop a you tube video. What a joy to let ‘em run full tilt!

   Reply

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