October 2010
Developer's Guide: Data API Protocol – API Query Parameters - YouTube APIs and Tools - Google Code
This section explains how to use the API to retrieve a list of videos matching a user-specified search term. To search for videos, submit an HTTP GET request to the following URL, appending the appropriate query parameters to your request:
June 2010
YouTube : bilan décevant pour HTML5
Les développeurs de YouTube ont mis en ligne un long article qui tire un premier bilan de l'expérience HTML5, six mois après son lancement (lire YouTube se lance dans le HTML5).
La conclusion, pour l'heure, c'est que la technologie n'est pas encore en mesure de répondre à leurs besoins, pour diverses raisons dont ils donnent le détail.
YouTube API Blog: Flash and the HTML5 video tag
by 1 otherThere's been a lot of discussion lately about whether or not the HTML5 video tag is going to replace Flash Player for video distribution on the web. We’ve been excited about the HTML5 effort and video tag for quite a while now, and most YouTube videos can now be played via our HTML5 player. This work has shown us that, while the video tag is a big step forward for open standards, the Adobe Flash Platform will continue to play a critical role in video distribution.
November 2009
YouTube Audio Transcription
(via)YouTube added a feature that generates video captions. "We've combined Google's automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology with the YouTube caption system to offer automatic captions, or auto-caps for short. Auto-caps use the same voice recognition algorithms in Google Voice to automatically generate captions for video."