YouTube Without Playlist Parameter
Replacing the video part with text / images
YouTube sometimes changes its method for incorporating the playlist parameter into YouTube-urls. So I created a script thats allows us to play (single YouTube videos and) YouTube playlists without using the YouTube playlist parameter. The script uses arrays of YouTube-ids. It hides ads and other distractions. It only works if we put <script src="https://www.youtube.com/player_api"></script> in the head of our page. (It's also recommended to put <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Alef|Alegrea|Alegreya Sans|Allan|Arimo|Combo|Cookie|Dancing Script|Farsan|Open Sans:400' rel='stylesheet'> in the head because we will use some of those fonts in our videos).
Single video with start time and end time:
Bach: Piano Concerto in D, BWV 1052.
Candida Thompson, Beatrice Rana (piano), Amsterdam Sinfonietta, 05 April 2019.
Playlist with start and end times for all the videos of the list:
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 5.
Tarmo Peltokoski, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, 05 November 2021 (1).
Susanna Mälkki, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, 17 May 2019 (2).
Karina Canellakis, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, 11 September 2020 (3).
Daníel Bjarnason, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, 04 February 2022 (5).
Playlist with start and end times for all the videos of the list:
Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts (Altinoglu).
Tannhäuser - Overture, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Prelude, Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla (Das Rheingold), Lohengrin / Act 1 - Prelude, Siegfried Idyll (Symphonic Poem), Forest Murmurs (Siegfried), Siegfried's Rhine Journey (Götterdämmerung).
Alain Altinoglu, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, live 2021 & 2022.
Singe video, no trimming. Videosize made small by adding 'videosize=0.4' (default value is 0.65):
Walton: Symphony No. 1.
Semyon Bychkov, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, October 2009.
Replacing the video (visual) part of a YouTube video with an image and / or text of our choice:
Nielsen: Symphony No. 4. Fabio Luisi, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, March 2020 ).
View source of HTML and JS to see how it is done.
Images for the videos
The script uses the images below. They should be put in a folder named images_youtube_videos:
close_video.png: 
loading.gif: 
next_video.png: 
pause_video.png: 
play_video.png: 
previous_video.png: 
volume_muted.png: 
volume_unmuted.png:
Enjoy, Arie Molendijk