How to get HQ youtube thumbnails?

That works for small thumbnails.

That works for HQ but only 1 image. Question is how to get 4 HQ thumbnail images?

5 Answers

Are you referring to the full resolution one?:

I don't believe you can get 'multiple' images of HQ because the one you have is the one.

Check the following answer out for more information on the URLs: How do I get a YouTube video thumbnail from the YouTube API?

For live videos use

- cornips

YouTube resolutions and images

Resolution
- lowest resolution
sd - Standard Definition
mq - Medium Quality
hq - High Quality
maxres - MAXimum RESolution

Image
default - Default image (1, 2, 3 shot from video, or custom uploaded)
1 - First shot from video
2 - Second shot from video
3 - Third shot from video

You can simply get HQ youtube thumbnails..

Depending on the resolution you need, you can use a different URL:

Default Thumbnail

High Quality Thumbnail

Medium Quality

Standard Definition

Maximum Resolution

Note: it's a work-around if you don't want to use the YouTube Data API. Furthermore not all videos have the thumbnail images set, so the above method doesn’t work.

You need to get id from:

And put it in:

I hope that I helped :D