How to get HQ youtube thumbnails?

Question

http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/0.jpg http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/1.jpg http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/2.jpg http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/3.jpg 

That works for small thumbnails.

http://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/mqdefault.jpg 

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

Answer 1

Are you referring to the full resolution one?:

https://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/maxresdefault.jpg 

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 https://img.youtube.com/vi/<insert-youtube-video-id-here>/maxresdefault_live.jpg

- cornips