Question: The `rel` parameter in YouTube API dictates whether or not related videos are shown at the end. When `rel=0` the video reverts back to the thumbnail with a play button.

However on mobile (tested on iPhone / iPad / Fire Tablet) when the video goes back to the thumbnail it cannot be played a second time. It just does nothing.

I [reported the issue to Google](https://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/detail?id=7523&can=4&colspec=API%20ID%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Stars%20Summary) but nothing yet after a few days.

I had to resort to destroying the video and recreating it but this makes for a kind of nasty flickering.

My experience with YouTube issues is they never seem to end up fixing anything related to iOS - so I was wondering if there was any other kind of trick to prevent this.

[Test page](http://defenderrazor.com/webtests/youtube_second_playback_disallowed.htm)

Answer: 
Have a look at `loop` and `playlist` parameters as well. You can set playlist parameter to video ID and same video can be replayed using this.

So, it will be something like:
<http://www.youtube.com/embed/>{VIDEO\_ID}?wmode=opaque&loop=1&version=3&playlist={VIDEO\_ID}

Hope this helps!
### Appears to have been fixed by YouTube.

I can now play the video multiple times (on multiple devices) without it getting stuck. Was too busy wondering why my question was getting so little attention that I forgot to check again to see if it was fixed ;-)