Use FancyBox to get that video pop up, apple like effect. Here are the settings i found to be best: $(".fancyYoutube").fancybox({ 'transitionIn' : 'elastic', 'padding' : 0, 'autoScale' : false, 'transitionOut' : 'fade', 'width' : 680, 'height' : 495, 'type' : 'swf' });