Titanium commonJS module to play youtube video on Ti.Media.VideoPlayer many thanks to The Endless Hack https://github.com/endlesshack/youtube-video

tiYoutube.js

//
//  tiYoutube.js
//
//  Created by Coyote on 2014-10-07.
//  Copyright 2014 Coyote. All rights reserved.
//
var YoutubeVideo = function(id, callback) {
    var client = Ti.Network.createHTTPClient();
    client.onload = function(video_info) {
        Ti.API.debug('on load');
        var video;
        var json = JSON.stringify(video_info);
        var pa = JSON.parse(json);
        if (pa.source.responseText.indexOf("video_id") > -1) {
            Ti.API.debug('json string ' + pa.source.responseText);
            video = decodeQueryString(pa.source.responseText);
            if (video.status === "fail") {
                return callback(video);
            }
            video.sources = decodeStreamMap(video.url_encoded_fmt_stream_map);
            video.getSource = function(type, quality) {
                var exact, key, lowest, source, _ref;
                lowest = null;
                exact = null;
                _ref = this.sources;
                for (key in _ref) {
                    source = _ref[key];
                    if (source.type.match(type)) {
                        if (source.quality.match(quality)) {
                            exact = source;
                        } else {
                            lowest = source;
                        }
                    }
                }
                return exact || lowest;
            };
            return callback(video);
        } else
            return callback('undefined');
    };
    client.onerror = function(e) {
        Ti.API.error('error' + JSON.stringify(e));
        callback('undefined');
    };
    client.open("GET", "http://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=" + id);
    client.send();
};
var decodeQueryString = function(queryString) {
    var key, keyValPair, keyValPairs, r, val, _i, _len;
    r = {};
    keyValPairs = queryString.split("&");
    for ( _i = 0, _len = keyValPairs.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
        keyValPair = keyValPairs[_i];
        key = decodeURIComponent(keyValPair.split("=")[0]);
        val = decodeURIComponent(keyValPair.split("=")[1] || "");
        r[key] = val;
    }
    return r;
};
var decodeStreamMap = function(url_encoded_fmt_stream_map) {
    var quality, sources, stream, type, urlEncodedStream, _i, _len, _ref;
    sources = {};
    _ref = url_encoded_fmt_stream_map.split(",");
    for ( _i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
        urlEncodedStream = _ref[_i];
        stream = decodeQueryString(urlEncodedStream);
        type = stream.type.split(";")[0];
        quality = stream.quality.split(",")[0];
        stream.original_url = stream.url;
        stream.url = "" + stream.url + "&signature=" + stream.sig;
        sources["" + type + " " + quality] = stream;
    }
    return sources;
};
/**
 * @param {Object} id
 */
exports.playYoutube = function(id) {
    YoutubeVideo(id, function(video) {
        if (video != 'undefined') {
            var mp4 = video.getSource("video/mp4", "medium");
            Ti.API.debug('mp4 url ' + mp4.url);
            var win = Ti.UI.createWindow();
            var video = Titanium.Media.createVideoPlayer();
            video.url = mp4.url;
            win.backgroundColor = "#fff";
            win.orientationModes = [Ti.UI.LANDSCAPE_LEFT, Ti.UI.LANDSCAPE_RIGHT];
            win.add(video);
            win.addEventListener('open', function(e) {
                video.play();
            });
            win.open();
        } else
            alert('this is not valid Youtoube video');
    });
};
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// usage :
// var palyYoutube=require('tiYoutube');
// palyYoutube('wGoM_wVrwng');
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