Use the built-in Wordpress oEmbed class to get a full object back instead of just the embed code

use_wp_oembed.php

<?php
/**
* Import the Wordpress oEmbed class into a function in functions.php to retreive a full object instead of just the source code
* @author Rob Clark
*
*
* What's returned: (May vary by API)
* 
* $embed_data->author_url
* $embed_data->author_name
* $embed_data->height
* $embed_data->title
* $embed_data->provider_name
* $embed_data->thumbnail_url
* $embed_data->version
* $embed_data->type
* $embed_data->html
* $embed_data->thumbnail_height
* $embed_data->provider_url
* $embed_data->thumbnail_width
* 
*/    

function my_random_function() {
    // Imports the oEmbed class, because the $wp_embed global variable is lame and won't return all the oembed fields
    require_once( ABSPATH . '/wp-includes/class-oembed.php' );
    
    // Create new oEmbed object
    $myembed = new WP_oEmbed;
    
    // Determine the video provider
    $provider = $myembed->discover($my_video_url);
    
    // Now that we have the provider, we'll run it and the URL
    $embed_data = $myembed->fetch( $provider, $my_video_url);
    
    // Now we'll start using returned API data. First, let's grab the embed code.
    $some_meta_or_return_value = $embed_data->html;
    
    // Do other stuff...
    
    return something;
}