You have to load template tag library first.
{% load embed_video_tags %}
Template tag video. It gives access to all VideoBackend variables.
Usage:
{% video URL as VAR %}
...
{% endvideo %}
Example:
{% video item.video as my_video %}
URL: {{ my_video.url }}
Thumbnail: {{ my_video.thumbnail }}
Backend: {{ my_video.backend }}
{% endvideo %}
Shortcut for VideoNode() tag.
Usage:
{{ URL|embed:SIZE }}
Example:
{{ 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guXyvo2FfLs'|embed:'large' }}
Predefined sizes:
size width height tiny 420 315 small 480 360 medium 640 480 large 960 720 huge 1280 960
You can also use custom size - in format WIDTHxHEIGHT (eg. 500x400).