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HTML
<script src="http://fancyapps.com/fancybox/source/jquery.fancybox.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://fancyapps.com/fancybox/source/jquery.fancybox.css">
<a class="various fancybox.iframe" href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PzBk4-awY40?autoplay=1"><div id="video_nav"><h3 class="nav_text">Video</h3></div></a>
JavaScript
// this format
// http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzBk4-awY40
// won't work with iframe
// use this instead
// http://www.youtube.com/embed/PzBk4-awY40
// you could also add ?autoplay=1 as triling parameter
$(".various").fancybox({
maxWidth: 800,
maxHeight: 600,
fitToView: false,
width: '70%',
height: '70%',
autoSize: false,
closeClick: false,
openEffect: 'elastic',
closeEffect: 'none'
});