Changing Oembed max width based type of page

Question

How do i change/filter the oembed max width settings (as set by ) admin -> media -> settings -> "Maximum embed size" before the oembed code gets executed. For example on the index pages i want it to be 540, but ona single page, i'd like to be 880?

Answer 1

I believe the answer you want is here: http://forum.go41.de/topic/change-width-and-height-in-oembed-code-on-the-fly-wp-29

Answer 2

Using the following in your functions.php file should do the trick:

/**
 *  Configure default oEmbed video sizes
 */
function base_oembed_defaults($embed_size) {
    if( is_single() ) {
        $embed_size['width'] = 580;
        $embed_size['height'] = 435;
    }
    return $embed_size;
}
add_filter('embed_defaults', 'base_oembed_defaults');

Add as many WordPress conditional statements as you like to match the desired aspect ratio for each template.