Driving me crazy. Best solution to embed/show videos on wordpress sites?!?!?!?

I've spent the last 24 hours on google trying to find the best solution and I'm not sure which way way to go. I want to auto-play (and regular play) videos that will correctly display on all devices (hence why I need a player and can't use flash) on my sites.

vimeo plus
youtube
a wordpress plugin?

I don't want crap that shows a shitty thumbnails plus ads and I'm not dropping $200 on something for an upfront payment.

Please help!

tried the wordpress shortcode?

Can you elaborate on that at all?

Nevermind, I figured out how to utilize Youtube to solve all of my issues. All good in the hood.