Quoted from Pinchroma:You can't get a virus from a video OR a photo. Unless you click on a link embedded in a video on youtube which takes you to a site that has malware AND you click "Install" or something similar.
Contrary to popular belief you can NOT get a virus just by visiting a website. Ever. The user needs to accept/install something when prompted. Malware creators make those prompts look common or innocuous but nevertheless they require user intervention.
Wanna make a wager on that statement? Ever go on Google images and click on a picture? It loads the virus/malware faster than you can pull the cat 5 cable out the back of your computer. I did it at work. Was looking for a picture of a broken pressure plate and it loaded real quick.. My IT guy could not remove all of the corrupt files and had to do a reformat.