Edit: What you can do is just upload an image then link it to the video instead or follow this:
1. Get the Youtube video link e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc2en3nHxA4 (Remember this id Gc2en3nHxA4)
2. There are 4 a default thumbnail images to each video the, URL to these images will be like
https://img.youtube.com/vi//0.jpg
https://img.youtube.com/vi//1.jpg
https://img.youtube.com/vi//2.jpg
https://img.youtube.com/vi//3.jpg
3. Now to add or embed youtube video, add img tag and replace Youtube Video id
[img]https://img.youtube.com/vi/Gc2en3nHxA4/0.jpg[/img]
4. Now add URL tag and point URL to actual youtube video
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc2en3nHxA4][img]https://img.youtube.com/vi/Gc2en3nHxA4/0.jpg[/img][/url]
5. Final result, Youtube video, click to play
https://img.youtube.com/vi/Gc2en3nHxA4/0.jpg