Video Player ( Direct )
Webflow's Limitations
Webflow uses Embed.ly for its video handling.
Embed.ly does not support direct video links, which means that all video on Webflow MUST be served through a provider such as Vimeo or YouTube.
Need
A user has a video that they want to add to;
A site element
Within a blog post
To a CMS item, as a video or within a lightboxed image gallery
Webflow has a video element, a CMS video field, and a lightbox
| Webflow | SA5 | |
|---|---|---|
Video element | Supported, Embed.ly compatable sources only | |
Video lightbox | Supported, Embed.ly compatable sources only | |
Video lightbox in Rich Text | - |
|
Video element in Rich Text | Embed.ly-only. Still has a bug with API-setting? | |
CMS Video field | Can be bound to an element | |
Background video | Upload, compress, use | ? Replace this with an external source |
All of Webflow's sources support Embed.ly compatable sources.
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