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
Video element
Supported, Embed.ly compatable sources only
Video lightbox
Supported, Embed.ly compatable sources only
Video lightbox in Rich Text
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Embed an image, link it directly to an MP4
SA5 sees this and handles the lightboxing
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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