Vimeo: Allow full URLs instead of ID

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OS: Windows

When a Video on Vimeo is set to “Not public listed” (while the video embedding is allowed anywhere), you get a “Video doesn’t exist” error message in Bricks. On other page Builders you can embed these kind of videos. Would be nice, if it would work in Bricks as well. :slight_smile:

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It’ll be because the url is a different format when not publically listed, the video ID shows up differently.

You’d need to add as an iFrame instead where you can enter the full URL.

Ah, ok, I wasn’t aware of the fact, that the URL changes depending on the settings on Vimeo. However, iFrames doesn’t sound like a good solution for me. Would be nice if Bricks could handle these Videos as “normal” videos. Elementor for example can do it as well, so there seems to be a solution for this problem, no!?

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The Bricks’ video element is just adding an iframe anyway.

So the result would be the same, the unique thing about the video element is the added overlay. That’s why adding the iframe in manually, where you can control the ‘src’ is the quickest way to show the video.

there seems to be a solution for this problem

Bricks’ would need to add support for adding in the entire URL, not just the video ID. So different formats can be supported.

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Hi Marco,
Welcome to the forum, and thanks so much for your report!

As David has already explained, the URL for unlisted videos is different from the URL for listed videos. The functionality to use the entire URL instead of just the ID is currently not available. Accordingly, this is not a bug, but a feature request.

I will move the post accordingly.

Best regards,
timmse

Cool! Thank you very much!

@Psychopomp

Add your domain to ‘Where can the video be embedded?’ under Vimeo > privacy > sharing.

Bricks video component:

source >

Option 1: Vimeo = Standard Vimeo ID

Option 2: File URL = Vimeo > Advance Settings > Distribution > Video file links

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