Does SmartVideo give me an iframe embed or a direct video link?

Short answer: SmartVideo doesn’t give you iframe embed code or a standalone direct video URL. It also doesn’t offer a public file URL for a swarmify:// Library reference. But if a tool accepts iframe HTML or a webpage URL, you can host a SmartVideo player page on your own site and use its page URL instead. A destination that accepts only a direct video-file URL still can’t use SmartVideo this way. Host a SmartVideo player page for iframe-only tools shows you how.

Why there’s no iframe link or public video URL

SmartVideo isn’t a sharing platform - it’s built to play videos on your own site through our player, not to hand out a portable link you paste elsewhere. Internally, your videos are referenced by an obfuscated swarmify:// pointer rather than a plain, public file URL, so there’s no SmartVideo-issued iframe URL or direct-file link to copy out. (You can always get your own files back - just ask support for download links.)

If you have a swarmify://... reference in your Library, SmartVideo doesn’t offer a portable share link or iframe embed to hand out. The swarmify:// reference is an internal pointer, not a shareable URL.

How you embed a video instead

You add SmartVideo to a page with a small bit of HTML - the SmartVideo tag - rather than an iframe. Once your SmartVideo script is installed in your site’s <head> (you’ll find the snippet under Dashboard > Configuration), drop this wherever you want the video to appear:

<smartvideo src="https://your-video.example.com/file.mp4"
            width="1280" height="720"
            class="swarm-fluid" controls>
</smartvideo>

A couple of variations for different setups:

• Platform strips custom tags? Some builders remove unfamiliar tags like <smartvideo>. Use a <div> with the smartvideo class instead - it works identically:

<div class="smartvideo swarm-fluid"
     src="https://your-video.example.com/file.mp4"
     width="1280" height="720" controls>
</div>

• On WordPress? Use the [smartvideo] shortcode from our WordPress plugin - no raw HTML needed.

Use a source that SmartVideo accepts in the tag’s src. For the full set of tag options, see Using a standard HTML video tag with SmartVideo.

What if my platform only accepts an iframe URL or a direct file link?

If the tool accepts a webpage URL, host the one-file player page on your own site and use that page URL. If it accepts iframe HTML, paste an iframe that points to the page. The self-hosted player page guide includes a template. These options don’t give you a direct video-file URL from SmartVideo; a field that accepts only direct video-file URLs still can’t use SmartVideo this way.

If your platform instead lets you add custom HTML, you can use a SmartVideo tag directly. The script snippet and the tag have to load in the same place. Some builders - Wix is the common example - run their “embed HTML” blocks inside a sandboxed frame that’s separate from your site’s header, so a script you added only to the site header won’t reach a tag placed inside that block. On those platforms, put both the SmartVideo script snippet and the SmartVideo tag together inside the same custom-HTML block so they load as one unit. Many platforms have a spot that allows this even when the default video field doesn’t (see how SmartVideo installs on Shopify, Squarespace, Wix, and other platforms).

MLS virtual-tour fields usually must be unbranded, and a page on your agent or brokerage website can break that rule because its URL identifies you. Hawaii Information Service MLS, for example, does not allow agent or broker websites as a virtual-tour host because the video link URL contains identifying information. Check your MLS’s rules before you use a self-hosted page in a listing.

Not sure your platform fits?

If you’re not sure whether your platform accepts iframe HTML or a webpage URL, email us at support@swarmify.com with your platform name (and a page URL if you have one) and we’ll help you check. If you don’t have a SmartVideo account yet, you can create one from the SmartVideo pricing page.

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