Player Features & Analytics

How do I exclude a video from SmartVideo?

Updated October 3, 2026

Simple instructions for how to prevent SmartVideo from processing a particular video on your website

If you need to exclude a video from being processed by SmartVideo, simply paste

class="swarm-exclude"

into the video’s iframe or video tag like so:

<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID" class="swarm-exclude"></iframe>
<video src="https://your-video.example.com/file.mp4" class="swarm-exclude" controls></video>

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