Videos, Sources & Storage

pCloud file sourcing

Updated December 11, 2023

How to store your videos on pCloud and deliver them via SmartVideo

  1. Upload your video to the public folder in pCloud.

Uploading a video to the public folder in pCloud

  1. Once the video is finished uploading, select the video, click Get Link, and copy the Direct link URL.

Selecting the uploaded video, clicking Get Link, and copying the Direct link URL

3a. If you are using our WordPress plugin, simply paste the copied URL in the Video source field (the gif below shows how this is done using our plugin with the new WordPress editor).

Pasting the Direct link into the Video source field of the WordPress plugin's block

3b. If you are not taking advantage of our WordPress plugin, or are on another CMS platform entirely, simply use the URL you copied in step 2 as the source in a SmartVideo tag.

Using the pCloud Direct link as the source of a SmartVideo tag

And that’s it! 🎉

A few moments after previewing or publishing the page, SmartVideo will download, encode, and store your video on our global delivery network. We recommend keeping the file stored in pCloud in case the video is removed from your website by mistake.

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