Video block
Content
The video block plays whatever address a formula returns. Point it at a file or image column — [Clip]— and each record plays its own upload; point it at a link and it plays that. Uploaded files get the app's own player; YouTube and Vimeo links switch to that site's player on their own.
When to use it
- A how-to clip uploaded against each product, procedure, or training record.
- A single welcome or announcement video on a dashboard, from a fixed link.
- Submitted footage — an inspection or claim form's file field, played back on the record page.
Settings
| Setting | Options | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Source | formula | The video's address. On a record page the formula runs against the record on screen, so [Clip] plays that record's upload. On a page with no record block, only fixed text and USERROLE()/USEREMAIL() are available. |
| Fit | contain / cover | How the picture fills the block: letterbox the whole frame, or fill it edge to edge and crop. Provider embeds letterbox themselves. |
| Show player controls | on / off | The play bar on uploaded files. On by default. |
| Play automatically | on / off | Starts on load. Autoplaying videos are always muted — browsers refuse to start sound without a click. |
| Loop | on / off | Restarts the video when it ends. |
| Start muted | on / off | Begins with sound off. |
What counts as a video address
- A file, image, or link column's value — anything uploaded through a form or the data tab already stores its URL.
- A YouTube watch, share,
youtu.be, or Shorts link, including a?t=start time. - A Vimeo share or player link, unlisted ones included.
- Any other
https://address that points straight at a video file.
Playback settings apply to uploaded files. YouTube and Vimeo run their own player, so its controls, not these switches, decide what the viewer sees.
Addresses must be
https://. Publishing checks the formula itself, but the address it produces is only known per record — a link that isn't playable shows a short note on the page instead of the video.Like every block, this one also has the shared block settings: a title and optional description, a header you can show or hide, auto-height, conditional visibility, and role-based visibility.