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Anonymous
October 24, 2013
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Embed video in email

  • October 24, 2013
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Is it possible to embed a video in an email?
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What you can do is take a screenshot of the video in the player so that it looks like its embeeded. Then just link that image to the actual hosted video so that when the user clicks the image in the email to play, it opens a new window and autoplays the video.

Its pretty effective, especially if your video screenshot has a big play icon overlayed on top. Most users wouldnt notice the difference :D

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Anonymous
October 24, 2013
Only Apple Mail fully supports embedded video. The formats are Flash, QuickTime and Windows Media.

It was a commodity years ago. Most systems dropped on security grounds.

Animated GIF are still supported. However that is not recomended. Most anti-spam filters will set high scores, in most cases exceeding the threshold to deliver to the Inbox. They will either go straight to Junk, quarantine or even bounce.

It is far safer to add a link to the video or embed it in a landing page.

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Anonymous
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October 24, 2013
What you can do is take a screenshot of the video in the player so that it looks like its embeeded. Then just link that image to the actual hosted video so that when the user clicks the image in the email to play, it opens a new window and autoplays the video.

Its pretty effective, especially if your video screenshot has a big play icon overlayed on top. Most users wouldnt notice the difference :D
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    Anonymous
    October 24, 2013
    Chris, that is a great solution. Clicking the "Like" button :)
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    Anonymous
    October 24, 2013
    Excellent idea! Thank you both for your help!
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