This article is for WebinarJam and EverWebinar.

YouTube Notice: YouTube is currently unavailable as a source for video injections in live webinars. This is due to a recent YouTube restriction on embedded content.

Our team is actively exploring solutions to restore this feature. In the meantime, please use one of the alternative hosting options listed below for video injections.

External video files can be used by your webinar in two ways:

  • EverWebinar automated video source (Required)
  • WebinarJam live video injections (Optional)

Take Note

  • Supported video file formats are MP4 and MOV
  • Video must be hosted on a cloud-based server
  • Ideal video resolution for a webinar is 720p at 30 frames per second to balance good streaming quality and fast loading

Related resource: Optimize video for streaming


Video Hosting

Host your video on a compatible streaming service:

  • YouTube (Currently available for use as EverWebinar source video only)
  • Vimeo direct MP4 links (third-party playback is available on select paid plans)
  • Amazon S3 or a similar file-hosting solution
    • Similar solutions must offer a direct MP4 playback URL for the hosted video.

Hosting video with YouTube

YouTube Notice: YouTube is currently unavailable as a source for video injections in live webinars. This is due to a recent YouTube restriction on embedded content. Our team is actively exploring solutions to restore this feature for WebinarJam. In the meantime, please use one of the alternative hosting options listed in this article for video injections in the live room.

YouTube is a free video hosting option that is compatible with EverWebinar.

Important: YouTube's legal terms and conditions do not allow the removal of the YouTube logo or video player controls. This means that it is not possible to restrict the playback controls in an EverWebinar event and videos hosted on YouTube will always show their logo in the lower right corner of the playback window.

To use a YouTube-hosted file for your webinar:

  1. Visit the dedicated page for your video on the YouTube website
  2. Copy the YouTube page URL and paste it into the webinar configuration
    • Note: The "share" link for the YouTube video will not work. You must use the full page URL.

YouTube-hosted EverWebinar source file


Hosting video with Vimeo

Vimeo third-party video playback is available on select paid Vimeo plans.

Direct links to a Vimeo-hosted video allow MP4 playback with logo removal and the ability for EverWebinar to override the native playback controls.

Access Vimeo links:

From the video links pop-up:

  1. Select "Play the video" from the dropdown menu

  2. Choose one of the MP4 options and click "Copy link" (the HLS and DASH formats are not compatible with WebinarJam)

  3. Paste the link into the WebinarJam video injection field or as an EverWebinar source video and Save.

    Select the Vimeo file quality you want to use

Note: When selecting a video link from the menu shown above, choose your preferred playback quality.

Use as a WebinarJam video injection at the Live step of the webinar configuration:

WebinarJam video injection module

Use as an EverWebinar external source file:

EverWebinar external source file configuration


Hosting video with Amazon S3

To use a video hosted on Amazon S3 with WebinarJam or EverWebinar:

  • Set video file permissions to "public"
  • Copy the video's MP4 file path to paste into the WebinarJam or EverWebinar configuration

Upload the video file to Amazon S3 and use Actions > Make public to change the permissions:

Make Public Choice on Amazon S3

Get the Object URL for the MP4 file:

Find the Object URL for the mp4 link

Amazon S3 Notes

Some visitors may experience buffering with Amazon S3 video streaming. To improve streaming performance, host your video on Amazon S3 and stream it via Amazon's CloudFront.

  1. Convert the S3 video file URL into a CloudFront URL to use it in your webinar configuration.
  2. Paste CloudFront URL into your WebinarJam or EverWebinar configuration to use it as a source file.