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WindowWaresInc.
Campaign Contributor

Does anyone know if there is a way to get a video to play directly within an email sent via Constant Contact vs. redirecting to a different page to view it?

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William_A
Administrator
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Hello @WindowWaresInc. ,

 

At this time videos aren't embeddable in emails, and can only be inserted as redirectable links, either through the video block, or through a standard text, image, or button link.

 

Text links

Image links

Button links


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William A
Community & Social Media Support

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William_A
Administrator
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Hello @WindowWaresInc. ,

 

At this time videos aren't embeddable in emails, and can only be inserted as redirectable links, either through the video block, or through a standard text, image, or button link.

 

Text links

Image links

Button links


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William A
Community & Social Media Support
WindowWaresInc.
Campaign Contributor
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Thanks for the reply William, when you say "at this time" does that mean in the future this feature might become available?

 

William_A
Administrator

It's something that the devs have been looking into, but there's no hard ETA on the delivery of it.


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William A
Community & Social Media Support
MaryL536
Rookie
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Has there been any update on this? My video still redirects to Vimeo I stead of playing within the email. Looking to change that. 

William_A
Administrator
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Hello @MaryL536 ,

 

It is on the devs' radar but at this time there's currently no plans for development. With all the various video hosts, combined with varying email program/app and network security measures, there is currently no way to make consistent video playing in-email available. 


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William A
Community & Social Media Support
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