I’m having trouble implementing dynamic Vimeo media in my Webflow CMS. Here’s my situation:
My projects are stored in a CMS collection.
Each project needs its own unique Vimeo file.
I want the media to autoplay and loop.
I’ve tried using GIFs, but the file size is too large.
I tried using embed code, but it doesn’t dynamically pull the correct Vimeo file for each project—it just shows the same file for all projects.
If I upload the Vimeo file link into the project CMS, how can I dynamically generate the correct src so that the right media is embedded and displayed for each project?
I’d really appreciate any guidance on how to achieve this—ideally using native Webflow functionality or a practical workaround.
You’d place an Embed element on the page, drop in your vid source code, and then use the +Add field tool in the top right of the Embed editor to add your Vimeo URL where it goes.
Generally in the direct Vimeo approach I see people use Vimeo Pro, to get the direct data URLs, then construct a <vid eo> element using that.
Thx !! I have a question, can this vid and this section be applied to all CMS projects at the same time? It seems I need to embed the vid dynamically. Cuz I have different videos to upload for each project. Can you also be more detailed, such as what the entire process and complete code look like? I’m still a newbie.
Take advantage of the Webflow University vids, especially around CMS topics.
How you build this depends entirely on how you decide to integrate your vid but if you used the VImeo Pro approach with the direct vid URLs, you’d create a field, store that URL in the CMS and then use +Add field to data-bind it into your custom Embed code.
That way you can have a different vid for each collection item / page.
