Very simple,
the youtube element needs to have a connection to CMS, so simple.
Just build a CMS element that is a youtube only link, just like there are currently links in the cms… so this new youtube link in the cms settings will be able to connect to the youtube element.
So simple, I cant build it on my chrome extension AidKit for Webflow as its to integrated with the backend, but I hope you guys can please solve this, should be super simple.
CMS video fields are not YouTube-specific, so it’s not possible to bind them to a YouTube element. The YouTube player cannot deal with e.g. a Vimeo or Loom vid.
If you use the Video element instead, it binds fine.
I also don’t see the CMS bind option for Video or YouTube blocks.
Surely it has to be possible to bind the URL to a CMS field 
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The biggest points of confusion I see are when designers try to bind a youtube element to a video field ( doesn’t work ) or when they use a Link or Text field in the CMS instead of a Video field.
@Assulin I’m guessing a majority of Webflow users are doing exactly what you and I did: trying to bind a “Video Link” CMS field to a “YouTube Element”.
Naturally one would expect a YouTube X to work with a YouTube Y, but that’s not the case here.
In the Designer, I changed my Element to a “Video” instead of a “YouTube Video” and as a result my CMS field, containing YouTube URLs, properly populated my “Video” Element settings.
(Note my CMS field is custom-named “YouTube Video”)
@Webflow This needs improvement.
Hey @steamroller your not wrong, and while I did a use a simple work around as you did…
The main difference and reason for wanting to use the YouTube as a CMS is that you have the settings below as you see in the first image I put up… I could control the time the video starts to play and such… with just a regular video you don’t get that
Exactly! I want to use the “YouTube” video element in my CMS because I want the settings where I can say, mute and play automatically! You can only do that with YouTube element. Also, and most importantly, it allows you to check off you want the suggested videos at the end that show up to be from your youtube account only. Thats a big deal.
Where is this!?? Thank you!
The easiest way to do that is to drop an HTML embed on your page, configure it how you like regarding autoplay, muted, related videos, and use add field for your CMS-stored Youtube URL or ID.
