Add Wix video channel to dynamic page?

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Hi dudes, is it possible to add a wix video channel to a dynamic page using Velo? It seems Wix can not use its own resources to populate its own dynamic pages.

Ill require many pages so im using dynamic ones but the videos there come from Wix video or Wix video channels. It works if the content comes from Youtube or somewhere else but does not work if i use Wix.

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same issue here

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I am also interested in this.

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same issue here too

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This is quite a crucial functionality for businesses selling video content

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Yeah unfortunately there is nothing to dynamically control the wix video player yet which is the one able to take channels.
What you can do instead is
1, have a unique player for all channels and decide which to show depending on the dynamic page(will cost considerable load time addition as they are all technically there loading)
2. Use a database with links to uploaded videos and use that to determine what video to show in a single video player.

Otherwise im pretty sure its going to come that you can control channels etc in the video player. but no clue when it would arrive.

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can anyone see if this is on the roadmap? this is a crucial feature for selling videos at scale…

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also wondering… Any news here?

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I’m not able to connect it to a database, is there another way?

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Any new discoveries?

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@rodrigofajardo1 @headmonkey
Hey so ive been looking at this thread and confused why none of us actually suggest the method we normally use.

  1. Upload the video to the wix media manager

  2. add a field in collection for video url

  3. paste the URL from the media manager in the collection

  4. connect the video player to the url field

There is a whole trick with multiple videos by using gallaries instead or velo code to switch the URLS using velo etc. I know its silly that you cant just connect directly but the effect described above is possible.

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Any updates on whether or not this will become a feature in the future? Having to make individual webpages for each video is very time-consuming. Otherwise, we would have to lose an income stream and switch to embedding videos.

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Any updates?

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As far as I know, it’s still not possible to add a Wix video channel to a dynamic page. Did anyone find a workaround?

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You have to create a database with the videos, you use a reference field or some other indicator that helps you organize your videos.

You create a dynamic page with a repeater. Inside the repeater you add a single video player. You use the native filter options on the dataset connector connected to the repeater to filter and display only videos that match that dynamic page item (via the reference field).

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Thanks for the reply. I see what you mean.
Your idea would work but as another user mentioned, it will cost considerable load time addition as they are all technically loading, right?
If you’re handling 100+ videos I’m not sure how this would affect the times overall.

The other drawback I see with this alternative is that you lose the access control offered through connecting the channels and pricing plans. Is there any solution to this?

I’m not sure if even coding could solve this limitation, so any help is appreciated.

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You don’t need to load all of the videos in the repeater at the same time.

You set a limit within the dataset settings and connect a button configured to the Load More setting on the dataset.

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You use the Pricing Plans app and mark that page for paid members only via the dynamic page settings.

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