As of Motion v5.0, nosotros use Shopify's new characteristic to add production media, including MP4 and YouTube videos, and 3D models. Follow their guide on adding media directly to in your Shopify admin.

This page contains information for older versions of Movement. If you're on a version lower than 5.0 you can add videos to your products with the steps beneath arroyo beneath, otherwise view the links above.

one. Upload your video

YouTube

After uploading your video to YouTube, you volition exist given a link to your video that can and so exist used on your Shopify store. It will await like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZNzMaQ4PYA or https://youtu.be/kZNzMaQ4PYA. Re-create this link to your clipboard.

Vimeo

After uploading your video to Vimeo, y'all will be given a link to your video that can then exist used on your Shopify store. Information technology volition look like https://vimeo.com/220859711. Re-create this link to your clipboard.

Note: Vimeo does not back up autoplaying on mobile.

.MP4

On your Shopify shop, navigate to Settings > Files, click the Upload file button, and brainstorm uploading your video file. Once complete, it will appear in the file listing with a URL (link) similar to https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/ane/1729/0003/files/v2_w_video.mp4?7151069111780353242. Copy this link to your clipboard.

ii. Add your video to a product

On your Shopify store, navigate to your product and click the ALT button on the thumbnail yous'd similar to use to correspond your video. Motion will add a play button on top of the thumbnail one time your video has been set up upward.

Paste your link into the Image alt text field that pops up.

3. Configure your video blazon and size

On your Shopify shop, navigate to Customize Theme, select the Theme settings tab, click on Product grid and scroll down to Product video.

Enter the dimensions of your video file into the Video width and Video height fields and then that Motion can testify your video without any distortion or empty infinite. On a Mac, get your video file dimensions past right clicking on the file, choosing Get info and looking at the offset line underMore info.

Adjacent, choose whether or non your product videos should be played with or without sound. Videos without sound are able to exist played automatically. Videos with sound will need to exist clicked to play and will likewise include player controls.

Note : Your width, height, and style settings will employ to all videos on your store.