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I checked here, and the videos don't load slow, but played immediately. That would have been expected though, since I am on a fast connection, and Vimeo should normally provide fast loading regardless of location. I would mention however, you are loading original full size Vimeo videos into small areas on the screen, so it could be slow on not-so-fast internet connections ... You wouldn't technically need full-res videos to load into smaller areas on the screen. For me, it worked without any problems.Faust wrote: My bad. Here's the link.
https://iskymedia.io
Yes you could do that. The benefit would be that it doesn't need to load external Vimeo javascript libraries just for a small embed, and also you would be able to optimize/resize/compress each video to suit that page. The disadvantage is that you then need to spend time creating mp4 videos specifically for those embedded previews, and your own host might not even serve the videos as fast as Vimeo.Faust wrote: I was thinking maybe it's possible to achieve similar results, but self hosted.
<video src="/path/to/video.mp4" autoplay playsinline loop>Those Vimeo videos look and load fine here, and probably for most others, I would definitely keep.Faust wrote:Thanks, so you'd say to leave it how it is? Or should I change the resolution for those videos for quicker loading?
Unfortunately no. You should "hide" it (click hide icon) if you are not going to use it. I'm not sure why, but for some reason it is being loaded into browser, which might explain why things were loading slow for you earlier on if it was loading images + local video + vimeo video all at the same time. You want to minimize the initial load.Faust wrote:Yes, you right, I wanted to use the video on the slideshow, but is not achievable sadly.