# Using non Youtube or Vimeo links to create a remote file for Video Player

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**Created:** [February 12, 2026, 4:52am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/using-non-youtube-or-vimeo-links-to-create-a-remote-file-for-video-player/54290 "2026-02-12T04:52:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![IdahoSAM](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/idahosam/32/15242_2.png) [@IdahoSAM](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/IdahoSAM)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 4:52am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/using-non-youtube-or-vimeo-links-to-create-a-remote-file-for-video-player/54290/1 "2026-02-12T04:52:17Z")

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I don’t have any problems creating YouTube links as remote resources and pull over into the Video Player. Is there a way to create a remote resource using Google Drive or OneDrive, etc? I have not been able to get this to work and maybe it is not supported.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/using-non-youtube-or-vimeo-links-to-create-a-remote-file-for-video-player/54290/2 "2026-02-12T10:02:29Z")

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As far as I know, those services do not provide a direct, publicly accessible video file URL by default…

For self-hosted video, the best approach is to upload the `.mp4` to proper web hosting and use the direct file URL.