# YouTube Video Overlords (...and alternative video players) **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [June 6, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/youtube-video-overlords-and-alternative-video-players/33276 "2020-06-06T13:57:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![messyj232](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/messyj232/32/28368_2.png) [@messyj232](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/messyj232)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/youtube-video-overlords-and-alternative-video-players/33276/1 "2020-06-06T13:57:47Z")
I was wondering what everyone’s thoughts were of embedding videos on their sites? I have Instagram videos embedded on my site, but they don’t play on some desktops. I don’t love the idea of uploading YouTube videos (because of all the ads which can be distracting), but is that what we are stuck with? Does anyone have experience with any video players on their site (where the video is uploaded to the site and not embedded)? Thanks so much! Hope all are being safe and healthy!! ---
**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/youtube-video-overlords-and-alternative-video-players/33276/2 "2020-06-06T14:05:03Z")
Vimeo works well without the ads. Self hosting videos is probably going to strain your sites bandwidth, especially if you’re using a shared hosting plan. ---
**Author:** ![messyj232](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/messyj232/32/28368_2.png) [@messyj232](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/messyj232)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/youtube-video-overlords-and-alternative-video-players/33276/3 "2020-06-06T14:16:07Z")
Doug, Yeah, that was my thought as well. Thanks for your input!! ---
**Author:** ![anugyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@anugyan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anugyan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/youtube-video-overlords-and-alternative-video-players/33276/4 "2020-06-06T14:22:59Z")
I always format and upload to my server. Here [https://silence-of-touch.com/en/womens-work.php](https://silence-of-touch.com/en/womens-work.php) near the bottom, 3 photos link to vids. Here: [https://silence-of-touch.com/en/testimonials.php](https://silence-of-touch.com/en/testimonials.php) as a banner bgd. Works well. ---
**Author:** ![messyj232](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/messyj232/32/28368_2.png) [@messyj232](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/messyj232)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/youtube-video-overlords-and-alternative-video-players/33276/5 "2020-06-06T14:47:05Z")
You have a great website! What video player are you using? Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![anugyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@anugyan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anugyan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/youtube-video-overlords-and-alternative-video-players/33276/6 "2020-06-06T15:04:49Z")
LimeLight by [BWD](https://demo.bigwhiteduck.com/limelight/) ---
**Author:** ![willwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bc8723/32.png) [@willwood](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/willwood)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/youtube-video-overlords-and-alternative-video-players/33276/7 "2020-06-06T15:22:42Z")
Have you tried this for your YouTube videos? [https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6332943?hl=en](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6332943?hl=en) Additionally if you run an ad-blocker on your desktop web browser, you should see fewer adverts. I never see adverts on YouTube when using Firefox + uBlock Origin. Certainly if you want complete control over your video content, hosting it yourself and using a good quality video player stack remains the best option. Big video files can be hosted on Amazon S3 or similar cloud services very cheaply. ---
**Author:** ![messyj232](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/messyj232/32/28368_2.png) [@messyj232](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/messyj232)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/youtube-video-overlords-and-alternative-video-players/33276/8 "2020-06-06T15:33:49Z")
Thank you again!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![messyj232](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/messyj232/32/28368_2.png) [@messyj232](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/messyj232)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/youtube-video-overlords-and-alternative-video-players/33276/9 "2020-06-06T15:35:05Z")
Thank you! I did not know that you could turn off ads in Youtube?! ---
**Author:** ![D03ree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/47e85d/32.png) [@D03ree](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/D03ree)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/youtube-video-overlords-and-alternative-video-players/33276/10 "2020-06-07T02:34:53Z")
What did you use for the banner bid vid? I just purchased playvid from MichaelDavidDesign and I can’t find any support. ---
**Author:** ![anugyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@anugyan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anugyan)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/youtube-video-overlords-and-alternative-video-players/33276/11 "2020-06-07T05:25:32Z")
Hi @D03ree I used [BWD Sections Pro](https://www.bigwhiteduck.com/stacks/sectionspro/) stack which allows for a video background. ---
**Author:** ![alangore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@alangore](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/alangore)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/youtube-video-overlords-and-alternative-video-players/33276/12 "2020-06-09T19:40:34Z")
I have video on my church site. i link to my own account on YouTube, and it works fine. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/youtube-video-overlords-and-alternative-video-players/33276/13 "2020-07-10T05:40:40Z")
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