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Tutorial 02 3 min

Customising the video player

Adjust the player colour, toggle autoplay and loop, and control whether a download button appears without touching any code.

Where the player settings live

Open any video from the dashboard and locate the player panel on the right side of the screen. All visual and behaviour settings are here.

Colour

The Player colour field accepts any hex value. This controls the progress bar and control highlight colour. Use your brand colour to make the player feel native to your site rather than an obvious embed.

Autoplay and loop

Toggle Autoplay to start the video as soon as it enters the viewport. Most browsers require the video to be muted for autoplay to work. SimpleVideo handles this automatically.

Toggle Loop to replay the video continuously. This works well for short product demos or background videos.

Download button

The Allow download toggle shows or hides a download button in the player controls. Turn this off for any video where you do not want visitors saving a local copy.

Saving changes

Changes take effect immediately after you save. The embed snippet does not change. The player picks up the new settings on the next page load.