YouTube marketing player · included in Starter

A branded YouTube video player with timed CTAs, lead capture, and analytics.

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Paste a YouTube URL, choose one of four player themes, configure the controls, and schedule image, text, CTA, or opt-in layers. Publish a share link or embed, then review views, plays, completions, watch time, and exported leads. You control timing, gating, quality choices, and publishing.

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Available now · public share link or website embed · playback quality depends on the source video

Inside VideoPlayer.gg

See VideoPlayer.gg in action.

Real screens from the player builder: brand the player with a live preview, keep every video in one library, and set your default colors and watermark once.

Edit Video panel with a live YouTube-themed red player preview showing a Click for Sound badge beside Player Settings, with Theme and Colors open to the Default, YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia, and Custom presets

VideoPlayer.gg All Videos page showing 20 videos as a grid of custom thumbnail cards, each with a green Published badge, category tag, and view and unique-viewer counts

Default player settings

Product facts

The product facts before you begin.

Status: Available now
Membership: Starter plan
Start with: Add the YouTube source
Review: Design the player and timeline
What moves forward: Publish, capture, and learn

Available exports, publishing destinations, and configured connections depend on the workflow. This page states verified capabilities without promising automatic integration with every platform.

4player theme presets

4Kmaximum when source supports it

0.25–2×viewer speed range

3timed overlay types

01 · Design the viewing experience

Make it look like your page—not the platform it came from.

Use a YouTube URL as the source while controlling the interface around it. Work in Editor View beside a live preview, then switch to Audience View to inspect exactly what the viewer will see.

See how it works

Add New Video panel with a pasted YouTube link verified by a green check, the title and description filled in, category Webinars and subcategory Replays, Published on, beside a live Editor View preview of the video thumbnail with a Click for Sound badge, play button, and branded indigo control bar

LOOK

Theme, color, thumbnail, and watermark.

Start from Default, YouTube, Vimeo, or Wistia-inspired player presets, then shape primary and secondary color, imagery, and corner watermark.

BRANDED EXPERIENCE

LAYOUT

Responsive or fixed

Use responsive sizing or select 1920, 1280, 854, 640, or a custom width.

FIT THE PAGE

START

Autoplay + sound

Configure muted autoplay, looping, start state, and what happens when the viewer chooses sound.

BROWSER-AWARE

CONTROLS

Speed + quality

Offer speed control, quality selection, and always-on, hover, or hidden controls.

VIEWER CHOICE

FINISH

End action

Pause on the last frame, loop the content, or redirect the viewer to the next destination.

NOTHING · LOOP · REDIRECT

DEFAULTS

Set it once

Save preferred theme, color, playback, and quality-selector settings for the next video.

REPEATABLE PLAYERS

02 · Place the message where the message makes sense

Let the video earn the call to action.

Schedule a linked image banner, lower-third message, or button CTA around the exact moment the viewer understands why the next step matters. The layers are part of the embedded player—not notes a page designer must recreate around it.

Timed image bannerTimed textTimed CTAClick-for-sound promptAnimated play buttonRedirect at end

See how it works

Overlays and Prompts settings with Show Click for Sound on and six badge designs (Speaker Icon, Muted Speaker, Click for Sound, Tap to Play, Click to Play, Unmute), Tada animation, beside a purple-themed player preview

03 · Lead capture inside the viewing moment

Ask after the viewer has a reason to answer.

Place a first name, last name, and email form at a selected timestamp. Let the viewer skip it or gate the remaining playback until submission. Search and filter captured leads by video, then export the relevant list as CSV for the email system you already use.

See how it works

Leads page showing 1,284 total leads from 7 videos, and a Lead List table of email, first name, last name, source video, and capture date, with search, video filter, sort, and Export CSV controls

04 · Separate loading from watching

A view is not a play. A play is not a completion.

VideoPlayer keeps those signals distinct so a landing-page load does not masquerade as attention. Review aggregate library statistics and per-video behavior, then adjust the thumbnail, player, content, and CTA with the right question in mind.

See how it works

Analytics dashboard with stat tiles for 8,788 views, 3,203 unique viewers, 447 plays and a 5.1% play rate above a 30-day traffic-over-time area chart

VIEWSPage loadsHow often the public player experience was loaded.

PLAYSActual startsHow often a viewer initiated playback.

COMPLETIONSReached 100%How many started sessions reached the end of the video.

WATCH TIMETime spentTotal viewing time recorded for each published video.

05 · Publish where the campaign already lives

Share the player or embed the complete experience.

Publish a video to create its public viewing link, or copy the supplied embed code into a page. Timed messages, opt-ins, playback behavior, and the other configured layers travel with the player. Categories and subcategories keep the internal library manageable as the catalog grows.

Public URLEmbed codePublished controlCategoriesSubcategoriesSearch

See how it works

Share and Embed tab with the Publish Video toggle on, a public videoplayer.gg watch URL, an iframe embed code box, and the original YouTube URL, each with copy and open buttons

Add the YouTube URL.

Name it, organize it, and choose whether the result is published or still private.

Design + preview.

Build in Editor View and confirm the exact viewer-facing result in Audience View.

Share + learn.

Use the link or embed, export captured leads, and review the viewing signals.

06 · Quality without a brittle player

Use the best source available. Fall back when it is not.

VideoPlayer automatically selects the best available YouTube stream up to 4K/2160p, remembers a viewer’s selected quality in the browser, and can step down to another available quality if a source fails. The quality menu appears only when the source provides multiple choices.

AUTOBest available firstQuality depends on the streams available from the original YouTube source.

MANUALViewer quality selectorLet the audience choose another available resolution from the control bar.

RECOVERYRefresh + fallbackExpired stream sources can refresh; failed qualities can fall back to another available level.

Feature Atlas · VideoPlayer.gg

See every VideoPlayer.gg feature—and what each one gets you.

Browse every VideoPlayer.gg feature, see exactly where it lives in the app, and find the one that moves your business forward today.

Explore the VideoPlayer.gg atlas 51 features across 10 areas

The player is part of the offer

Make the video do the next job after “play.”

Turn existing YouTube content into a branded viewing path with the right prompt, action, and follow-up appearing at the moment it can matter.

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Recently added

Host anywhere. Play beautifully.

VideoPlayer.gg is no longer limited to YouTube links, and playback got smoother for every viewer.

New

Your own Mux account

Upload straight from your computer or import videos already in Mux. Uploads resume if your connection drops, and your overlays, calls to action, and opt-in forms still work. Mux's free tier covers about 100,000 viewing minutes a month.

New

Vertical video and Shorts

Choose Portrait 9:16 and vertical videos fill a matching frame with no empty side bars, in previews, shared pages, and embeds.

New

Smoother playback

Custom thumbnails load correctly, a play click is remembered while the video loads, dragging the progress bar previews the new spot, and changing quality keeps your place.

Straight answers

What to know before you open VideoPlayer.

What is VideoPlayer.gg?

VideoPlayer.gg is a customizable marketing player for YouTube content with branded themes, timed conversion layers, lead capture, embeds, playback controls, and viewing analytics.

What do I bring to VideoPlayer.gg?

Bring an eligible YouTube video, the brand treatment, and any timed banner, text, call to action, or opt-in experience you want to configure.

What does VideoPlayer.gg produce?

It produces a branded share or embed experience and reports views, plays, completions, watch time, and exportable captured leads.

What remains under my control?

You choose the video, theme, timing, playback rules, lead gate, call to action, and where the finished player is embedded.

What does VideoPlayer.gg not promise?

Playback quality depends on the source video, and the product does not promise engagement, lead, or conversion results.