Some apps don't want an iframe: they want a link they can turn into an embed automatically. That's what oEmbed is for. It's the same standard YouTube and Vimeo use, and Vidreno speaks it.
Where this works
Anywhere that supports oEmbed, including:
- Notion
- WordPress (block editor)
- Ghost
- Discourse
- Many static site generators
In each one, paste the Vidreno video URL on a line by itself and the editor will turn it into an embedded player. No iframe code needed.
How it works under the hood
Every Vidreno video page advertises an oEmbed endpoint. When an editor sees the URL, it asks our endpoint for the metadata, and we return:
- Title
- Author name (Vidreno)
- Provider name and provider URL
- Thumbnail URL, width and height
- The HTML iframe to embed
The full standard is documented at oembed.com.
If your destination supports oEmbed but doesn't recognise the link, try pasting just the URL on its own line with nothing else around it. Most editors only auto detect that way.
When oEmbed isn't an option
If your platform doesn't support oEmbed, fall back to the iframe embed code from the embed dialog. See Embedding a video on your website.