Which embed code should I use: responsive, popout, basic, dynamic or oEmbed?

Short answer

Use Responsive for most pages. It replaced the older dynamic embed and fits any screen width. Use Popout when page speed matters most, and Basic iframe when your platform removes scripts. The current Share page has no separate oEmbed option.

How to do it

1. Open the video and select Share.
2. Under Embed, select Responsive, Popout or Basic iframe. The line under the choices says what the selected code does.
3. Select Copy embed code and paste the code into an HTML block on your page.

Compare the options

• Responsive: “Scales to its container and keeps interactions.” The player takes the full width of its container at a 16:9 shape, with a minimum height so it stays usable on phones. The iframe loads lazily.
• Popout: “A clickable thumbnail that opens the player in an overlay.” Only the thumbnail loads with the page. The player loads and starts when the viewer selects it, and stops when the viewer closes it.
• Basic iframe: “A fixed-size iframe for pages that block scripts.” It has no script, so a click action that opens a link in the same page may not be able to change your page.

What happened to the dynamic embed

Older versions of Mindstamp had a dynamic embed code that checked the device and picked a size. The Responsive code now does this job with standard CSS, so it adapts to every screen without a separate script. If you still use an old dynamic embed code on a page, it can keep working, but replace it with the Responsive code when you next edit the page.

oEmbed

Some site builders turn a pasted URL into a player through a standard called oEmbed. The current Share page does not have an oEmbed option, and most builders do not recognize Mindstamp links on their own. Paste the embed code into an HTML or custom code block instead. If your platform accepts only oEmbed URLs, contact support before you build.

Add SEO metadata

Any embed type can include SEO metadata. Turn on Include SEO metadata before you copy the code. It adds structured video data (title, description, thumbnail, duration and chapters) and a collapsed transcript, which helps search engines understand the video on your page.

Go further

• Sharing tutorial
• Developer docs