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Video host integration

Make your Wistia videos interactive

Mindstamp plays the Wistia stream in its own player when you paste a media page address or share link, with no API token. Wistia records no plays for these views, so each viewer’s answers and branch choices are in Mindstamp reports instead.

Mindstamp plays your Wistia video in its own player. Facts checked October 5, 2026.

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A Mindstamp example. A Wistia video gets the same player, questions, and reports.

Wistia video in Mindstamp

Paste a media or share link from Wistia

OptionWhere in WistiaWhat stays in WistiaWhat Mindstamp adds
Media, share, or embed linkThe media page address with /medias/ and an ID, a /s/ share link, or an embed URL on fast.wistia.net.Wistia keeps hosting the file and serving it. Wistia records no plays, engagement, or viewer data for these views.Questions with a score, and branching on each answer.
Short link, custom domain, or embed codeA wi.st short link, a video page on your own domain, or the HTML embed code.Everything.Nothing. Mindstamp likely shows “Not a video file”. Paste a wistia.com or fast.wistia.net link.
Upload the fileYour original video file, from your editor or your own storage.Wistia keeps the original. Mindstamp plays a separate copy.A transcript and Download source. A Wistia link gets neither, because it plays as HLS.

Set it up

Paste a Wistia link into Mindstamp

Wistia and Mindstamp

Wistia lists no quizzes or answer-based branching

Built into Wistia

Wistia interactivity

  • Calls to Action and Wistia Forms for email capture, on Business and higher plans.
  • Annotation links, chapters, and Discover More with up to 3 recommended videos.
  • Annotation links that jump to a time in the same video.
  • Per-viewer data for viewing and form submits, not for answers.

Added by Mindstamp

What Mindstamp adds

  • Questions with correct answers and a score.
  • Branching that sends each viewer to a different scene based on an answer.
  • Each answer under the viewer’s name, from the Lead Capture form.
  • Answers sent to HubSpot or an interaction webhook on Pro and higher, or to Zapier from Core.

Limits

Check these before you publish

Wistia stats show no plays
Wistia says file requests outside its player record no plays, engagement graphs, or viewer data, but still use your bandwidth. Read views and answers in Mindstamp reports.
Not a video file
The link is likely a wi.st short link, a custom domain, or embed code. Paste a link from wistia.com, a wistia.com subdomain, or fast.wistia.net.
Private media can fail
If the media details in Wistia are not public, Mindstamp likely gets no title or length, and playback can fail. Make the media public in Wistia, or upload the file.
No transcript from Wistia
Mindstamp plays Wistia video as HLS, which gets no transcript or Download source. Upload the original file when you need them.

Questions

Wistia interactive video FAQ

Sources

The documents behind this guide

Each link opens the page we used for the steps, versions, and limits above.

Documents checked October 5, 2026. Wistia can change its product. Before you publish, play the interactive video once in a private window.

Connect it

Make one Wistia video interactive

Start a trial, add a Wistia video, and place your first question on the timeline.