In addition to adjusting your video’s embed settings on-site, you can add functionality to the Vimeo player by adding various URL parameters to the end of the player URL in your embed code.
URL parameters begin with a question mark (?).
For example:
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/76979871?embedparameter=value" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
URL parameters only apply to the specific embed code where the parameter is added.
Supported Player Parameters
Please refer to the table below for a summary of the supported player parameters.
|
Parameter |
Supported Values |
Default Value |
Description |
Supported Videos |
|
audiotrack |
a lowercase language code, or "main" if you want the video to default to the main audio track
|
false |
Displays a given audio track by default in the player (pending the audio track is available) |
All videos where multiple audio tracks have been uploaded |
|
autopause |
true, false OR 1,0 |
true |
The Vimeo player is designed to play only one Vimeo video at a time. Therefore, you will need to add this parameter to each video if you want to have more than one Vimeo video playing on the same page. ⚠️ Warnings: - Autopause functionality is not supported in Internet Explorer. - In order for autopause to function, you must have cookies enabled in your browser. |
All videos |
|
autoplay |
true, false OR 1,0 |
false |
Automatically start playback of the video. ⚠️ Warning: Autoplay may be blocked in some environments, such as IOS, Chrome 66+, and Safari 11+. In these cases, we’ll revert to standard playback, requiring viewers to initiate playback. |
All videos |
|
background |
true, false OR 1,0 |
false |
Adding this parameter will have the following effect:
If you prefer that your video does not loop or autoplay, check out the controls=0 parameter below. Note that setting this parameter will not disable keyboard controls. |
Video must be hosted by a Starter, Standard, Advanced, Plus, Pro, Business, Premium, or Enterprise account. |
|
byline |
true, false OR 1,0 |
Value specified |
Show the author of the video (byline). |
All videos (but only if the video owner allows) |
|
color |
[hex code] |
Vimeo blue- |
Specify the color of the video controls. |
Video must be hosted by a Starter, Standard, Advanced, Plus, Pro, Business, Premium, or Enterprise account. |
|
colors
|
1-4 [hex codes] - comma separated. (Example: colors=000000,00adef,
ffffff,000000) |
Color 1- Primary: #000000 |
Specify the colors of the player.
Colors may be overridden by the embedded settings of the video. |
Video must be hosted by a Starter, Standard, Advanced, Plus, Pro, Business, Premium, or Enterprise account. |
|
controls |
true, false OR 1,0 |
true |
This parameter will hide all elements in the player (playbar, sharing buttons, etc.) for a chromeless experience.
⚠️ Warnings: When using this parameter, the play/pause button will be hidden. To start playback for your viewers, you'll need to either enable autoplay, use keyboard controls, or implement our player SDK to start and control playback. Note that setting this parameter will not disable keyboard controls. |
Video must be hosted by a Starter, Standard, Advanced, Plus, Pro, Business, Premium, or Enterprise account. |
|
dnt |
true, false OR 1,0 |
false |
Setting this parameter to "true" will block the player from tracking session data and analytics. (Will have the same effect as enabling a Do Not Track setting in your browser.) ⚠️ Warning: When DNT is enabled, certain essential cookies will remain set. You may find a list of such cookies here. |
All videos |
|
initial_quality |
240p, 360p, 540p, 720p, 1080p, 2k, 4k |
auto |
The video quality is used during the first few seconds of playback, before adaptive bitrate streaming takes over. Setting a lower quality (e.g., 360p) can help videos start faster, while a higher quality (e.g., 1080p or 4K) ensures high resolution from the start. Acceptable values include any quality option available in the player's menu, such as 360p, 720p, 1080p, 2K, and 4K. |
Video must be hosted by a Starter, Standard, Advanced, Plus, Pro, Business, Premium, or Enterprise account. |
|
keyboard |
true, false |
true |
Allows for keyboard input to trigger player events. If false, the player will ignore keyboard input. Tabbing will still be supported in either mode. |
All videos |
|
loop |
true, false OR 1,0 |
false |
Play the video again when it reaches the end, infinitely. Note: The loop option can also be selected as a video’s end screen within the embed settings page. Read more at About end screens. |
All videos |
|
max_quality |
240p, 360p, 540p, 720p, 1080p, 2k, 4k |
auto |
The highest possible quality that the player automatically switches to during video playback. The player determines the best quality to play at without exceeding this maximum value. Setting this parameter can help to reduce bandwidth usage. This field can take any value from the quality menu in the player for the video. Common values are 360p, 720p, 1080p, 2K, and 4K |
Video must be hosted by a Starter, Standard, Advanced, Plus, Pro, Business, Premium, or Enterprise account. |
|
min_quality |
240p, 360p, 540p, 720p, 1080p, 2k, 4k |
auto |
The lowest possible quality that the player automatically switches to during video playback. The player determines the best quality to play at without dropping below this minimum value. Setting this parameter ensures that the viewer receives high-resolution video while still accounting for bandwidth. This field can take any value from the quality menu in the player for the video. Common values are 360p, 720p, 1080p, 2k, or 4K |
Video must be hosted by a Starter, Standard, Advanced, Plus, Pro, Business, Premium, or Enterprise account. |
|
muted |
true, false OR 1,0 |
false |
Set the video to mute on load. Viewers can still adjust the volume preferences in the player. Can be used to unmute background videos or work around autoplay limitations in certain browsers, such as Chrome and Safari. |
All videos |
|
pip
|
true, false OR 1,0 |
false |
Show the picture-in-picture button in the control bar and enable the picture-in-picture API. |
All videos |
|
playsinline |
true, false OR 1,0 |
true |
Play video inline on mobile devices instead of automatically going into full-screen mode. Inline playback is enabled by default for all videos. |
All videos |
|
portrait |
true, false OR 1,0 |
Value specified |
Show the author’s profile image (portrait) |
All videos (but only if the video owner allows) |
|
quality |
240p, 360p, 540p, 720p, 1080p, 2k, 4k |
auto |
By default, the Vimeo player is set to "Auto" mode, which means it selects the highest video quality possible, taking into account the viewer's bandwidth and other factors in the playback environment. The quality parameter allows you to specify the default playback quality for your embedded video. If you select a quality that doesn’t exist for your particular video, the quality parameter will be ignored, and the embed will default to Auto. ⚠️ Warnings: - Please use caution when implementing this parameter. Defaulting to a higher quality (like 4K) may result in excessive buffering and choppy playback for your viewers. This parameter is only supported for uploaded videos and archived events that are embedded. It is not supported for live events. |
Video must be hosted by a Starter, Standard, Advanced, Plus, Pro, Business, Premium, or Enterprise account. |
|
skipping_forward |
true, false OR 1,0 | true |
Whether users can skip forward in the embeddable player |
Video must be hosted by a Starter, Standard, Advanced, Plus, Pro, Business, Premium, or Enterprise account. |
|
speed |
true, false OR 1,0 |
false |
Display speed controls in the player's preference menu and enable the playback rate API. (read about our player API at Vimeo Developer: API ) |
Video must be hosted by a Starter, Standard, Advanced, Plus, Pro, Business, Premium, or Enterprise account. |
|
#t |
Time represented in minutes and/or seconds (for example, #t=1m2s) |
Start of video |
Used to automatically begin playback at a specific point in time. Learn how at 'Start playback at a specific timecode'. Note: This parameter does not require a prefixed question mark as all others do. |
All videos |
|
texttrack |
a lowercase language code and optionally the locale and type of text track. (Examples: "en", "en-US", "en.captions", "en.subtitles") |
false |
Displays a given cc/subtitle track by default in the player (pending the cc/subtitle track is available).
If you enter a language preference that hasn't yet been uploaded for your particular video, the text track parameter will be ignored, and your embedded video may load with closed captions (CC) or subtitles disabled by default. |
All videos with captions or subtitles are available (note: captions and subtitles must be uploaded by the video owner. Read more at Captions and subtitles) |
|
thumbnail_id |
The ID of the thumbnail to load from the video’s available thumbnail set. |
None |
Displays the ID of the thumbnail to load from the video's available thumbnail set. |
Video must be hosted by a Starter, Standard, Advanced, Plus, Pro, Business, Premium, or Enterprise account. |
|
title |
true, false OR 1,0 |
Value specified in the video’s |
Show the video’s title. |
All videos (but only if the video owner allows) |
|
transparent |
true, false OR 1,0 |
true |
By default, the background of the player iframe on Vimeo is transparent. When disabled, the iframe background will become black. Black bars will be applied to the player when the height and width dimensions for the embedded player do not match the original aspect ratio of a video-- e.g the iframe dimensions are set to 4:3 square, but the original video is 16:9 wide. |
All videos |
|
transcript |
true, false OR 1,0
|
true |
Show the transcript button in the control bar and enable transcript controls. |
All videos with text tracks. |