Is there a way to stop uploading a mp4 video when you make changes to a website 
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I have been asked to add a MP4 video to a website but everytime I make a change to the site the video is uploaded as well. Does anyone have any suggestions to stop this happening.
I did try putting it on YoeTube and embedding from there which works fine on the desktop but it is not responsive so does not show properly on a phone.
I also notice that the posting of the URL section on the image below does not appear to work, does anyone else have that problem?
Cheers
Ross
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Hello.Here is an example video from YouTube https://test5.aleksius.com/test-page-1.phpIt seems to display normally on different devices.
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Thanks Aleksej.
I will have to keep trying to get it to work. Could the problem be that I changed the size of the video in the iframe code?
Cheers
Instead of specifying the video as a local file (that is why) then you could upload the video via the X5 FTP or via FileZilla - and then in the object specify the videa as a URL.
If it is specified as a URL it will not be uploaded when you upload the project.
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Thanks John.
Will have to do some research to see how to load it as a URL of its own. It has already been uploaded to the server via X5 FTP but that hasn't resulted in a seperate URL for it.
Kind regards
Ross
"I will have to keep trying to get it to work. Could the problem be that I changed the size of the video in the iframe code?" - I recommend trying to upload the video to YouTube and just paste the link.
"Will have to do some research to see how to load it as a URL of its own. It has already been uploaded to the server via X5 FTP but that hasn't resulted in a seperate URL for it." - The address has already been created. For example, if your domain is "domen.com", the video is "video.mp4" and it is uploaded to the root folder of the site, then the address will be: "https://domen.com/video.mp4" or like this if you are not using a secure protocol "http://domen.com/video.mp4".
@Ross You have to construct the URL yourself. Locate the mp4-file on your server. It maybe is in a object-subfolder.
Or maybe easier - upload it yourself and then construct the URL to the uploaded file. You can validate the URL by simply putting it into your browsers URL field. When you then see the video on your screen you know it is the correct URL.
And then it is this URL you use as URL in the video-object in X5.
Doing it as I describe above, will make use of the full URL.
You can of course also use a relative URL.
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Brilliant Aleksej & John, that works really well.
Your help has been fantastic, thank you both.
Just one thing though, when I go to the Video/Audio Object I can not paste a URL in the area you highlighted Aleksej, I had to type it in. It works now so that is not a major problem - here is the website link if you want to have a look - https://topofthelakeguiding.co.nz/ at it in action.
Thank you both so much for your help.
Kind regards
Ross
I'm glad your problem has been resolved.