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Playing Vimeo Videos Full-Screen in Web View

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Follow the steps below to play Vimeo videos full-screen on your displays using web view.

  1. Go to Vimeo and find the video that you want to play on your displays.
  2. Open the video in Vimeo.

    Vimeo video

  3. Copy the video ID of the video you opened. The video ID is located at the end of the video's URL. It includes all characters after vimeo.com/. You will need the ID for the next step.

    Address bar highlighting Vimeo video ID

  4. Create a web view in Beam. In the URL field of the Web View settings window, enter the following URL and insert the Vimeo video ID from step 3 where it says [insert Vimeo Video ID]. Do not include the brackets.

    https://player.vimeo.com/video/[insert Vimeo Video ID]?h=4ed0dcedf3&autoplay=1&loop=1&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0

    It will look something like this:

    https://player.vimeo.com/video/509197370?h=4ed0dcedf3&autoplay=1&loop=1&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0

    Web View settings completed

  5. Manage your web view's settings.
  6. When you are done, select Publish.
  7. Publish the web view containing the Vimeo video to your displays. The video will begin playing on the selected displays.