The media player block in Whirr allows you to embed video or audio within your projects. This can be particularly useful for adding multimedia to your flows, enhancing instructional content, showcasing promotional materials, and delivering interactive and engaging user experiences.
How to add a media player block
You can add a media player block in Whirr in the same way you summon other blocks in your project. To start, hit / to begin a quick command. Then, type media.
The media player block will appear in the quick command menu, simply select it.
How to customize the media player block
Customizing this block is easy. Simply hover over the block's ⠿ grab handle. Click to edit.
The media player block allows you to customize it with various options
Media URL, allows you to embed your content
Hide controls (when supported by the platform)
Let's talk more specifically about the media player block's Media URL option
How to add media into the media player block
First, find the media you'd like to embed. For this example, I'll be using a YouTube video. Simply paste the link to your media into the Media URL field, and the media will magically appear in your project.
What is supported by the media player block?
The media player block in Whirr supports playing a variety of URLs, including file paths, YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, SoundCloud, Streamable, Vimeo, Wistia and DailyMotion.
