# Video in anki cards

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/video-in-anki-cards/69745>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [May 15, 2026, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/video-in-anki-cards/69745 "2026-05-15T07:17:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![muthukumaran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@muthukumaran](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/muthukumaran)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/video-in-anki-cards/69745/1 "2026-05-15T07:17:27Z")

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how to add short 1 min video clips to Anki cards, Not GIF??

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**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/video-in-anki-cards/69745/3 "2026-05-15T14:07:19Z")

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You can attach that to your note by the paperclip, copy-paste, or drag-drop – [Media - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/media.html) .

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**Author:** ![muthukumaran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@muthukumaran](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/muthukumaran)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/video-in-anki-cards/69745/4 "2026-05-16T06:15:27Z")

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Yes.. but it keeps auto playing. I want to add a thumbnail & then click that for playing. not autoplay whenever that card comes.. is it possible. I tried inline media its showing error.

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**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/video-in-anki-cards/69745/5 "2026-05-16T08:24:38Z")

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Have you tried disabling autoplay – [Deck Options - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/deck-options.html#audio) ? It should apply to other “playable” media too.

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**Author:** ![eroscard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/eroscard/32/22632_2.png) [@eroscard](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/eroscard)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/video-in-anki-cards/69745/6 "2026-05-16T13:18:48Z")

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The video needs to be in webm format to work embedded; convert it to that format and then add it to Anki.

See an example of how the card code should look in the Editor.

`<video id="b4fb41fd-c74d-414d-8116-7e23d1e153dd" class="video-js anki-video" controls="true" preload="auto" style="max-width: 500px; max-height: 400px;"> <source src="0002-para_eu_dizer_que_te_amo,.webm" type="video/webm"> </video>`

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/7/0/70672b8aaaa748a9a2fe88f9073a94868cb473c2.png)

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**Author:** ![Eltaurus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/eltaurus/32/10287_2.png) [@Eltaurus](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Eltaurus)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/video-in-anki-cards/69745/7 "2026-05-16T13:49:47Z")

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Also, don’t forget to name a file starting with `_` (or reference it somewhere else in the card’s fields with the standard `[sound:...]` tag) to prevent it from being deleted by Anki’s media cleanup.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/video-in-anki-cards/69745/8 "2026-06-15T13:50:09Z")

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