Discord Embed Tool

how to

Pro tip: Quick Embeds

You can swiftly generate an embed by typing "https://x266.mov/e/VideoURL".

Video URL [Required]

Input your video URL here, must be a direct link to their file extension (hotlinks), which means no Google Drive/OneDrive links or similar. Although Discord CDN (cdn.discordapp.com) works.

Supported Container:

.mov

.mp4

.webm

Supported Video Codecs:

Web Compliant (AVC/VP8/VP9/Theora/AV1)

Non-Web Compliant (HEVC). Requires compatible browser for playback such as Thorium or Safari.

Supported Audio Codecs:

AAC

MP3

Opus (Needs to be in WebM for Safari)

Vorbis (Needs to be in WebM for Safari)

FLAC

EAC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus)

Thumbnail URL [Optional]

An image for the video thumbnail, make sure the image aspect ratio is the same as the video. If none is provided then it will default to a 1920x1080 black screen thumbnail.

Quick Usage: https:/x266.mov/e/https://ex.com/file.mp4?i=https://example.com/image.jpg

Supported Image Codecs:

JPG/JPEG

PNG

WebP (Preview will be compressed by Discord)

GIF (Will autoplay)

Width

Width for the video embed, when not specified will default to whatever the video resolution is.

You can set a custom width yourself by appending ?w=X, ex: https://x266.mov/e/https://example.com/file.mp4?i=https://othersite.com/image.jpg&w=1280

Height

Height for the video embed, when not specified will default to whatever the video resolution is. A gap will appear upon video playback if set height is larger than the video itself.

You can set a custom height yourself by appending ?h=X, ex: https://x266.mov/e/https://example.com/file.mp4?i=https://othersite.com/image.jpg&h=1280

And when combined: https://x266.mov/e/https://example.com/file.mp4?i=https://othersite.com/image.jpg&w=1280&h=720

Changelog

December 2023

16/12:

(+) Discord Embeds are now full videos

(+) CSS fixes

November 2023

3/11:

(+) Embeds now work on Twitter

(+) Overhauled embed system

(+) Quick embedding is now easier (https://x266.mov/e/VideoURL)

(+) Added default thumbnail feature

(+) Added automatic video width/height detection for gapless playback

(+) Added anti-idiot measures

(+) New changelog pop-up

(+) New & improved manual pop-up

(+) New Fancy animations

(+) Code and CSS cleanups

(+) Proper CSS screen size scaling

(=) Fixed a lot of bugs

(?) Added logging

(?) Adapted privacy policy

May 2023

28/05:

(++) Initial Release