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Find the UUID for your player

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Brendan O'Driscoll
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A player UUID is a unique identifier that allows you to reference a Vidyard player in other applications, generate an embed code or obtain the thumbnail for a player.

You can find the UUID:

  • In the settings for a player in Vidyard
  • In the player embed code
  • In the player sharing page link

Obtain the UUID from player settings

  1. From the Vidyard dashboard, select Content > Players
  2. Hover over the player you want to reference, then click Settings
    Opening the setting option for a player in Vidyard
  3. Find the player UUID under the Identifiers headingLocating the UUID on the player settings page

Obtain the UUID from an embed code or sharing page link

You can also find the UUID for a player in its embed cod or at the end of the sharing page link.

In both examples, the UUID isU9TXHnmU2QDq9f5aKppsXx

UUID in an embed code

The UUID is the value for data-uuid.

  <script type="text/javascript" async src="https://play.vidyard.com/embed/v4.js"></script>
  <img
  style="width: 100%; margin: auto; display: block;"
  class="vidyard-player-embed"
  src="https://play.vidyard.com/U9TXHnmU2QDq9f5aKppsXx.jpg"
  data-uuid="U9TXHnmU2QDq9f5aKppsXx"
  data-v="4"
  data-type="inline"
  />

UUID in a sharing page link

The UUID follows is located at the end of the URL.

https://embed.vidyard.com/share/U9TXHnmU2QDq9f5aKppsXx?

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