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# Video

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## General 

- [Overview](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/ed6e1fae-fe90-11ea-a8d5-3248f2465248): There are two different ways that you can use video on DPG websites - native video and video from external services. Native video Native video means that videos…

## Native Video

- [Optimising video](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/d228cfc4-2437-11e6-8711-16474ff850f4): Before uploading video you should always make sure that the file has been optimised. Optimising your video will save you money in storage and bandwidth costs, a…
- [Uploading video](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/b2f4ce1e-d16b-11e6-b0c3-6e61028599f7): DPG supports direct uploading of MP4 video into sets. Once uploaded videos can be managed in the same way as standard image files.
- [Adding a custom thumbnail](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/8f1bb82a-241b-11e6-8711-16474ff850f4): You can add a custom thumbnail to your video file by attaching an image to it in the DPG Admin. Most people choose to use a still from their video, but you can…

## Video From External Services

- [Activating](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/2640f252-ac19-11e2-8714-f23c91703874): Visit the settings screen and enable the Videos switch.
- [Creating a video set](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/2f23a6e2-d16a-11e6-b0c3-6e61028599f7): External videos are organised into sets. You can create as many sets as you need in the Video section.
- [Importing video](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/5c3352e0-d16a-11e6-b0c3-6e61028599f7): You can import video from both YouTube and Vimeo for use in your DPG sites.
- [Adding to website](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/4717f6ba-ac19-11e2-8714-f23c91703874): To display your videos from YouTube or Vimeo on a website you should link your DPG video set to a .
- [Editing a set](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/2c4b220c-553a-11e7-bddd-3e1faff2bde0): You can use the edit panel to update the set information.
- [Deleting a set](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/0f500500-553a-11e7-bddd-3e1faff2bde0): Delete video sets using the delete panel.
- [Video thumbnails](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/ef0b3fc4-a60f-11ea-bea8-5684601e5062): By default external video will show the thumbnail imported at the time the video is added to DPG.
- [Deleting a video](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/cba12594-a60f-11ea-bea8-5684601e5062): To delete a video, navigate to it in the external video set.