YouTube

impressBox has native YouTube support — add a single video or an entire YouTube playlist as a content item, no download needed.

Add a YouTube video

  1. Copy the YouTube video link.

  2. In your content library click CREATE NEW CONTENT, then choose YouTube (under Integrations).

    The Integrations tiles in the Add content dialog: YouTube, YT playlist, Vimeo, Canva, Power BI

    The Integrations tiles in the Add content dialog: YouTube, YT playlist, Vimeo, Canva, Power BI


  3. Paste the link, optionally add a Title and a Show from / Show until window, then click ADD CONTENT.

  4. Add the item to a playlist like any other content.

Add a YouTube playlist

Choose YT playlist instead and paste a YouTube playlist link to add the whole playlist as one content item — its videos play in turn.

Shortcut: you can also paste a YouTube link straight into the Paste a link to auto-detect box at the top of the Add content dialog and impressBox picks the right type for you.

Good to know

  • YouTube content streams, so the screen needs a working internet connection to play it. If the connection drops, YouTube content can't play (unlike downloaded files).

  • Playback follows YouTube's availability — if a video is removed or made private at the source, it can't play.

  • For guaranteed offline playback, upload the video file instead (see Adding content to your library) — and for best quality without re-encoding, supply 1920×1080 H.264/AC3 (see Supported media & video encoding).

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