Within Player

What it does

Paste a video link into the description of a card (a goal, a dream, a bucket-list item, someone who inspires you, a relationship or a quote) and LinkedWithin turns it into a small thumbnail. Choose it and the video plays in the Within Player, a window inside the app, so you stay where you were. The same tiles appear in Feed Within.

Supported platforms

YouTube (including Shorts), Vimeo, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, Twitch, Dailymotion, Loom, Wistia, Streamable, Rumble, Bilibili, Vidyard, Google Drive, TED, Spotify and Kick, plus a direct link to a video file (.mp4, .webm or .mov). That is 19 in all. Short links such as vm.tiktok.com or fb.watch work too.

How to use it

1. 1
   Open a card and edit its description, or write a new one.
2. 2
   Paste the link exactly as the platform gave it to you. It stays an ordinary link in your text.
3. 3
   Save. A thumbnail tile appears under the text.
4. 4
   Choose the tile. The video plays in the Within Player; close it and you are back on the card.

When a video won't play

Some videos can't be shown inside another app: the owner has switched embedding off, the post is private, or the platform offers no player for that kind of link (Instagram "share" links, for example). Then the Within Player says "This one only plays on" the platform and offers a Watch on … button that opens the original in a new tab. We fall back only when the platform gives us no choice.

Good to know

• The Within Player shows each platform's own official player, with its captions, quality settings and chapters. LinkedWithin never downloads or copies the video.
• Nothing inside the player can redirect you, open pop-ups or start a download.
• In the app, the Within Player is a full-screen page with the same controls.
• Video files you keep in Within Drive don't play in the app yet; see Open files in the app.