Share videos and screenshots published to our hosting site

Share videos and screenshots published to our hosting site

Sharing content published to our hosting site

1. Go screenpal.com
2. Log in and then click My content in the top right corner of the page.



3. Hover over the content (image, video, or channel) you'd like to share and click the Details button.



This opens to a preview of the content and several tabs to the right for editing.

Note: For channels, you will visit the channel and the click the Share button to open the Share Channel menu.

4. Click the   tab to see the options for sharing your image or video.



Displays the direct link to your video. You can click  to copy this link to your clipboard, or click  to open your video in a new browser tab.

Here you can add a descriptive custom link for your video. Click Add Custom Link, add your link text in the box, and then click Save to generate your custom link. For example, if you enter capture-and-create in the text box and click Save, the app will generate a custom link that looks similar to go.screenpal.com/u/yxC2/capture-and-create. 


For more information, watch our Custom Links tutorial.

Please note that spaces are not supported in custom links.  The URL may only contain letters, numbers, dashes and underscores.

Watch Page - Player Controls

This area enables you to select the Player Options and Viewer Actions for your video on the watch page. Options displayed in green are turned on.
Please note that if you are a member of a team plan and your Team Administrator has turned off player customization for team users, this area of the Share Video tab will not be displayed.





Video Embed - Player Controls/Settings

This area enables you to embed your images and videos on your website using an embed code and then select the settings for the video embed.



Embed Code Size
Set the video embed size to preset options (1280px, 883px, 640px), a custom size, or choose responsive.
Player Options
Options for your embed include showing or hiding your video title, player controls and captions by default.  Player controls and captions are still accessible by the viewer by hovering over the video.  You can also choose to make the video background transparent on the page where it's being embedded and select on oEmbed option.
Viewer Actions
You can specify what actions a viewer can perform when viewing your video, including sharing the video directly to social media sites, downloading the video, getting an embed code of the video to embed on other pages, and copying a link to the video.

For more information about how to customize and use your embed code, watch our Embed Video Code tutorial.


Quick Share

You can also quickly access sharing options by clicking the Share button.



Info: Selecting the ScreenPal Mail option opens the dialog below and enables you to enter an email recipient and send them a link to your content from the email address associated with your ScreenPal account. You can also enter a custom message and choose to receive a notification when the recipient opens the video.




For more information about managing your video content, you can watch our Manage Video Content in Hosting tutorial.

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