# Video block

Source: https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/reference/blocks/video/
Updated: 2026-11-12

A video from Shopify, YouTube or Vimeo. Settings for the Video block in the Picante Shopify theme.


A video from Shopify, YouTube or Vimeo.

**Where to find it:** open any section sidebar that accepts theme blocks, choose **Add block**, then pick **Video**.

The same block in the three themes:

![The Video block in the Picante style.](https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/shots/block-video--picante.webp)

![The Video block in the Overdrive style.](https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/shots/block-video--overdrive.webp)

![The Video block in the Pastille style.](https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/shots/block-video--pastille.webp)

When you add this section, you can start from these presets: **Video**, **Silent video loop**.

## Settings

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Video | Video |  |  |  |
| YouTube or Vimeo link | Video link | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9VUPq3SxOc |  | Plays when you leave the video file empty. In Player mode, add a cover image: YouTube and Vimeo load nothing until a customer presses play. |
| Cover image | Image |  |  | Shows before the video plays. Uploaded videos use their own cover frame when this is empty. |
| Playback | Select | Player with play button | Player with play button, Silent loop | Silent loop plays muted on repeat with a pause button and stays still for customers who reduce motion. Player waits for a click, so YouTube and Vimeo load nothing until then. |
| Aspect ratio | Select | Wide (16:9) | Adapt to video, Wide (16:9), Landscape (4:3), Square (1:1), Portrait (4:5), Tall (9:16) |  |
| Accessible label | Text |  |  | Names the play button and the video for screen readers in Player mode. Screen readers skip silent loops because they are decorative. |

### Size

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alignment | Text alignment | left | Left, center, right |  |
| Width | Select | Fill | Fit content, Fill, Custom |  |
| Custom width | Slider | 50 % | 10 to 100 %, step 5 | Shown when **Width** is Custom. |
| Max width | Select | None | None, Narrow, Normal, Wide |  |

### Colors and border

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Inherit color scheme | Checkbox | On |  |  |
| Color scheme | Color scheme | Scheme 1 |  | Shown when **Inherit color scheme** is off. |
| Corner radius | Slider | 0 px | 0 to 80 px, step 2 |  |
| Border | Select | None | None, Solid, Dashed |  |
| Border thickness | Slider | 2 px | 1 to 8 px, step 1 | Shown when **Border** is not None. |

### Padding

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Customize padding | Checkbox | Off |  | Padding settings stay visible while any side has padding. Set a side to 0px to remove its padding. |
| Top padding | Slider | 0 px | 0 to 100 px, step 2 | Shown when **Customize padding** is on or **Top padding** is on or **Bottom padding** is on or **Left padding** is on or **Right padding** is on. |
| Bottom padding | Slider | 0 px | 0 to 100 px, step 2 | Shown when **Customize padding** is on or **Top padding** is on or **Bottom padding** is on or **Left padding** is on or **Right padding** is on. |
| Left padding | Slider | 0 px | 0 to 100 px, step 2 | Shown when **Customize padding** is on or **Top padding** is on or **Bottom padding** is on or **Left padding** is on or **Right padding** is on. |
| Right padding | Slider | 0 px | 0 to 100 px, step 2 | Shown when **Customize padding** is on or **Top padding** is on or **Bottom padding** is on or **Left padding** is on or **Right padding** is on. |

### Motion

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Animation on scroll | Select | Theme default | Theme default, None, Fade, Slide up, Scale in, Wipe, Blur in |  |
| Zoom out on scroll | Checkbox | On |  | Starts slightly zoomed in and settles into its frame as it scrolls into view. |