Embed a full-length reel on Showit.
One iframe in the Embed Code Widget.

Showit’s article on adding MP4 video is direct about it: MP4 files added this way “cannot exceed 8mb”. The path is the Element Icon in the Bottom Toolbar, then Video, then Media Library as the source, then Choose Video, and the widget’s settings include Resize to Aspect Ratio, Autoplay (muted), Loop and Show Controls. For anything over 8 MB, Showit recommends Vimeo or YouTube.

That cap is sized for a background loop, not a reel. The arithmetic is simple: 8 MB is about 64 megabits, so an export at 10 Mbps runs out after roughly six seconds, and a 50 Mbps master after little more than one. A two-minute showreel at 10 Mbps is about 150 MB, nearly twenty times the cap, and a higher-bitrate cut is further out still.

The second article is the useful one. Body HTML goes in the Embed Code Widget, the code goes in the Custom Code box on the Embed Info tab of the Properties Panel, and, in Showit’s words, “Showit renders the code exactly as it is provided”. No wrapper, no player of its own, no customization controls. Whatever iframe you paste is the player your visitor gets.

Two combinations cover most Showit layouts. A reel that waits for a click: ?title=0&controls=hover, so the picture fills the frame and the controls appear only when the visitor reaches for them. A silent hero band that sits on your Showit background: ?autoplay=1&muted=1&loop=1&controls=none&bg=transparent. That second one is also the full-length answer to Showit’s own Autoplay (muted) and Loop settings, without the 8 MB ceiling.

The default centre play button uses our pink-to-blue gradient rather than your accent. If that clashes with the site, playbtn=0 hides it and controls=none removes it along with everything else. Your own logo, switched on in the Embed panel, is the only mark that appears on the player.

The player streams the file you uploaded, and there is no smaller rendition made from it. On a slow connection the browser buffers rather than dropping to a softer copy. That is the point for a reel a producer watches at a desk, and a real cost on a public page that takes traffic from phones on weak signal. Export the web version of the reel at a sensible bitrate: what you upload is exactly what every visitor downloads.

A film set to password, private or vault does not play in an embed; the iframe shows “This video is unavailable”. Hot capacity is released after the archive copy is verified and the library change is saved. Archived films must be restored before streaming, embedding or review. Showit’s help articles do not say whether an embed renders inside the editor or only on the published site, so judge the result on the live page.

Building on another site builder instead? The same approach is written up for Wix and Framer. For the whole portfolio rather than one reel, start with video portfolio hosting, and if the Showit site belongs to a wedding studio, the client delivery guide covers the films that go to couples rather than onto the site.