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Hey everyone,

I'm working on a Figma plugin and have hit a roadblock. My goal is to create a node on a FigJam board that contains a video with standard player controls (play, pause, scrub, etc.).

I've been looking through the Figma Plugin API documentation, but I can't seem to find any method like figma.createVideo() or a way to embed a video player directly onto the board. The closest I can get is creating a shape with an image fill.

Is there a way to achieve this with the Plugin API, or am I missing something? I need the video to be playable directly on the board, not just a static thumbnail that links out.

Not possible right now the Figma Plugin API doesn’t support native video playback (no figma.createVideo() or similar). Closest workaround is dropping in a thumbnail/frame and linking out, or using a Widget hack with frame-by-frame images (but that’s clunky).