Product listing covers

By default, Shopware shows the product cover image in listings (category pages, search, sliders). Product Video lets you replace that cover with a video — typically muted and autoplaying — to draw attention to specific products.

How to set a video as the cover

Open a product → Media tab.
Add or pick a video media entry.
In the side panel, Settings tab, tick Mark video as cover.
Switch to the Product listings tab inside the media entry and configure cover-specific playback:
- Autoplay — on
- Muted — on (required for autoplay in modern browsers)
- Loop — on
- Controls — typically off to avoid clutter
Save the product.

The Product listings tab is separate from the Product details page tab, so you can run different settings on each surface.

Which sources are allowed in listings

You can decide which embed sources are eligible to play in listings:

Settings → System → System Config → Product videos → General settings → Display video in product listings

Tick the sources you trust. YouTube and HTML5 are usually safe; Facebook embeds may not autoplay reliably in grids.

Lazy loading in listings

To keep category pages fast, lazy loading is on by default. Videos initialise only when scrolled into view. Adjust under Settings → System → System Config → Product videos → General settings → Lazy load in listing.

Per-source listing defaults

For each embed source (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.), the Product listing defaults section in Settings → System → System Config → Product videos → {source} settings lets you set autoplay / muted / loop / controls just for the listing context — independent of product detail defaults.