No. Storista compresses every video internally and serves it from our CDN, not from your Shopify store. That applies whether you sync a video from Instagram or upload the file directly — uploaded files are not stored on your site, so a large source file does not add weight to your storefront.
Where your videos are actually served from
We host serve videos from two CDN's:
Cloudflare - the same CDN Shopify is using
Mux - for Adaptive Bitrate Streaming videos. Mux serves videos from multiple global CDN's
Lazy-loading
Videos load only when they enter the viewport, so a widget below the fold does not delay your initial page load.
Does uploading slow things down more than syncing from Instagram?
No — both paths go through the same compression and are served the same way. Choose whichever fits your workflow.
