iPad: Home screen shortcut to a video

Hello and welcome to Apple Support Communities, P.W.V.!

We understand you want to create a shortcut to a video in the Photos app or in the Files app. We'd be happy to provide information about this.

While you cannot add a specific photo or video as a shortcut, you can add them to favorites to find them faster: View photos and videos on iPhone

"View individual photos

Locate individual photos in the Library tab—tap All Photos, or browse by Years, Months, or Days, then tap a photo thumbnail to view it in full screen. You can also view photos in the Albums tab, or tap the Search tab to look for photos by specific search terms, such as “beach” or “selfie.”

While viewing a photo in full screen, you can do any of the following:

• Zoom in or out: Double-tap or pinch out to zoom in—while zoomed in, drag to see other parts of the photo; double-tap or pinch closed to zoom out.
• Share: Tap , then choose how you want to share; see Share photos and videos on iPhone.
• Add to favorites: Tap  to add the photo to your Favorites album in the Albums tab.

Tap  or drag the photo down to continue browsing or return to the search results."

Have a great day!

If you add the video to the Files app you can do this manually by creating a shortcut in the Shortcuts app and adding it to Home Screen. Use the Open URLs action in Shortcuts with the URL to the video. For example, if you have a video named "Kittens" in a folder named "Vids" on iCloud Drive the URL would be:

shareddocuments:///private/var/mobile/Library/Mobile%20Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Vids/Kittens.mov

I go into a little more detail in this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253067600

The bookmark to the video file on Home Screen: