diff --git a/videos.html b/videos.html
index 74ac316..4565c28 100644
--- a/videos.html
+++ b/videos.html
@@ -74,15 +74,11 @@ function card(p) {
         + esc(p.video_url) + '" download>Download</a>';
   }
 
-  // The file URL ends in /public with no filename. Headers are already right
-  // (video/mp4), but clients that sniff the URL string are not, and a filename
-  // query is accepted and ignored by the file service.
+  // Through our own domain, so an open is a page load we can count. A link
+  // straight to the file is invisible to us. 33 characters against 74.
   window.__shareUrl = window.__shareUrl || function (p) {
-    var u = p.cut_url || p.video_url || "";
-    if (!u) return "";
-    var slug = ((p.pet_name || "video") + " " + (p.title || "")).toLowerCase()
-      .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, "-").replace(/^-|-$/g, "").slice(0, 40) || "video";
-    return u + (u.indexOf("?") < 0 ? "?" : "&") + "v=" + slug + ".mp4";
+    if (!(p.cut_url || p.video_url)) return "";
+    return location.origin + "/v/" + String(p.id || "").slice(0, 8);
   };
 
   return '<div class="item">'
@@ -117,6 +113,10 @@ async function load() {
       if (!p) return;
       var link = window.__shareUrl(p);
       if (!link) { showMsg("msg", "That one has no video yet."); return; }
+      // Sharing is a decision: this is what makes the link resolve at all.
+      var s = await api("share_link", { email: email, project_id: p.id });
+      if (!s.ok) { showMsg("msg", s.error || "Could not make a link."); return; }
+      link = s.url || link;
       var title = p.title || ((p.pet_name || "Your pet") + " has something to say");
       // The native sheet is the shortest path into a text message on a phone.
       if (navigator.share) {