diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/video_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/video_module.py
index af1d5ca506..e38d90301f 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/video_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/video_module.py
@@ -701,10 +701,32 @@ class VideoDescriptor(VideoFields, VideoTranscriptsMixin, VideoStudioViewHandler
             'default_value': [get_youtube_link(youtube_id_1_0['default_value'])]
         })
 
-        youtube_id_1_0_value = get_youtube_link(youtube_id_1_0['value'])
+        source_url = self.create_youtube_url(youtube_id_1_0['value'])
 
-        if youtube_id_1_0_value:
-            video_url['value'].insert(0, youtube_id_1_0_value)
+        # First try a lookup in VAL. If any video encoding is found given the video id then
+        # override the source_url with it.
+        if self.edx_video_id and edxval_api:
+
+            val_profiles = ['youtube', 'desktop_webm', 'desktop_mp4']
+            if HLSPlaybackEnabledFlag.feature_enabled(self.runtime.course_id.for_branch(None)):
+                val_profiles.append('hls')
+
+            # Get video encodings for val profiles.
+            val_video_encodings = edxval_api.get_urls_for_profiles(self.edx_video_id, val_profiles)
+
+            # If multiple encodings are there in val, the priority will be: youtube > hls > mp4 and webm.
+            if val_video_encodings.get('youtube'):
+                source_url = self.create_youtube_url(val_video_encodings['youtube'])
+            elif val_video_encodings.get('hls'):
+                source_url = val_video_encodings['hls']
+            elif val_video_encodings.get('desktop_mp4'):
+                source_url = val_video_encodings['desktop_mp4']
+            elif val_video_encodings.get('desktop_webm'):
+                source_url = val_video_encodings['desktop_webm']
+
+        # Only add if html5 sources do not already contain source_url.
+        if source_url and source_url not in video_url['value']:
+            video_url['value'].insert(0, source_url)
 
         metadata = {
             'display_name': display_name,
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_mongo.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_mongo.py
index 33fda8cc82..a56278deef 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_mongo.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_mongo.py
@@ -982,6 +982,7 @@ class TestVideoCDNRewriting(BaseTestXmodule):
 
 
 @attr(shard=1)
+@ddt.ddt
 class TestVideoDescriptorInitialization(BaseTestXmodule):
     """
     Make sure that module initialization works correctly.
@@ -1051,6 +1052,68 @@ class TestVideoDescriptorInitialization(BaseTestXmodule):
         self.assertNotIn('source', fields)
         self.assertFalse(self.item_descriptor.download_video)
 
+    @ddt.data(
+        (
+            {
+                'desktop_webm': 'https://webm.com/dw.webm',
+                'hls': 'https://hls.com/hls.m3u8',
+                'youtube': 'v0TFmdO4ZP0',
+                'desktop_mp4': 'https://mp4.com/dm.mp4'
+            },
+            ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0TFmdO4ZP0']
+        ),
+        (
+            {
+                'desktop_webm': 'https://webm.com/dw.webm',
+                'hls': 'https://hls.com/hls.m3u8',
+                'youtube': None,
+                'desktop_mp4': 'https://mp4.com/dm.mp4'
+            },
+            ['https://hls.com/hls.m3u8']
+        ),
+        (
+            {
+                'desktop_webm': 'https://webm.com/dw.webm',
+                'hls': None,
+                'youtube': None,
+                'desktop_mp4': 'https://mp4.com/dm.mp4'
+            },
+            ['https://mp4.com/dm.mp4']
+        ),
+        (
+            {
+                'desktop_webm': 'https://webm.com/dw.webm',
+                'hls': None,
+                'youtube': None,
+                'desktop_mp4': None
+            },
+            ['https://webm.com/dw.webm']
+        ),
+        (
+            {
+                'desktop_webm': None,
+                'hls': None,
+                'youtube': None,
+                'desktop_mp4': None
+            },
+            ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_yD_cEKoCk']
+        ),
+    )
+    @ddt.unpack
+    @patch('xmodule.video_module.video_module.HLSPlaybackEnabledFlag.feature_enabled', Mock(return_value=True))
+    def test_val_encoding_in_context(self, val_video_encodings, video_url):
+        """
+        Tests that the val encodings correctly override the video url when the edx video id is set and
+        one or more encodings are present.
+        """
+        with patch('xmodule.video_module.video_module.edxval_api.get_urls_for_profiles') as get_urls_for_profiles:
+            get_urls_for_profiles.return_value = val_video_encodings
+            self.initialize_module(
+                data='<video display_name="Video" download_video="true" edx_video_id="12345-67890">[]</video>'
+            )
+            context = self.item_descriptor.get_context()
+            self.assertEqual(context['transcripts_basic_tab_metadata']['video_url']['value'], video_url)
+
 
 @attr(shard=1)
 @ddt.ddt