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02/25/2022
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The following information is virtually Microsoft Stream (Classic) which volition somewhen be retired and replaced by Stream (on SharePoint). To commencement using the newer video solution today, simply upload your videos to SharePoint, Teams, Yammer, or OneDrive. Videos stored in Microsoft 365 the fashion y'all'd store any other file is the basis for Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint). Larn more...

Upload a video

Uploading videos with Microsoft Stream (Classic) is easy and anyone can do information technology.

First uploading videos

Click the Upload icon at the top of any page or but drag and drop new videos to one of your groups or channels. You tin can upload multiple videos at the aforementioned fourth dimension and even browse Microsoft Stream (Classic) while your videos are uploading in the background.

In that location are several options for uploading videos. Depending on where you lot starting time your uploads from, different default permissions will exist set up on the videos, but you tin can always change them afterwards.

See this article for in-depth data on video permissions.

Upload from whatsoever folio

To upload from whatsoever folio:

In the Microsoft Stream (Archetype) portal, select Create > Upload a video or the upload icon from the top navigation bar
Elevate and driblet or select files from your computer or device.

To upload from Videos page:

In the Microsoft Stream (Classic) portal, select My content > Videos from the top navigation bar
Drag and drop or select files from your computer or device

Upload directly to a group or channel

To upload to a group:

In the Microsoft Stream (Classic) website, navigate to a group that you lot can contribute to
Select the Upload video button on the group'southward navigation bar or drag and drop videos when on the group's Highlights or Videos tab

To upload to a channel:

In the Microsoft Stream (Classic) website, navigate to a channel that you lot tin contribute to
Click Select more files or drag and driblet videos directly to the aqueduct page

While your video is uploading and processing, you can fill out metadata for the video to make it easier to find.

Details

Championship & Description

Fill out the title and description for your video to give your viewers context for the video. In the clarification field, you can add the following to brand your video more than interactive:

Time codes (H:MM:SS) - You tin can build an interactive table of contents for the video by typing in the time codes of interesting points in the video. Viewers will be able to click on these time codes to leap to that point of the video.
#Hashtags - Add #hashtags to your video clarification equally a lightweight community way to grouping similar videos together. Viewers will exist able to click on the #hashtags and come across other videos with the same tag.
Links - Paste in a web address in the description and viewers will be able to click the link to open your accost in a new page when viewing the video.

Note

The title is limited to 100 characters. The description is limited to iv,000 characters.

Video language

Select the linguistic communication spoken in the video. This will enable a closed explanation file for supported languages to be automatically generated. In addition, people with the correct license will exist able to find your video based on the text in this transcript.

For more than data meet:

Auto-generated captions
Deep search on what's said in the video

Thumbnails

Automatic thumbnails are generated for the video afterwards information technology's uploaded. When the frames from the video are generated, choose one to represent your video or upload your own custom prototype.

Details pane while uploading video.

Permissions

In the permissions department, you can command who tin run into your video, who can own and edit it, and which groups and channels it'southward displayed in.

See this article for more in-depth information on video permissions.

Permit everyone in your visitor to view this video

When checked everyone in your organization can see the video and is able to add it to their groups and channels. This, in consequence, makes your video bachelor for viewing companywide. To exist able to add a video to a companywide channel, this bank check box must exist checked.

When not checked, your video will only be viewable by those people and groups you've fabricated viewers.

Shared with

Use the Shared with drop downwardly to narrow your search scope and choice who you want to share your video with.

Groups - search scope to add your video to a group that you can contribute to.
Channels - search scope to add your video to a channel directly, including companywide channels.
People - search scope to grant permission to individual people, AD Security Groups, and/or Microsoft 365 Groups that you don't accept contribute rights to.

Any person or group added volition automatically be granted view permission to your video. If y'all want any of these Viewers to likewise be able to update your video, check the box next to their entry in the Possessor column to upgrade their permission.

The Display check box shows up for groups where y'all are a contributor. This controls if the video shows up in the group'south pages in Stream. If it's not checked information technology means that the group has access if y'all transport them a link or they found the video in search, but it won't show up on their group's pages direct.

For more than information about permissions, see Video permissions.

Permissions pane while uploading.

Options

In the Options section, you can control various settings for the video.

Comments

If you don't want users to be able to add together comments directly on the video player page, set up Comments to Off.

Captions

Closed captions are a text version, in the original language, of what's spoken in the video. When a video has a caption fix, viewers can click the CC push on the player while watching a video to show the captions under the video.

If you've selected a supported Video language in the Details pane for the video, so the Autogenerate a caption file check box volition be checked. This ways a explanation file will exist automatically generated. In addition, people with the correct license will exist able to observe your video based on the text in this transcript or your own uploaded closed explanation file.

If you deselect the box, Autogenerate a explanation file, and then you can upload your own closed explanation file in the WebVTT format.

For more data about captions, see:

Autogenerated captions
Deep search on what's said in the video
Subtitles and captions

Subtitles

Subtitles are a text version, translated into unlike languages, of what's spoken in the video. When a video has one or more subtitles set, viewers can enable the the subtitles on the player while watching the video.

To upload ane subtitle file per language:

Click Upload a subtitle file
Select the language the subtitle file is for
Click Select file or drag and drop your subtitle file in the WebVTT format
Select OK

For more data, run across the subtitle and captions commodity

Options pane while uploading.

Publish and playback

Once your video has been uploaded, and you are done setting up your video, you tin press the Publish now button at the lesser of the upload card. This will make the video available to those y'all've shared it with as soon every bit information technology's done processing. Printing the championship of the video on the top of the upload card to meet the playback page for the video.

Publish now button.

To alter anything about the video later on you've published it, go to My content > Videos > More than menu > Edit.

Processing time is based on the length and resolution of your video. You won't be able to play the video until it's done processing. See upload processing details for more information.

Select the Share icon on the bottom of the upload carte du jour to re-create a link to the video, share on Yammer, or get the embed code for the video. For more information, see Sharing a video.

Supported upload formats

See supported file formats for more data on what kinds of videos can be uploaded.

Quotas and limitations

Come across upload quotas and limitations for more information on video, user, and company limits.

Troubleshooting

For common upload errors, come across Understanding upload errors.

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