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The post-obit information is well-nigh Microsoft Stream (Classic) which will eventually exist retired and replaced by Stream (on SharePoint). To get-go using the newer video solution today, just upload your videos to SharePoint, Teams, Yammer, or OneDrive. Videos stored in Microsoft 365 the fashion you'd store any other file is the basis for Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint). Learn more than...


Upload a video

Uploading videos with Microsoft Stream (Archetype) is like shooting fish in a barrel and anyone tin can do it.

Beginning uploading videos

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

There are several options for uploading videos. Depending on where you start your uploads from, different default permissions will be set on the videos, but you tin e'er modify them later on.

Come across this article for in-depth information on video permissions.

Upload from any page

To upload from any folio:

  1. In the Microsoft Stream (Archetype) portal, select Create > Upload a video or the upload icon from the pinnacle navigation bar

  2. Drag and driblet or select files from your computer or device.

    Create - Upload a video.

To upload from Videos page:

  1. In the Microsoft Stream (Archetype) portal, select My content > Videos from the tiptop navigation bar

  2. Elevate and drop or select files from your estimator or device

    Videos - upload.

Upload straight to a grouping or channel

To upload to a grouping:

  1. In the Microsoft Stream (Classic) website, navigate to a grouping that you can contribute to

  2. Select the Upload video button on the group's navigation bar or elevate and drop videos when on the group's Highlights or Videos tab

    Upload a video to a group.

To upload to a channel:

  1. In the Microsoft Stream (Classic) website, navigate to a channel that you lot can contribute to

  2. Click Select more files or drag and drop videos directly to the channel folio

    Upload a video to a channel.

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

Details

Title & Description

Fill out the title and description for your video to requite your viewers context for the video. In the description field, you tin can add the post-obit to make your video more interactive:

  • Time codes (H:MM:SS) - Yous 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 jump to that point of the video.

  • #Hashtags - Add together #hashtags to your video description equally a lightweight community way to group similar videos together. Viewers will be able to click on the #hashtags and encounter 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 address in a new page when viewing the video.

Note

The title is limited to 100 characters. The clarification is limited to 4,000 characters.

Video language

Select the language spoken in the video. This will enable a airtight caption file for supported languages to be automatically generated. In add-on, people with the right license will exist able to discover your video based on the text in this transcript.

For more data see:

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

Thumbnails

Automatic thumbnails are generated for the video after it'south uploaded. When the frames from the video are generated, cull one to correspond your video or upload your own custom paradigm.

Details pane while uploading video.

Permissions

In the permissions section, you lot can control who can see your video, who tin own and edit it, and which groups and channels it'due south displayed in.

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

Let everyone in your company to view this video

When checked everyone in your arrangement can see the video and is able to add together information technology to their groups and channels. This, in effect, makes your video available for viewing companywide. To be able to add a video to a companywide channel, this check box must be checked.

When not checked, your video volition only exist viewable by those people and groups you've made viewers.

Shared with

Use the Shared with drib down to narrow your search scope and option who you desire to share your video with.

  • Groups - search scope to add your video to a group that yous tin contribute to.

  • Channels - search scope to add together your video to a channel directly, including companywide channels.

  • People - search scope to grant permission to private people, Advert Security Groups, and/or Microsoft 365 Groups that you don't accept contribute rights to.

Any person or group added will automatically exist granted view permission to your video. If you want whatever of these Viewers to likewise be able to update your video, check the box next to their entry in the Owner column to upgrade their permission.

The Display check box shows upward for groups where you are a contributor. This controls if the video shows up in the group'southward pages in Stream. If it's not checked information technology ways that the group has access if you lot transport them a link or they institute the video in search, only information technology won't prove up on their group'south pages direct.

For more information most permissions, see Video permissions.

Permissions pane while uploading.

Options

In the Options department, you can command various settings for the video.

Comments

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

Captions

Closed captions are a text version, in the original language, of what'due south spoken in the video. When a video has a caption set, viewers can click the CC button 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, then the Autogenerate a explanation file cheque box volition be checked. This means a caption file will exist automatically generated. In addition, people with the correct license will be able to discover your video based on the text in this transcript or your own uploaded closed caption file.

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

For more information 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 different languages, of what's spoken in the video. When a video has one or more subtitles set, viewers tin can enable the the subtitles on the actor while watching the video.

To upload i subtitle file per linguistic communication:

  1. Click Upload a subtitle file
  2. Select the language the subtitle file is for
  3. Click Select file or drag and driblet your subtitle file in the WebVTT format
  4. Select OK

For more information, see the subtitle and captions article

Options pane while uploading.

Publish and playback

One time your video has been uploaded, and you are done setting upward your video, you can press the Publish now push at the bottom of the upload card. This will make the video available to those you've shared it with as presently as it's washed processing. Press the title of the video on the pinnacle of the upload card to see the playback page for the video.

Publish now button.

To alter annihilation about the video after you've published information technology, go to My content > Videos > More carte More menu icon. > Edit.

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

Select the Share icon Share icon on upload card. on the bottom of the upload menu to copy a link to the video, share on Yammer, or get the embed lawmaking for the video. For more information, see Sharing a video.

Share icon to upload video.

Supported upload formats

See supported file formats for more information on what kinds of videos can exist uploaded.

Quotas and limitations

Run across upload quotas and limitations for more data on video, user, and visitor limits.

Troubleshooting

For common upload errors, see Understanding upload errors.

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