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The following information is about Microsoft Stream (Classic) which will eventually be retired and replaced by Stream (on SharePoint). To start using the newer video solution today, just upload your videos to SharePoint, Teams, Yammer, or OneDrive. Videos stored in Microsoft 365 the way you'd store whatsoever other file is the footing for Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint). Learn more than...


Upload a video

Uploading videos with Microsoft Stream (Archetype) is easy and anyone tin can practice it.

First uploading videos

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

There are several options for uploading videos. Depending on where you start your uploads from, unlike default permissions will be assault the videos, but you can e'er change them afterwards.

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

Upload from any page

To upload from any page:

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

  2. Drag and drop or select files from your calculator or device.

    Create - Upload a video.

To upload from Videos page:

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

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

    Videos - upload.

Upload directly to a group or channel

To upload to a grouping:

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

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

    Upload a video to a group.

To upload to a aqueduct:

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

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

    Upload a video to a channel.

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

Details

Title & Description

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

  • Time codes (H:MM:SS) - You lot tin can build an interactive table of contents for the video past typing in the fourth dimension codes of interesting points in the video. Viewers volition be able to click on these time codes to spring to that point of the video.

  • #Hashtags - Add #hashtags to your video description every bit a lightweight community way to grouping similar videos together. Viewers will exist able to click on the #hashtags and see other videos with the aforementioned tag.

  • Links - Paste in a web address in the clarification and viewers will be able to click the link to open your address in a new page when viewing the video.

Notation

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

Video language

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

For more information see:

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

Thumbnails

Automatic thumbnails are generated for the video subsequently information technology's uploaded. When the frames from the video are generated, cull one to stand for your video or upload your ain custom prototype.

Details pane while uploading video.

Permissions

In the permissions department, you can control who can meet your video, who tin can ain and edit it, and which groups and channels it'southward displayed in.

See this commodity for more in-depth data on video permissions.

Let everyone in your company to view this video

When checked everyone in your organization tin 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 together a video to a companywide channel, this cheque box must be checked.

When non checked, your video volition merely be viewable by those people and groups y'all've made viewers.

Shared with

Utilize the Shared with drop down to narrow your search scope and pick who y'all 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 together your video to a channel directly, including companywide channels.

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

Whatever person or grouping added will automatically be granted view permission to your video. If you lot desire whatsoever of these Viewers to also be able to update your video, check the box adjacent to their entry in the Possessor column to upgrade their permission.

The Display check box shows up for groups where you are a contributor. This controls if the video shows upwards in the group's pages in Stream. If information technology'due south not checked it ways that the group has access if you lot send them a link or they found the video in search, but it won't evidence upward on their group'south pages directly.

For more data about permissions, encounter Video permissions.

Permissions pane while uploading.

Options

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

Comments

If you don't want users to be able to add comments straight on the video player page, ready 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 prepare, viewers tin can click the CC button on the actor 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, and so the Autogenerate a explanation file bank check box will be checked. This means a caption file will be automatically generated. In addition, people with the correct license will exist able to discover your video based on the text in this transcript or your ain uploaded airtight explanation file.

If yous deselect the box, Autogenerate a caption file, then y'all tin upload your ain closed caption file in the WebVTT format.

For more information about captions, run across:

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

Subtitles

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

To upload one 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 drib 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 washed setting upwards your video, you lot can press the Publish now button at the bottom of the upload bill of fare. This will brand the video available to those you've shared it with as before long every bit it'due south done processing. Press the championship of the video on the superlative of the upload card to see the playback folio for the video.

Publish now button.

To modify anything about the video after yous've published it, become to My content > Videos > More than menu More menu icon. > Edit.

Processing time is based on the length and resolution of your video. Yous won't exist able to play the video until it'south done processing. Run into upload processing details for more data.

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, run across Sharing a video.

Share icon to upload video.

Supported upload formats

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

Quotas and limitations

See upload quotas and limitations for more information on video, user, and visitor limits.

Troubleshooting

For mutual upload errors, see Understanding upload errors.

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