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The following data is nigh Microsoft Stream (Classic) which volition eventually be retired and replaced by Stream (on SharePoint). To commencement using the newer video solution today, just upload your videos to SharePoint, Teams, Yammer, or OneDrive. Videos stored in Microsoft 365 the way yous'd store whatever other file is the basis for Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint). Learn more...


Upload a video

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

Start uploading videos

Click the Upload icon Upload icon. at the acme of any folio 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 (Classic) while your videos are uploading in the background.

There are several options for uploading videos. Depending on where y'all showtime your uploads from, different default permissions volition be set up on the videos, merely yous can ever modify them later.

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

Upload from any folio

To upload from whatsoever folio:

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

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

    Create - Upload a video.

To upload from Videos page:

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

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

    Videos - upload.

Upload straight to a group or channel

To upload to a grouping:

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

  2. Select the Upload video button on the group'due south navigation bar or drag and drib 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 (Archetype) website, navigate to a channel that you can contribute to

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

    Upload a video to a channel.

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

Details

Championship & Description

Fill up out the title and clarification for your video to give your viewers context for the video. In the clarification field, you 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 spring to that point of the video.

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

  • Links - Paste in a web address in the description and viewers will exist able to click the link to open your address in a new folio when viewing the video.

Note

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

Video language

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

For more information see:

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

Thumbnails

Automated thumbnails are generated for the video after it's uploaded. When the frames from the video are generated, cull one to represent your video or upload your own custom image.

Details pane while uploading video.

Permissions

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

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

Allow anybody in your visitor to view this video

When checked everyone in your organisation tin see the video and is able to add together it to their groups and channels. This, in upshot, makes your video available for viewing companywide. To be able to add a video to a companywide channel, this bank check box must be checked.

When not checked, your video will just be viewable by those people and groups yous've made viewers.

Shared with

Use the Shared with drop downward to narrow your search telescopic and pick who yous want to share your video with.

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

  • Channels - search telescopic to add your video to a aqueduct directly, including companywide channels.

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

Any person or group added will automatically be granted view permission to your video. If you want any of these Viewers to besides exist able to update your video, check the box side by side to their entry in the Owner cavalcade to upgrade their permission.

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

For more data about permissions, see Video permissions.

Permissions pane while uploading.

Options

In the Options section, y'all can control various settings for the video.

Comments

If you don't want users to exist able to add comments directly on the video actor page, set Comments to Off.

Captions

Closed captions are a text version, in the original linguistic communication, of what's spoken in the video. When a video has a caption set, viewers tin click the CC push button on the role player while watching a video to bear witness the captions under the video.

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

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

For more information about captions, meet:

  • 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 can enable the the subtitles on the histrion while watching the video.

To upload one subtitle file per language:

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

For more data, see the subtitle and captions article

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 bottom of the upload carte du jour. This will make the video available to those you've shared information technology with equally soon as it's done 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 change annihilation about the video after you've published it, go to My content > Videos > More menu More menu icon. > Edit.

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

Select the Share icon Share icon on upload card. on the bottom of the upload card to copy a link to the video, share on Yammer, or become the embed code 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 company limits.

Troubleshooting

For common upload errors, see Understanding upload errors.

See besides

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Video permissions

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