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The post-obit information is almost Microsoft Stream (Archetype) 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 basis for Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint). Learn more...


Upload a video

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

Start uploading videos

Click the Upload icon Upload icon. at the top of any page or just drag and drop new videos to 1 of your groups or channels. You can upload multiple videos at the aforementioned time and fifty-fifty browse Microsoft Stream (Classic) while your videos are uploading in the background.

There are several options for uploading videos. Depending on where yous beginning your uploads from, unlike default permissions will be set on the videos, but you can ever change them later on.

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

Upload from any page

To upload from any folio:

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

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

    Create - Upload a video.

To upload from Videos folio:

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

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

    Videos - upload.

Upload direct to a group or channel

To upload to a group:

  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'due south navigation bar or elevate and drop videos when on the grouping'due south 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 can contribute to

  2. Click Select more 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 can fill out metadata for the video to make it easier to find.

Details

Title & Clarification

Fill out the title and description for your video to give 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) - Y'all tin build an interactive table of contents for the video by typing in the fourth dimension 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 description as a lightweight community mode to group similar videos together. Viewers volition be able to click on the #hashtags and meet other videos with the same tag.

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

Note

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

Video language

Select the linguistic communication spoken in the video. This will enable a closed 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 information meet:

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

Thumbnails

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

Details pane while uploading video.

Permissions

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

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

Allow everyone in your visitor to view this video

When checked anybody in your organisation can see the video and is able to add it 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 check box must be checked.

When not checked, your video will just exist viewable past those people and groups you've made viewers.

Shared with

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

  • Groups - search scope to add together your video to a group that you lot can contribute to.

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

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

Any person or group added volition automatically be granted view permission to your video. If you desire any of these Viewers to likewise be able to update your video, cheque the box side by side to their entry in the Owner column to upgrade their permission.

The Display check box shows upward for groups where y'all are a correspondent. This controls if the video shows up in the grouping's pages in Stream. If it'south non checked it means that the group has access if you send them a link or they institute the video in search, but it won't show up on their group's pages directly.

For more than information about permissions, see Video permissions.

Permissions pane while uploading.

Options

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

Comments

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

Captions

Closed captions are a text version, in the original language, of what'south spoken in the video. When a video has a caption prepare, viewers tin click the CC push on the player while watching a video to testify the captions under the video.

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

If you deselect the box, Autogenerate a caption file, then you tin upload your own 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 different languages, of what's spoken in the video. When a video has ane or more subtitles gear up, viewers can enable the the subtitles on the player while watching the video.

To upload one subtitle file per language:

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

For more than information, run into the subtitle and captions article

Options pane while uploading.

Publish and playback

Once your video has been uploaded, and yous are done setting upward your video, y'all can press the Publish now button at the bottom of the upload card. This volition make the video bachelor to those you've shared information technology with as shortly as it's done processing. Printing the championship of the video on the superlative of the upload menu to see the playback page for the video.

Publish now button.

To alter anything most 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 won't be able to play the video until it's washed processing. See upload processing details for more information.

Select the Share icon Share icon on upload card. on the bottom of the upload bill of fare to re-create a link to the video, share on Yammer, or get the embed lawmaking for the video. For more data, run into 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, meet Understanding upload errors.

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