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The following data is about Microsoft Stream (Classic) which will somewhen exist 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 manner y'all'd store any other file is the footing for Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint). Larn more than...


Upload a video

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

Start uploading videos

Click the Upload icon Upload icon. at the superlative of any page or but drag and driblet new videos to one of your groups or channels. Y'all can upload multiple videos at the same time and even scan Microsoft Stream (Classic) while your videos are uploading in the background.

There are several options for uploading videos. Depending on where yous commencement your uploads from, different default permissions will be prepare on the videos, but you tin can e'er change them afterwards.

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

Upload from any folio

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 reckoner or device.

    Create - Upload a video.

To upload from Videos page:

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

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

    Videos - upload.

Upload directly to a group or aqueduct

To upload to a group:

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

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

    Upload a video to a group.

To upload to a aqueduct:

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

  2. Click Select more than files or elevate and drop videos straight to the channel page

    Upload a video to a channel.

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

Details

Title & Description

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

  • Time codes (H:MM:SS) - You lot can build an interactive tabular array of contents for the video past 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 clarification equally a lightweight community manner to group similar videos together. Viewers will be able to click on the #hashtags and see other videos with the aforementioned tag.

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

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The title is express 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 discover your video based on the text in this transcript.

For more than information run into:

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

Thumbnails

Automatic thumbnails are generated for the video after information technology'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 can command who can see your video, who tin own and edit it, and which groups and channels information technology's displayed in.

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

Allow everyone in your company to view this video

When checked everyone in your organization can encounter the video and is able to add it to their groups and channels. This, in result, 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 will simply be viewable by those people and groups you lot've made viewers.

Shared with

Employ the Shared with drop down to narrow your search scope and pick who y'all desire 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 you don't have contribute rights to.

Whatsoever person or group added will automatically be granted view permission to your video. If you want whatever of these Viewers to also exist able to update your video, cheque 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 up in the grouping'south pages in Stream. If information technology's not checked information technology means that the group has access if you send them a link or they establish the video in search, but it won't bear witness upwardly on their grouping's pages straight.

For more than information nearly permissions, come across Video permissions.

Permissions pane while uploading.

Options

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

Comments

If you don't desire 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 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 linguistic communication in the Details pane for the video, then the Autogenerate a caption file cheque box will be checked. This ways a explanation file will be automatically generated. In improver, people with the correct license volition exist 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 caption file, then you can upload your own airtight caption file in the WebVTT format.

For more than 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 different languages, of what's spoken in the video. When a video has i or more subtitles set, viewers tin enable the the subtitles on the role player 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 drag and drop your subtitle file in the WebVTT format
  4. Select OK

For more than information, meet the subtitle and captions commodity

Options pane while uploading.

Publish and playback

Once your video has been uploaded, and you are washed setting upwards your video, y'all tin press the Publish now button at the bottom of the upload card. This will make the video available to those you've shared it with equally soon every bit it'south done processing. Printing the championship of the video on the summit of the upload card to run into the playback page for the video.

Publish now button.

To modify anything near the video after yous'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'southward done processing. See upload processing details for more data.

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 go 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 data on what kinds of videos can be uploaded.

Quotas and limitations

See upload quotas and limitations for more data on video, user, and company limits.

Troubleshooting

For common upload errors, see Understanding upload errors.

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