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The following information is near Microsoft Stream (Classic) which will somewhen 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 lot'd store any other file is the basis for Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint). Larn more...


Upload a video

Uploading videos with Microsoft Stream (Classic) is easy and anyone can do it.

Outset uploading videos

Click the Upload icon Upload icon. at the top 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.

At that place are several options for uploading videos. Depending on where you start your uploads from, different default permissions will exist set up on the videos, merely you can ever modify them afterwards.

See this article for in-depth information 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 estimator 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. Drag and drop 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 (Classic) website, navigate to a group that you tin 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 y'all 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, yous tin can fill out metadata for the video to brand information technology easier to discover.

Details

Title & Description

Make full out the title and description 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:

  • Fourth dimension codes (H:MM:SS) - You 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 fourth dimension codes to jump to that point of the video.

  • #Hashtags - Add together #hashtags to your video description as a lightweight customs way to group like videos together. Viewers will be able to click on the #hashtags and run into other videos with the same tag.

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

Note

The championship is limited to 100 characters. The description is limited to iv,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 correct license will be able to discover your video based on the text in this transcript.

For more than information meet:

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

Thumbnails

Automated thumbnails are generated for the video subsequently information technology's uploaded. When the frames from the video are generated, cull 1 to stand for your video or upload your own custom epitome.

Details pane while uploading video.

Permissions

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

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

Let everyone in your visitor to view this video

When checked everyone in your organization 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 exist able to add a video to a companywide aqueduct, this check box must exist checked.

When not checked, your video will only be viewable by those people and groups you've fabricated viewers.

Shared with

Use the Shared with driblet down to narrow your search scope and pick who you want to share your video with.

  • Groups - search scope to add your video to a grouping that you can contribute to.

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

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

Any person or grouping added will automatically be granted view permission to your video. If yous want whatsoever of these Viewers to also be able to update your video, check the box next to their entry in the Owner column to upgrade their permission.

The Display bank check box shows upwardly for groups where you lot are a contributor. This controls if the video shows up in the group's pages in Stream. If it'southward non checked it means that the grouping has access if you send them a link or they establish the video in search, simply information technology won't testify up on their group's pages directly.

For more than data about permissions, encounter Video permissions.

Permissions pane while uploading.

Options

In the Options section, you tin control various settings for the video.

Comments

If you don't want users to exist able to add comments straight on the video player page, set 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 fix, viewers tin can click the CC push button on the player while watching a video to show the captions under the video.

If y'all've selected a supported Video language in the Details pane for the video, then the Autogenerate a caption file cheque box will be checked. This ways a caption file will be automatically generated. In addition, people with the right 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 caption file, then y'all can upload your own closed caption file in the WebVTT format.

For more than data about captions, see:

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

Subtitles

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

To upload ane 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 elevate and drop your subtitle file in the WebVTT format
  4. Select OK

For more data, encounter 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 can press the Publish at present button at the lesser of the upload card. This will brand the video available to those you've shared it with as soon equally it'southward done processing. Press the title of the video on the meridian of the upload menu to see the playback folio for the video.

Publish now button.

To alter annihilation about the video subsequently you've published information technology, become to My content > Videos > More card More menu icon. > Edit.

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

Select the Share icon Share icon on upload card. on the lesser of the upload card to re-create 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

Run into supported file formats for more data on what kinds of videos can exist uploaded.

Quotas and limitations

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

Troubleshooting

For mutual upload errors, see Understanding upload errors.

See too

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