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Note

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 lot'd store any other file is the footing for Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint). Learn more...


Upload a video

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

Start uploading videos

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

There are several options for uploading videos. Depending on where you start your uploads from, different default permissions volition be assail the videos, but you can ever change them afterwards.

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. Elevate and drib 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 superlative navigation bar

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

    Videos - upload.

Upload directly 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 push on the group's navigation bar or drag and drop videos when on the group'south 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 yous can contribute to

  2. Click Select more than files or elevate and driblet 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 & Description

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

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

  • #Hashtags - Add #hashtags to your video description as a lightweight customs manner to group like videos together. Viewers will exist able to click on the #hashtags and encounter other videos with the aforementioned tag.

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

Notation

The title is limited to 100 characters. The description is limited to iv,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 correct 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 later on it'south uploaded. When the frames from the video are generated, cull one to represent your video or upload your own custom paradigm.

Details pane while uploading video.

Permissions

In the permissions section, you can control who can see your video, who can ain and edit information technology, and which groups and channels information technology'south displayed in.

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

Allow everyone in your company to view this video

When checked everyone in your arrangement can see the video and is able to add information technology to their groups and channels. This, in effect, makes your video bachelor for viewing companywide. To be able to add a video to a companywide channel, this cheque box must be checked.

When non checked, your video will only exist viewable by those people and groups you've made viewers.

Shared with

Utilize the Shared with drop down to narrow your search telescopic and pick who you want to share your video with.

  • Groups - search scope to add together your video to a grouping that y'all can contribute to.

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

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

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

The Brandish cheque box shows upwardly for groups where yous are a correspondent. This controls if the video shows up in the group'south pages in Stream. If it's not checked it ways that the grouping has access if y'all ship them a link or they found the video in search, but it won't show upward on their grouping's pages straight.

For more information about permissions, see Video permissions.

Permissions pane while uploading.

Options

In the Options department, you tin can command various settings for the video.

Comments

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

Captions

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

If you've selected a supported Video linguistic communication in the Details pane for the video, then the Autogenerate a caption file check box will be checked. This means a caption file will be automatically generated. In add-on, 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 explanation file, and then you can upload your ain closed caption file in the WebVTT format.

For more information about captions, run into:

  • 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 prepare, 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 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 information, encounter the subtitle and captions article

Options pane while uploading.

Publish and playback

One time your video has been uploaded, and you are done setting upwardly your video, you can printing the Publish at present push button at the lesser of the upload carte. This volition make the video available to those you've shared it with as soon as it'southward done processing. Press the title of the video on the top of the upload card to see the playback folio for the video.

Publish now button.

To alter anything near the video after you've published it, go to My content > Videos > More menu More menu icon. > Edit.

Processing fourth dimension is based on the length and resolution of your video. You won't be able to play the video until it's washed processing. Run across upload processing details for more data.

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 get 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 tin can be uploaded.

Quotas and limitations

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

Troubleshooting

For common upload errors, see Agreement upload errors.

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