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The following information is about Microsoft Stream (Classic) which will eventually exist retired and replaced by Stream (on SharePoint). To get-go using the newer video solution today, but upload your videos to SharePoint, Teams, Yammer, or OneDrive. Videos stored in Microsoft 365 the way you'd store any other file is the basis for Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint). Acquire more...


Upload a video

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

First uploading videos

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

In that location are several options for uploading videos. Depending on where you start your uploads from, different default permissions will be attack the videos, but you tin e'er change them afterwards.

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

Upload from whatever page

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 driblet or select files from your figurer or device.

    Create - Upload a video.

To upload from Videos folio:

  1. In the Microsoft Stream (Classic) portal, select My content > Videos from the top 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 grouping that you can contribute to

  2. Select the Upload video button on the grouping's navigation bar or drag and drop videos when on the group'due 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 tin 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 find.

Details

Title & Description

Fill out the title and description for your video to requite your viewers context for the video. In the clarification field, you can add the following to make your video more interactive:

  • Time codes (H:MM:SS) - Yous tin build an interactive table of contents for the video by typing in the fourth dimension 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 style to grouping similar videos together. Viewers will be able to click on the #hashtags and see other videos with the same tag.

  • Links - Paste in a spider 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.

Annotation

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

Video language

Select the language spoken in the video. This volition enable a closed caption file for supported languages to be automatically generated. In add-on, people with the correct license will exist 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 afterwards it'south uploaded. When the frames from the video are generated, choose ane to represent your video or upload your own custom epitome.

Details pane while uploading video.

Permissions

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

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

Allow everyone in your company to view this video

When checked anybody in your organization tin 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 a video to a companywide aqueduct, this check box must be checked.

When non 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 yous 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 your video to a channel directly, including companywide channels.

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

Whatsoever person or group added will automatically exist granted view permission to your video. If you lot desire any 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 check box shows upward for groups where you are a contributor. This controls if the video shows up in the grouping's pages in Stream. If it'southward not checked it means that the group has admission if you lot send them a link or they found the video in search, simply it won't show upward on their group'southward pages directly.

For more information about permissions, see Video permissions.

Permissions pane while uploading.

Options

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

Comments

If you don't desire users to exist able to add comments direct on the video role player 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 can click the CC push button 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, and then the Autogenerate a caption file check box will be checked. This means a caption file volition exist automatically generated. In addition, people with the right license will be able to detect your video based on the text in this transcript or your ain uploaded airtight caption file.

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

For more than information about captions, see:

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

Subtitles

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

To upload 1 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, see the subtitle and captions commodity

Options pane while uploading.

Publish and playback

Once your video has been uploaded, and you are done setting up your video, you can press the Publish now push button at the lesser of the upload card. This will brand the video available to those you lot've shared it with as before long as it's done processing. Press the title of the video on the top of the upload carte du jour to meet the playback page for the video.

Publish now button.

To modify anything virtually the video later on you've published information technology, go to My content > Videos > More than card More menu icon. > Edit.

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

Select the Share icon Share icon on upload card. on the lesser of the upload carte du jour to copy a link to the video, share on Yammer, or go the embed code for the video. For more data, 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 exist uploaded.

Quotas and limitations

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

Troubleshooting

For common upload errors, see Understanding upload errors.

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