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The post-obit information is nigh Microsoft Stream (Classic) which volition 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 mode you'd shop whatever other file is the basis for Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint). Learn more...


Upload a video

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

Start uploading videos

Click the Upload icon Upload icon. at the top of any folio or just elevate and drop new videos to one of your groups or channels. You can upload multiple videos at the same fourth dimension 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 assault the videos, but you tin can e'er change them subsequently.

Come across this article for in-depth data 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 drib or select files from your reckoner or device.

    Create - Upload a video.

To upload from Videos folio:

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

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

    Videos - upload.

Upload directly to a grouping 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 grouping'southward navigation bar or drag and driblet videos when on the group's 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 folio

    Upload a video to a channel.

While your video is uploading and processing, you can fill up out metadata for the video to brand information technology easier to find.

Details

Title & Description

Fill out the title and clarification for your video to give your viewers context for the video. In the description field, y'all can add together the following to make your video more interactive:

  • Fourth dimension codes (H:MM:SS) - Y'all tin 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 time codes to bound to that betoken of the video.

  • #Hashtags - Add #hashtags to your video description as a lightweight community way to group similar videos together. Viewers will exist able to click on the #hashtags and run into other videos with the aforementioned tag.

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

Annotation

The title is express to 100 characters. The description is limited to four,000 characters.

Video language

Select the linguistic communication spoken in the video. This will enable a closed explanation file for supported languages to exist automatically generated. In addition, people with the correct license volition be able to discover your video based on the text in this transcript.

For more than information see:

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

Thumbnails

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

Details pane while uploading video.

Permissions

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

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

Allow anybody in your company 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 outcome, makes your video available for viewing companywide. To be able to add together a video to a companywide aqueduct, this check box must be checked.

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

Shared with

Utilize the Shared with drib down to narrow your search scope and pick who you lot want to share your video with.

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

  • Channels - search scope to add your video to a aqueduct straight, including companywide channels.

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

Whatever person or grouping added volition automatically be granted view permission to your video. If you want whatever of these Viewers to too be able to update your video, check the box next to their entry in the Owner column to upgrade their permission.

The Display cheque box shows upward for groups where you are a contributor. This controls if the video shows up in the group's pages in Stream. If information technology'south non checked it ways that the group has admission if y'all send them a link or they establish the video in search, but it won't bear witness up on their group'southward pages directly.

For more information about permissions, come across Video permissions.

Permissions pane while uploading.

Options

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

Comments

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

Captions

Closed captions are a text version, in the original language, of what's spoken in the video. When a video has a explanation ready, viewers can click the CC button on the role player while watching a video to prove the captions nether the video.

If you've selected a supported Video language in the Details pane for the video, and so the Autogenerate a explanation file check box will be checked. This means a caption file will be automatically generated. In addition, people with the correct license will be able to observe your video based on the text in this transcript or your ain 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 information 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'south spoken in the video. When a video has one or more than subtitles set, 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 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, see the subtitle and captions commodity

Options pane while uploading.

Publish and playback

Once your video has been uploaded, and you are done setting upward your video, you can printing the Publish now push button at the bottom of the upload card. This will make the video bachelor to those you've shared information technology with as shortly as it'south washed processing. Press the title of the video on the summit of the upload card to encounter the playback page for the video.

Publish now button.

To alter anything about the video later on you lot've published information technology, 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 done processing. See upload processing details for more 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 get the embed lawmaking for the video. For more than information, encounter Sharing a video.

Share icon to upload video.

Supported upload formats

See supported file formats for more than information on what kinds of videos 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.

See also

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