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The following information is about Microsoft Stream (Classic) which volition eventually exist retired and replaced past 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 fashion you'd shop whatsoever other file is the basis for Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint). Learn more than...


Upload a video

Uploading videos with Microsoft Stream (Classic) is like shooting fish in a barrel and anyone can practise it.

Start uploading videos

Click the Upload icon Upload icon. at the top of any folio or just drag and drop new videos to 1 of your groups or channels. Yous can upload multiple videos at the same 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 yous kickoff your uploads from, different default permissions will exist set on the videos, but y'all can always change them afterwards.

Run into this commodity for in-depth data on video permissions.

Upload from any page

To upload from whatever 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 driblet or select files from your computer 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 drop or select files from your estimator or device

    Videos - upload.

Upload directly to a grouping or channel

To upload to a group:

  1. In the Microsoft Stream (Classic) website, navigate to a grouping that yous can contribute to

  2. Select the Upload video button on the group's navigation bar or elevate and drop videos when on the grouping'due south 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 tin 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 can fill out metadata for the video to arrive easier to find.

Details

Championship & Description

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

  • Time codes (H:MM:SS) - You lot can 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 equally a lightweight customs manner to group similar videos together. Viewers will be able to click on the #hashtags and see other videos with the same tag.

  • Links - Paste in a web address 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 limited to 100 characters. The description is express to 4,000 characters.

Video language

Select the language spoken in the video. This will enable a airtight caption file for supported languages to exist automatically generated. In addition, people with the right license will be able to notice your video based on the text in this transcript.

For more data meet:

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

Thumbnails

Automatic thumbnails are generated for the video afterward information technology's uploaded. When the frames from the video are generated, choose one to represent your video or upload your own custom prototype.

Details pane while uploading video.

Permissions

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

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

Allow everyone in your company to view this video

When checked everyone in your organization can see the video and is able to add together it to their groups and channels. This, in effect, 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 non checked, your video will only be viewable by those people and groups you've made viewers.

Shared with

Utilize the Shared with drib down to narrow your search scope and choice who yous want to share your video with.

  • Groups - search scope to add your video to a group that you tin 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, Advertizing 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 any of these Viewers to also exist 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 up for groups where yous are a contributor. This controls if the video shows up in the group'south pages in Stream. If it's not checked information technology means that the group has access if y'all send them a link or they establish the video in search, but it won't testify upwards on their group's pages directly.

For more information about permissions, see Video permissions.

Permissions pane while uploading.

Options

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

Comments

If yous don't want 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's spoken in the video. When a video has a caption set, viewers can click the CC button on the player 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 check box will be checked. This means a explanation file volition be automatically generated. In improver, people with the correct 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 so yous can upload your own closed caption file in the WebVTT format.

For more data well-nigh 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's spoken in the video. When a video has one or more subtitles gear up, viewers can enable the the subtitles on the player while watching the video.

To upload i subtitle file per language:

  1. Click Upload a subtitle file
  2. Select the language the subtitle file is for
  3. Click Select file or elevate and drib your subtitle file in the WebVTT format
  4. Select OK

For more information, come across 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 can press the Publish now push at the bottom of the upload carte du jour. This volition make the video available to those y'all've shared it with as soon as it's done processing. Press the title of the video on the top of the upload card to see the playback page for the video.

Publish now button.

To modify annihilation about the video after yous've published it, become to My content > Videos > More than menu More menu icon. > Edit.

Processing time is based on the length and resolution of your video. You lot won't be able to play the video until it's washed processing. See upload processing details for more information.

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 get the embed code 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 information on what kinds of videos can be uploaded.

Quotas and limitations

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

Troubleshooting

For common upload errors, run into Understanding upload errors.

See also

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Video permissions

Subtitle and captions

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