Recent Discussions
Video Quality Default Setting
I'm a video creator at my org. So, I'm generally viewing things through a hybrid, technical+creative lens. As we begin to share internal videos via Stream (SP), I'm regularly noticing that the video quality playback settings are set to "Auto." Often, that leads to the video playing entirely in a low resolution, where it's mostly pixelated; even the thumbnail image previews with the same low resolution. I understand there are various contributing factors here, but I also discovered that users can toggle the video settings to "1080p." Still, it always defaults back to "auto." I'm wondering if there is a way to lock that setting to 1080p for all users within our organization, because it's not realistic to communicate such a setting change to all users.Error message - Generating transcript
"We're having trouble generating a transcript and captions right now. Try again in a bit." is the error message our video team sees when generating transcripts. They have to wait around ten minutes and refresh the page for it to clear, which is a major annoyance. What is this error, and why is it happening?Rolling out - Custom thumbnails & title & description metadata
We started rollout of new capabilities to video and audio files stored in SharePoint, OneDrive, Yammer, and Teams allowing you to set a custom thumbnail for a video as well as set the title and description of the video. The description is rich text so you can add bold, italics, underline, bullets, and hyperlinks. Currently as of June 2, 2022 these features are enabled to 50% of normal worldwide users. To set a custom thumbnail... Play a video, open the side pane "Video settings" Under "Thumbnail" Upload an image or scrub to a time in the video and use that as the thumbnail To set the title and description for a video... Play a video, open the side pane "About video" Set the title and/or description of the video (including rich text and hyperlinks) Click save
REPOST - MIcrosoft Stream (15min Max Screen Recording Limit)
Hi guys, just reposting this as never got any responses on my last post Why does microsoft stream only allow me to screen record for a maximum of 15min??? I am trying to record some video training tutorials for & seems kind of ridiculous why screen recording would be limited to 15min?? Appreciate any help 🙂
Modify playlist view to add additional field?
I want to use the stream playlist view to curate a community training video series that we have been hosting for our new PMO. We have monthly training calls that we record, but we also want to make the link to the PPT slides visible within a playlist format. I was hoping there might be a way to modify the view of a playlist in a similar fashion to editing other MS List views but I can't seem to figure it out. Ideally wanted to be able to show a button in the sidebar thing. See my janky mockup image for what I'm describing pink button to open link to a file
How do I create a link to a video page that does not break if the file is moved in the site?
If I use the share button, it creates a link with an absolute path. The links break if the video is moved, even in the same site. You can use the document ID method but those links go direct to the mp4 file, and not to the page. Surely I can create permanent links to video pages.
Stream Embed not visible (webpart is blank) in iOS on mobile
I embedded a Stream video onto a SharePoint page with a Script Editor webpart, which is working as expected on desktop. But when I open the page in mobile (Safari on iOS), the embed doesn't appear at all - it's just blank. But if I then go to https://web.microsoftstream.com/ and then come back and refresh the page with the embed, the video appears correctly. Any ideas as to why this is happening and anything I can do to resolve it? This is intended for the homepage of a company intranet so it's a potentially major issue for the mobile user experience.
Consistently Poor Video Quality (Auto) Despite Very Fast Speeds
Hi. I'm seeing about 16 Megabytes / second internet speed when I run a internet speed test. According to the test: Your Internet connection should be able to handle multiple devices streaming HD videos, video conferencing, and gaming at the same time. Despite this, when I upload a 1080p video to Stream and when I hit the play button, it consistently auto plays at the lowest resolution (at most 480p, but typically 240p). I've tried encoding the video file multiple different ways, including at a low bit-rate (1 Mbps) and a very high bit-rate (40 Mbps) but it never auto plays at 1080p or even 720p. If I click on some point in the play bar while the Quality is set to "Auto", it will adjust based on bandwidth and begin playing the video back at 1080p. And obviously, if I manually change the playback quality to HD, it will play the video in HD. But my viewers don't necessarily know this hack. From their perspective, they hit the Play button and the video just looks crappy and it's a terrible user experience. Why, if our internet speeds are considered very fast, does Stream automatically play an HD video at 480p or 240p? Why does it take me either manually changing the quality or clicking somewhere on the play bar to change the Quality settings and make the video playback at HD?SOLUTION: Missing Teams Video Recordings!!
It took some digging, but for those of you who are unable to find your Teams Meeting videos in your Stream (where they have been stored previously), it turns out that MS is phasing in a process of those videos now being stored in either your One Drive for Business or your Sharepoint. This started happening at the beginning of the year. I'm sure your IT department was alerted, but you may not have gotten the memo. If you're looking for your video, check your Teams chat log. There may be a listing titled the same as the name of your meeting. The video is there! So your videos aren't lost... they're just stored in a new place. Here's where I found the answer: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/tmr-meeting-recording-change
Option to Select Different Webcam in Microsoft Stream
Hi Microsoft Stream Team, I've been using Microsoft Stream for screen recordings and really appreciate the functionality it offers. However, I've encountered an issue regarding the selection of webcams. Currently, the app defaults to my laptop's built-in webcam, and I don't see an option to choose a different webcam. I have an external webcam set up on my monitor, and I would prefer to use this for my recordings due to its superior quality. Could you please add an option to select a different webcam within the Stream app? This would greatly enhance the user experience for those of us who use external webcams for better video quality. Thank you for considering this feature request! Best regards, James Kuijpers
Microsoft Stream latest updates have made it useless
This is a complaint about the recent changes to Microsoft Stream especially adding ClipChamp. I can no longer use Microsoft Stream for work and now have to rely on OBS or some other method to get recordings and transcripts. 0) You used to be able to find streams that you attended. Now under the current changes it impossible to find those stream recordings. Across multiple departments and inter-government agencies. The changes have caused a loss of training. 1) The record button for teams is not working properly for guest outside my Microsoft networking (especially when I am the guest and its a training provide by Microsoft). You used to be able to receive transcripts of trainings from Microsoft. These were link to the stream recordings. However, now those same transcripts give a one drive error and are no longer accessible. 2) You used to be able to record a longer than 15 minutes, but then trim it down. It use to allow you to ignore the time limit to split the file into smaller chunks. Then you could delete those splits where the recording had issues. Then you splice them back together as long as the end video remained under 15 minutes. This is currently not possible with the current version of Microsoft Streams. You are not allowed to have true control and editing power of what you record. I am sorry, but until this fixed. I will have to ask my department to consider using different meeting software to hold important meetings and record. P.S. In the future please carefully consider the business needs of your clients before making changes that break the usefulness of the software.
Caption/transcription generation issues?
The option to generate captions/transcriptions for videos stored in SharePoint/OneDrive has been working fine in our tenant for months, but yesterday users started reporting an error message. When attempting to generate captions, the message indicated that the request could not be completed. By late evening (10 PM EST), the request process was working, but as of 9:30 this morning, no captions have been generated, even for very short videos. There's nothing in the Service Health section of the admin center, so not sure what's going on. EDIT: I just tried requesting captions in another tenant and am getting the same message as yesterday We're having trouble generating a transcript and captions right now. Try again in a bit.MS Stream Analytics Not Working
Hello, I have a playlist of training videos. I enabled seeing the names of viewers on the SharePoint site settings. This worked fine until recently. Now not only do I not see the names, but the actual viewer count in Stream does not change either. I have confirmed with staff and faculty that they have watch the latest video, but the viewer count doesn't change and the viewer names are not added. I didn't change anything with my playlist or videos that I have been using for almost a year. Older videos that show for example 60 viewers, if watched now, no not change the viewer count either. Any ideas why analytics would not be working since about June? Thanks, DebbieChange in Stream viewer analytics & other delayed behavior
We have been getting reports that the view count is not reflected current state. I've tested this myself and watching a video does not add to the count of viewed. Previously this was counted in real time, but it appears to now be delayed by a day or more. We also have reports from a user that uploaded a new video file which they confirmed was uploaded bc they had a link and can view the video in Stream, but cannot see it listed with the other Stream files under "recent" or "created by me" in the Stream or Office UI. Anyone else getting these reports? I'm not seeing any notifications in the admin center.SharePoint or Stream - Option that allows content to be downloaded by all company employees
Good afternoon to everyone. My name is Leonardo Fonseca and I currently work as an administrator in a company located in Brazil. We are trying to find permission to allow the download of all files from my company's employees. Where can we find this option or police? Thanks.
Microsoft Stream Admin Center?
Similar to its previous version, are there a new admin center for Stream so that we (global admins) can manage the recordings that was done within our organization? An incident recently occurred where we used one of our VC accounts to record a webinar but then the recording was saved in a OneDrive of one of our employees randomly. As admins previously, we would be able to download the recording directly without having to request access from the user. I hope this wasn't how Microsoft intends to move forward with the new stream application.
Recorded Stream (on SharePoint) File Format
When recording a video from the Stream (on SharePoint) we've notice the only file type is available for export, "webm." This is posing serious obstacles for our users as we are on Windows 10 and have VERY locked down machines. No one aside from specific IT specialists in our organization have desktop apps capable of converting or working with the files. Additionally, we strive to not have users go rogue using cloud apps able to convert these files. I really wish the ability to download mp4 was the default. Its pretty sad when the PowerPoint web app can't even read the webm files... I really hope Microsoft provides a better solution or changes the ability from the admin center of what file format is exported by default.
Stream (mobile app) permissions do not match desktop settings
I recently shared a video link via email. When accessed from a desktop, the link directed users to the correct video version with the appropriate permission settings. However, when the same user accessed the link from their mobile devices, it directed them to an unedited, editable, and downloadable version despite the set settings. How can we prevent this from happening in the future?
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