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Trim feature removed in new Stream?
Has the trim feature been removed in both the new (SharePoint) Stream and tradtional Stream interface?
I discovered this today when attempting to trim a video recorded from a Teams meeting. The trim feature was available recently when video recordings of Teams meetings were accessed in OneDrive.
I know that not having trim in Stream (on SharePoint) is painful. Full video editing will come with clipchamp being added to enterprise later this year.
It's been a long road for us in the product group to get to a plan for what to do in Stream. We apologize for how long it's taken us. It's not easy for us to just add back the ability that was in Stream (Classic) to SharePoint, the underlying architecture and storage is very different.
Thank you for all the feedback you've shared and all the votes in the ideas forum. We've finally been able to land on a design for a simple trim option directly in Stream. We aren't able to share a timeline or roadmap item yet until we get further on the engineering design and start coding.
Feel free to keep adding your votes and comments to this item in the Ideas forum. (I consolidated the other few ideas into this single one that joined all the votes together):
Support for video trimming (start, end, & middle) · Community (microsoft.com)
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A bit late to this thread but adding my request to please bring this back! I used to trim the start and end all the time and now it takes so much longer
- Pleaes enable some sort of easy trimming for MS Teams recordings.
Until this gets fixed by Microsoft, I found a workaround in the meantime is by uploading the video into Stream Classic. It takes time but once it's published the trim feature will appear. Be patient and check often because the feature does appear.
Also make sure to vote to add the feature to Stream (SharePoint) - https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/96afc2ae-2851-ec11-a819-0022484f07e1
- Uploading to Stream Classic in order to trim a video is shortsighted, given today's announcement of the retirement date for Stream Classic.
It is a bummer that trim isn't on video files hosted in SharePoint but doing an additiional upload/download is an extra step rather than just editing locally (Windows and Mac both have tools in the OS to trim videos).
- Please bring back the TRIM feature. Thanks. This is standard on ANY (other) video sharing platform.
- Why would you take away such a simple and very important feature. Especially when it was standard before and then you find out you can no longer trim. Please bring this feature back and as soon as possible.
That. Or at least offer a free tool to integrate seamless, to provide in this crucial need.
And/or offer open integration with other tools with this capability.- Marc Mroz
Microsoft
We are working on brining trim and full video edit to M365 via clipchamp in later 2023. We are also working on some ideas where we can also have a simple hide option on the video directly in Stream.
We hear your feedback that not having Trim like was in Stream (Classic) is painful. It's not a trivial or quick thing for us to build so it's taking a while to come up with the right plan and investment level for Stream with clipchamp for full trim and edit capabilities already under development.
Please continue to add your votes and comments to this idea:
- I'll add my reply to the post linked in the comment, but to put simply- yes. My office has come to use and depend on the feature. One of the most challenging things about promoting and encouraging the use of cloud services is when an interface changes (e.g., Stream Classic to Stream SharePoint) and features that users rely on are removed. IT personnel and power users wind up holding the bag and trying to make excuses for Microsoft while our bosses and users both get angry.
BHBrookfield Crucial feature, please bring back Trim ASAP
- Marc Mroz
Any of you who want a Trim feature for videos in ODB/SPO for Stream (on SharePoint), can you add your votes and comments to this idea in the feedback portal?
Can you also give us more details about when and how you need to trim? More information would really help us figure out the right way to build this into ODB/SPO and/or Clipchamp.
Example useful info you could provide us:
- Does your primary use case need the trimmed out part of the video to be fully removed from the video so no one can see it ever? Or would hiding parts of the video be enough?
- What types of videos are you needing to trim?
- What are you trimming out of the video and why?
- Do the videos you are wanting to trim already have extra enhancements on them (chapters, transcript, etc)?
Edit & Trim Video Recording in new Stream like Stream Classic · Community (microsoft.com)
- This page does not work for me (12/14/2023)
- I agree with the other comments that this is a crucial feature in order to trim things after the meeting easily as I have enough to do during meeting setup to mind starting recording at exact right time....
So I always need to trim some minutes in the beginning and in the end.
The feature you have now is great!
Something similar would be very appreciated, or I could change the all-hands meeting to YouTube and handle it there instead...
Hoping for a positive feedback reg trimming feature. (BTW, my surface tablet would die under flickergate symptoms if I were to edit video on it...) Please bring back the trim feature. Recently had a recording go long and capture a sensitive conversation. It's a challenge to rectify unless the trim feature exists!
- I need to cut my Teams's recorded videos... please, do it simple!
