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coconono
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May 02, 2020

how to play/stream mkv files on sharepoint page

I've been using my OneDrive storage to store video files I've created over the years. They are almost all in mk4 format or mp4 format. Now I want to make some type of sharepoint site to play the vide...
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jcgonzalezmartin
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May 03, 2020
SharePoint and OneDrive For Business are suitable to store any kind of files what includes heavy videos, but they are not suitable to play videos. In Microsoft 365 there is a specific service that is intended to that purpose: Microsoft Stream. The good thing is that you can embed videos from Stream or an entire channel using the Stream WebPart
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Joris_D
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Jan 13, 2022

jcgonzalezmartin Yes, Stream has its merits, but it's lacking quite a bit in functionality. I also have several hundred GBs of educational *.mkv files that my teaching staff have gathered over the years. You can't upload *.mkv files to Stream so they need to be reencoded into *.mp4, which I would be willing to do even if it takes a lot of time, but I'm not willing to compromise on other areas like being able to choose the subtitle tracks that are included in the *.mkv files. Playing an *.mkv file with VLC works everywhere with full functionality. So either allow VLC to be integrated as a playback option in Teams or Sharepoint, or update the codecs on Teams and Sharepoint so that *.mkv files with different subtitles and/or language tracks can be uploaded and played backwith all expected functionality.

 

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