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Sharepoint - Video Link - Sharing Link Playback Issue
i have a flow that automatically creates a sharing link for every file that is added to a sharepoint library. however, for video links that are uploaded/added to the sharepoint library, the sharing ...
Try using the File Viewer web part to display your video if your video is already in SharePoint.
Thank you Susan! Although the File Viewer web part does show the video, it does not allow for the following; Custom Thumbnail, Start From option, Auto-start, Looping, Toggle video title, Renditions.
For those suggesting Stream please review Susan's reply above. A solution is needed for managing a large number of videos and having the ability to add them to a SharePoint page as needed. This used to be resolved by using the Video Content Type. Currently, the embed link returns an error, which is not the intended functionality. How do we get this working? Or is there another way to accomplish video embedding from (without having to move loads of files to another resource)?
For those suggesting Stream please review Susan's reply above. A solution is needed for managing a large number of videos and having the ability to add them to a SharePoint page as needed. This used to be resolved by using the Video Content Type. Currently, the embed link returns an error, which is not the intended functionality. How do we get this working? Or is there another way to accomplish video embedding from (without having to move loads of files to another resource)?
- For displaying large numbers of videos, you can try the Highlighted Content web part. I have also used the Gallery View of a document library. The other features you mention are part of what will need to happen before Stream can be decommissioned as a content repository. Think of Stream as providing these capabilities for the content hosted in SharePoint.
SusanHanley Hi Susan! Just to clarify, managing multiple videos by saving them to SharePoint since our company emphasizes cloud-storage only. I am only trying to embed one of the many videos already stored in a document library with video content types.
Ideal Scenario----
Videos stored in their current location, as is, can be embeded on a SharePoint page with the ability to change thumbnail, auto-start, loop, etc.
Current Scenario----
Copying the embed code provided returns an error. Video content types are not behaving as they were before, nor as expected.
- Today, you can use the File Viewer web part to add a video stored in SharePoint Online to a page - but you cannot currently change the thumbnail or specify when to start playing. I suspect that functionality will be added as part of the transition from classic Stream. (I am assuming you are using SharePoint Online, which is cloud storage.)
For videos stored in other locations, you can use the embed code for the video and the Embed web part. I have not had any issues embedding video from Vimeo using the embed code or YouTube using the YouTube web part. The only thing I can think of is that you might want to add the website where your videos are stored to the HTML Field Security setting in Site Collection Admin Settings. Hope this helps!