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Download original video as an mp4
Hi! I created some videos in my stream and need to download them as either a .mp4, .mov, or .avi type of file. Right now it's only downloading as a .webm file. How do I fix this?
Thanks for the note and I wanted to give some more details. The screen recorder on classic Stream and the new enhanced screen record on stream.office.com are using the browser to generate a video file. Currently the browser support creating .webm files so that is what is outputted when you all use the recorder.
There are currently no plans to change the file format as it plays back in classic Stream and on Stream on SharePoint.
I do wonder why folks are needing another file format. Hearing below about wanting to embed a video into Sway seemed like one use case, were there others?
Most of our intent with the screen recorder is record (do an explainer video for example), make some small edits, hit upload and then share to others. Others can watch the video right in Stream. All of this works just fine with webm so I was trying to see why people were asking about mp4. Thanks!!
There are currently no plans to change the file format as it plays back in classic Stream and on Stream on SharePoint.
I do wonder why folks are needing another file format. Hearing below about wanting to embed a video into Sway seemed like one use case, were there others?
Most of our intent with the screen recorder is record (do an explainer video for example), make some small edits, hit upload and then share to others. Others can watch the video right in Stream. All of this works just fine with webm so I was trying to see why people were asking about mp4. Thanks!!
We have a user who has made a screen recording in Stream (on SharePoint). He then downloads in order to pull into a video editing program to make further edits (since that capability is not currently available in Stream on SP). It is a .webm file. The Microsoft Video editor doesn't allow this file format to be added to a project. User also could not import into Adobe Premiere Pro. Tried renaming the file to use .mp4 format. Can add into the Video editor but once within the program, the file doesn't work. **Ideally the Microsoft Video Editor would be able to handle the .webm file which was generated from SharePoint**. Any other options other than a 3rd party software tool to convert to another format?????
- You can convert it to mp4 using VLC Media Player (an open-source video player from videolan.org). I just did this and it worked.
• Download the app, install it, and launch. Download VLC.
• Go to Media and pick Convert/Save.
• Click Add and select a file for conversion. Hit Convert/Save.
• Open the list of formats in the Profile section and pick Video – MP4.
• Hit Browse and choose a folder for export.
• Rename the file
• Hit Start and wait for the conversion to complete. - Paying for the adobe codecs.
