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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!!
descapa_msft I am trying to edit the output in Microsoft's' "Video Editor" software that is preinstalled on my work laptop.
However the trimming option prior to downloading still results in a .webm file for me 😞
Renaming the extension works if all I want to do is play the file. However, the Video Editor will not accept this.
I only want it here so that I can add some basic title cards at the beginning and the end and as section dividers, splitting up the video.
MP4 would clearly be more useful as a universally accepted file type, particularly across Microsoft's own video software estate it seems. Very frustrating.