Embedding video on SharePoint requires Silverlight

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Hi,&nbsp;&nbsp;I've posted a video in a channel in stream and wanted to use this video in a ContentPage on SharePoint. In SharePoint I added media and chose for "From Address" and pasted the embed URL I copied from Stream. This works fine, however this embedded video requires Silverlight to play. In our company Silverlight is not installed/allowed.&nbsp;Is this default behaviour, and is there a way to specify that another technology (HTML5?) has to be used when playing embedded video's?&nbsp;Thanks,&nbsp;Jan

kelly_meyer · Answer

Is Stream Web Part only available on modern pages?&nbsp;&nbsp; I don't see it on classic pages.&nbsp; Is there a&nbsp;plan to add&nbsp;an 'MS Stream' icon to the ribbon in the 'Media' group (similar to the "Office 365 Video" icon) so users can easily add a 'Stream' video without having to open another window,&nbsp;navigate to Stream, find the video's embed code, come back to the other window and embed the code.&nbsp; That's a lot of clicks....&nbsp;

shelley21 · Answer

Jan Sabbe&nbsp;I was having this same annoying issue for a video I posted on SharePoint just this week (I'm fairly new to the "SharePoint world" so forgive me), asking to install Silverlight repeatedly.&nbsp; I finally figured out when posting it, if I unchecked the options (in the Properties) for downloading and embedding, it no longer requires Silverlight; so you might want to try that if you haven't already... I know it's been a while since you posted this.

amit rajput · Answer

Hi&nbsp;Jan Sabbe.&nbsp; Microsoft Stream does not use Silverlight for playback. This is because Silverlight playback technologies does not support the type of decryption required for Microsoft Stream.
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We use smart detection for playback, and select the correct playback technology based on your browser's capabilites.&nbsp; In general, we try to start with HTML5 for playback, however in some circumstances, Flash may be required to playback video. This generally happens on Windows 7 on IE 11.&nbsp; This is because, underlying, this browser does not have the built in feature to playback and decrypt via HTML.
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What browser and OS are you using? Additionally, when you watch the video at https://web.microsoftstream.com, what playback technology is being used?&nbsp;
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jan sabbe · Answer

Hi Amit,&nbsp;I'm on a Windows 7 device, using Google Chrome or IE.&nbsp;When watching the video directly on&nbsp;https://web.microsoftstream.com, the HTML5 playback technology is used&nbsp;in Chrome, Flash in IE as you described. When embedding this movie in a SharePoint site "From Address", the browser requires a Sivlerlight plugin in IE. I believe now that this is because the video cannot be accessed, or that is the default playback technology of the Media web-part in SharePoint. When embedding the entire iframe in SharePoint, everything seems to work fine...&nbsp;&nbsp;

amit rajput · Answer

Hi&nbsp;Jan Sabbe. Out of curiosity, what webpart are you using and how are you adding the Microsoft Stream video as a parameter?

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