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Embedding video on SharePoint requires Silverlight
MicrosoftHi Jan Sabbe. 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.
We use smart detection for playback, and select the correct playback technology based on your browser's capabilites. 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. This is because, underlying, this browser does not have the built in feature to playback and decrypt via HTML.
What browser and OS are you using? Additionally, when you watch the video at https://web.microsoftstream.com, what playback technology is being used?
Hi Amit,
I'm on a Windows 7 device, using Google Chrome or IE.
When watching the video directly on https://web.microsoftstream.com, the HTML5 playback technology is used 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...
- Amit Rajput
Hi Jan Sabbe. Out of curiosity, what webpart are you using and how are you adding the Microsoft Stream video as a parameter?
Hi Amit Rajput, in a Content Editor webpart, I insert a video "from address", as the Office 365 Video doesn't show my stream video's, and there is no Stream integration. This is a page which is in the old UI, so not the modern UI.
