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The Video and Rich Media feature of SharePoint enables the asset library, a type of document library. The asset library can help you manage rich media assets such as images, audio, and video, especially for SharePoint 2013 and 2016. For SharePoint Online, see What is a document library?
How to create a rich media library in SharePoint?
On the Site Settings page, under Site Collection Administration, click Site collection features. On the Site Collection Features page, under Video and Rich Media, click Activate. Set up an Asset Library to store image, audio, or video files.
How to activate site collection features in SharePoint?
From the root of your site collection, click Settings > Site settings. On the Site Settings page, under Site Collection Administration, click Site collection features. On the Site Collection Features page, next to SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure, click Activate.
How to add a video to an asset library?
When you select video from the list, you have the option to upload, link or embed a video. To learn more about how to add content to an Asset Library, see Upload video, audio, or pictures to an Asset Library.
How does video renditions work in SharePoint 2013?
The video renditions feature lets you upload multiple renditions of a video-whether they are different codecs/formats or different bitrates. You can switch seamlessly on-the-fly just by choosing the desired rendition from the media player. By default, the video with the lowest bitrate is chosen, to conserve bandwidth.
What happens when you upload a video in SharePoint?
When you upload a video file, SharePoint automatically creates this stub for that video. You can imagine the video set to be the encapsulation of everything related to that video. In the next few sections, we’ll talk about how videos can be uploaded, watched, and searched in SharePoint 2013.
Videos can be played from the video player page. The way SharePoint organizes the videos, together with the default video player page, greatly simplifies the process of building a video portal for your organization. (And soon, watch out for the white paper on how to build a social media sharing site on SharePoint 2013 for your enterprise.)
What does the asset library in SharePoint do?
SharePoint’s built-in Asset Library app is pre-configured to help you manage rich media assets, such as image, audio, and video files.
Are there any enhanced video experiences in SharePoint?
Enhanced video experiences will be available for any video file uploaded to a normal document library in SharePoint, in Microsoft Teams, Yammer, or OneDrive. Note: If you don’t see Asset Library as an option in your built-in apps, contact your SharePoint admin to see if they are available for your site.
Microsoft recently introduced a new feature of commenting in SharePoint Online lists and Microsoft lists. Using this feature users will be able to add and delete comments on list items. Users can view all comments on a list item and filter between views that show comments or activity related to an item in details pane.
What does the asset library do in SharePoint?
The asset library can help you manage rich media assets such as images, audio, and video, especially for SharePoint 2013 and 2016. For SharePoint Online, see What is a document library? To enable the video and rich media feature, you must have permissions to change Site Collection features.