# Insert Video

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-video/147651
**Category:** Theme component
**Tags:** official, insert-video
**Created:** [April 11, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-video/147651 "2020-04-11T22:17:17Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-video/147651/37 "2024-05-31T18:36:49Z")

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With which file types is this expected to work?

After adding two additional line breaks before inserting the video, I made it work with an MP4 file. But so far, I had no luck with a MOV file. And the ones I found here on Meta don’t seem to work either. For example:

> [@Discourse AI - Helper](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-helper/283943/1):
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> The following is an example of AI Helper features within Composer. _Note: there was already written content_.
> 
> The following is an example of AI Helper’s “Explain” feature while reading a topic.

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Never mind. I found the answer:

> [@.mov is not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mov-is-not-working/283543/4):
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> From my tests: webm – works fine ogg – can work, but by default, you can’t select it because the mime type is not [referenced here](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-insert-video/blob/main/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/video-uploader.hbs#L7) ; however, as workaround you can choose “all files” in the windows, and select your .ogg file, It will work. You should not be able to validate any files (even if restricted by authorized extensions setting) thinking. mov – doesn’t work as it is, but it can if you remove manually type="video/mov" or use type="video/mp4" instead. This should be handled in th…

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