# Video Hosting Script to Onebox

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/video-hosting-script-to-onebox/176618
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [January 19, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/video-hosting-script-to-onebox/176618 "2021-01-19T21:02:08Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/video-hosting-script-to-onebox/176618/4 "2021-01-19T21:37:20Z")

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> [@lpoolrob](#):
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> Good to know, is that just using the standard ‘upload’ button after adding .mp4 to the allowed file upload types? If so, is the poster image generated automatically at the time of posting?

That’s correct, and you can specify a poster image manually in the markup when you create the post (if you use the html video tag). There’s also a theme component you can add to your site that gives you an interface for it: [Insert Video](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-video-component/147651)

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