Is there a way for when a user uploads an mp4 or video it shows a player function and not just a link to download the video?
Not talking about sharing a one box link but a direct upload of an mp4.
Handling videos is a lot of work. You are better off using a dedicated video sharing service and linking to it.
Nothing that’s integrated with it? Or ideas on how to set it up? Some fight videos I want to host that streamable and sites with exception of live leak don’t delete automatically.
It already works this way, try uploading a short mp4 clip and it will work fine, as you can see here:
You’re simply going to run into upload limits because videos are HUUUUGE. Upload those clips somewhere that specializes in hosting video and then link to them, like everyone else does, which also provides a built in player … 
Given embedded options, isn’t it better to upload on video sharing site like youtube instead?
Doesn’t need to add extra layer of unnecessary censorship too…
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Plus it allows much bigger videos without storage strain 
Thanks @codinghorror. I guess my older forum I stopped trying cause a few times just gave me links to download only. I’ll give it a shot today.
@OrcaFrost I wish but I was on a Reddit sub similar with what I wanted and about half of the top videos were deleted. I just hate when I click on links to watch a video and it’s gone. That’s what I was trying to prevent. I know Reddit subs started making mirror bots but sometimes those are deleted also and Reddit is so large the quality of what’s posted is bad.
I’d hate to cost more then I needed too especially for such a small site project but I really hate dead links if I can avoid it. And LiveLeak is a rabbit hole I just don’t want to go down linking back too lol
Worked perfectly! Thanks!
Can I tack a support request on to the end of this thread?
When I click the upload button here on Meta, and upload a MP4 video, it does not transform my link and leaves it as:
https://d11a6trkgmumsb.cloudfront.net/original/3X/8/e/8e88d0b77c6b9eafff95c0c6c444aa2f6dba856c.mp4
And it embeds a player 
However, on our Discourse v2.2.0.beta10 +16 when I upload a video it replaces the link and turns it in to an attachment of sorts:
<a class="attachment" href="//greyarrows.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/2X/8/8e88d0b77c6b9eafff95c0c6c444aa2f6dba856c.mp4">20181207_M62_Vehicle_Fire.mp4</a> (2.9 MB)
I’m guessing this is a setting we have changed somewhere.
Question is, does anyone know how to undo / fix this?
To answer my own question, this setting was enabled:
prevent anons from downloading files
Unticking it then allows uploaded videos to be embedded with a video player.
素早いご質問ですが、現在、動画にポスター画像属性を追加することは可能でしょうか？
（参考：当インスタンスでは Wikimedia Commons の動画に対応したいと考えていますが、動画のプレビューとして表示される最初のフレームがあまり魅力的でないことが多いため、HTML の動画ポスター画像として素敵な画像を追加できれば、大幅な改善になると思います）
この設定はモデレーターも変更できますか、それとも管理者のみですか？
すべてのサイト設定の変更は、管理者のみが可能で、モデレーターにはできません。
サム、ありがとう。質問する前に答えは知っていたけど、確信したかったんだ。LOL
私の問題は、モデレーターとしての制限と、他の責任で時間を取られがちな管理者の立場、そして「面倒な」リクエスト（管理ダッシュボードを検索して簡単な作業の方法を調べたりすることなど、例えば設定や機能の変更、新しいカテゴリの作成など）に対処したくないという気持ちの組み合わせだ。これは必須ではない場合が多いからね。たまにイライラすることがある。
確認してくれてありがとう。