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.
Kurze Frage: Ist es derzeit möglich, dem Video ein Poster-Bild-Attribut hinzuzufügen?
(Kontext: Wir möchten Videos von Wikimedia Commons in unserer Instanz unterstützen, aber die Videos haben oft ein wenig attraktives erstes Bild, das als Vorschau angezeigt wird. Das Hinzufügen eines schönen Bildes als Poster-Bild für das HTML-Video wäre eine große Verbesserung.)
Ist diese Einstellung nur für Administratoren oder auch für Moderatoren zugänglich?
Alle Änderungen an den Site-Einstellungen sind nur für Administratoren und nicht für Moderatoren verfügbar.
Danke, Sam. Ich wusste die Antwort schon, bevor ich gefragt habe, wollte aber sicher sein. LOL
Mein Problem ist, dass ich als Moderator mit seinen Grenzen und als Administrator, dessen Zeit durch andere Verpflichtungen in Anspruch genommen wird, zusammen mit dem Wunsch, keine lästigen Anfragen wie das Durchsuchen des Admin-Dashboards oder das Herausfinden, wie man etwas Einfaches macht (z. B. eine Einstellung oder Funktion ändern, eine neue Kategorie erstellen usw.), wenn es nicht unbedingt nötig ist, zu bearbeiten. Manchmal frustrierend.
Danke für die Bestätigung. 