How to add a Video to SharePoint 2013 site

This is a tutorial about how to add a video in SharePoint 2013 site Page. There are various ways of adding a video in SharePoint 2013. You can either use a Script editor webpart or the old Content editor to add the video code or upload videos to asserts library that gives you SharePoint hosted Video page. In this post we will cover the following -

1. Create an Asserts library.
2. Upload Videos to Asserts library
3. Add\Embed Video to SharePoint 2013 site page
4. Add a YouTube Video in SharePoint 2013

Create an Asserts library

1. Navigate to Site Contents and click on “add an app”.

2. Click on Asserts Library and give it a name. We call it Video Library.

Once created Click on the new library -

Upload Videos to Asserts library

3. Next click on “new Item” to Upload Video in this library.

4. Upload a Video – We download a sample Microsoft Video and uploaded it into this library.

5. Once the video is uploaded you will be in Video item’s edit properties page. Notice the option “Change thumbnail”. This is to upload a Video thumbnail either from Video or from your Computer.

6. Change Thumbnail – Once you click on change thumbnail you have the following options -

Lets look at how to capture a screenshot from the video – Play the video and click on the “Capture Thumbnail” on the top of the video.

Other Video Properties -

Once save the Video will be uploaded to Site Asserts library.

Click on Thumbnail video and you should see the Video page.

Next we will look at How to Add or Embed uploaded Video and other external Videos to a SharePoint Page>>