# Video uploads

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/video-uploads/94263>\
**Category:** Meta Discussion\
**Created:** [February 8, 2023, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/video-uploads/94263 "2023-02-08T09:12:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/video-uploads/94263/1 "2023-02-08T09:12:27Z")

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We can’t upload videos here, which would often be useful for Makie questions. Not sure if the policy is because of file sizes or spam or else, but at least this [Can you upload video(s) in posts? - #2 by Johani - support - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-upload-video-s-in-posts/197262/2) suggests that we could enable it, so it doesn’t seem to be technical. Maybe it could be considered.

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/video-uploads/94263/2 "2023-02-08T15:02:21Z")

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We have that same default here — we’ve never changed it.

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/4/9/494601929d5dd11c03c751f46798aaffe24007fa.png)

I’ve honestly not tried videos but I have converted videos to gif to post here. I’m guessing you’re trying to use an mp4 or some such? I don’t know what the player/viewer looks like (if it exists at all)… and what format support looks like across browsers.

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**Author:** ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/video-uploads/94263/3 "2023-02-08T15:29:36Z")

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Html5 has native video playback capability so I assume it just uses that, with complete cross platform support. I think mp4 would be a good thing to start with as that’s the defacto default.

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**Author:** ![jd-foster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jd-foster/32/35824_2.png) [@jd-foster](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jd-foster)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/video-uploads/94263/4 "2023-02-08T20:43:34Z")

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I would also suggest adding .webm

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**Author:** ![vchuravy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vchuravy/32/8_2.png) [@vchuravy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vchuravy)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/video-uploads/94263/5 "2023-02-09T17:00:59Z")

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I am hesitant to enable video since it significantly increases storage requirement. Vimeo and Youtube, or even google drive exist and work well.

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/video-uploads/94263/6 "2023-02-09T17:02:48Z")

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I will say that I love the ability to use videos in GitHub issues and do so all the time for quick screen recordings.

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**Author:** ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/video-uploads/94263/7 "2023-02-09T17:20:29Z")

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Also, as a counterpoint, people will use gifs if you don’t let them use video, and they are huge in comparison. How about enabling mp4 but setting a conservative max file limit, like 5mb or so, people will deal with that. It’s much better than nothing.

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**Author:** ![vchuravy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vchuravy/32/8_2.png) [@vchuravy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vchuravy)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/video-uploads/94263/8 "2023-02-10T16:03:17Z")

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Let’s turn it on a trial bases, I will try to keep an eye on disk use.

(Quick note I also allowed upload of `.toml` and `.jl`)