How to upload a video as a link not a thumbnail?

[Aura Hill]

Hi all, I have an MP4 file I want to upload to a Confluence page, but I want it to display as a link rather than a large video player that you can watch on the page.

Confluence documentation says " As with all file types, when you insert an audio or video file you'll have the option to display it as a thumbnail or as a link on your page." but I don't see that option when I upload the video to the page. I need to host the video in Confluence, not anywhere else like YouTube.

Has anyone been able to display a MP4 file as a link?

Thanks,

Aura

[Barbara Szczesniak · Accepted solution]

@Aura Hill If the video is attached to the page, I believe you can:

1. Open the File Attachments page
2. Right-click the video file in the Name column and select Copy Link Address
3. Return to edit mode on the page and insert a link to this copied URL

I haven't tried this myself, so I'm not sure how this affects playing the video when you click the link. 

If this doesn't work for you (or if it does) or you have further questions, please respond here.

[Aura Hill]

Thank you, this worked for me. Unfortunately, it does affect playing the video. When I click the link,  the video file automatically downloads and then has be opened to play, so not an ideal solution. But visually, it works. 

[Chris · Accepted solution]

Just paste a Weblink (Chain-Symbol -> Weblink) and copy the URL (right-klick the video/picture -> copy Video-Link) before that.

[Aura Hill]

Thanks Chris, this method worked as well. However, still resulted in the downloading issue. 

[Craig Nodwell]

Hi @Aura Hill how are you attaching the video to the page?  Is it using the attachments macro?  Are you uploading in Edit mode?

[Chris]

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[Aura Hill]

I'm uploading in Edit mode. I have a list of resources, 2 are links, 1 is a PowerPoint file and 1 is this video file.  I would like the video file to blend in with the list, so I don't want to use the Attachments macro.

[Craig Nodwell]

If you don't want the download action, you could publish the video as a video onto another page and in the page you wish to only show a link point the link to the video page.