Why why why is video such a big FAIL in Sharepoint?

Hi Webbrewers3,

You said "save the post and then open "edit source" and  wrap the code in a div to make it responsive. " in the initial post and also mentioned " If I copy the code from  a prior post and add it to an embed snippet" on Nov. 13, now we have requested the code for several times but you don't provide anything about that.

If you're not using code, please provide the detailed steps about "This is an out of the box media web part inserted on the page. ".

Regards,

James

This bug/lousy design has reared its ugly head again. My video guy has uploaded several videos to an assets library and the ones that provide a plain .mp4 file are working fine. ONE of the files gets processed somehow by SP and doesn't give me an mp4 url.  That one doesn't play in any browser at all and can't be embedded.

I want to upload an mp4 file and get a simple link to it  - how do I do that?

I don't want any of Msft's attempts to be smart and give me some processed cr*p that doesn't play. 

Why does the windows explorer view show folders for each video file but the browser view doesn't? 

As for the previous question, what is it about "This is an out of the box media web part inserted on the page. " that you don't understand?

video.mp4 uploaded file name is changed to videoXXBB4GGH and doesn't play. WHY?

The link provided is

domain/SiteAssets/video/<videoname>_1_23_17_P6ZPON?d=w7f30fcbfd67d4a1e9c44c2d974a45eaa

And doesn't play. WHY?

This is an absolute disaster even by Msft's low standards of quality. When is it going to work properly? When will I be able to upload a video and have it retain the file name intact and allow me to link to that file name? Or should I just abandon Sharepoint and use another service that works?

Hi Webbrewers3,

"I want to upload an mp4 file and get a simple link to it  - how do I do that?"

If we upload a video by EDIT > INSERT > Video and Audio > From Computer, we can use this link https://contoso.sharepoint.com/SiteAssets/videoname.mp4

Regards,

James

2 things:

1/ If I do that I get a nonsensical error:

"Video file type is unsupported".

2/ Why are you suggesting a workaround instead of addressing the issue? I want to upload videos to a specific folder and retain the .mp4 link. Every other service allows you to do that. Only Msft decides to change the file name and screw everything up because of their sloppy practices. 

Besides, my video guy uses a Mac and it works fine for him. It doesn't work for me on a pc or another colleague also on a Mac. We are all doing the exact same thing.

I realize it's hard for you guys to support such a crappily made product but brushing obvious flaws under the carpet isn't helpful. At some point someone has to start honestly exposing the everyday problems users face at a higher level so we get some sort of rational reaction. Currenlty all Msft is doing is tinkering with things no one cares about (eg modern experience nonsense) instead of trying to improve a very broken product.