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Upload videos into KB articles?

Related products:Freshdesk
  • Feb 26, 2014 2:24 AM UTC
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I would like to add a video file into a kb article instead of words.  Can this be uploaded and run in Freshdesk or does Freshdesk only allow embedded videos?

13 replies

Hi Carla,  


Adding a video file to better explain a Knowledge Base article is a great idea ! We currently support only embedded videos, I hope this works for you. 


Thanks 




  • Contributor
  • May 9, 2014 6:50 AM UTC

I hope this comes soon :)


  • Apprentice
  • Jun 2, 2014 6:28 PM UTC

This is an essential feature for enterprise product support. We are Freshdesk customers who use it to support an enterprise app, and we don't want to host sensitive product information on sites like YouTube or Vimeo. At the same time, videos are an important and powerful support tool.


We would love it if we could upload videos which then inherit the same authentication policies / settings of our Freshdesk account.


  • Apprentice
  • Jun 4, 2014 4:43 PM UTC

Interesting speculation Mathias, although I would counter that storage is inexpensive, and I wouldn't expect Freshdesk to become the home of millions of videos.


As for self-hosting, good point. I'll give it a try. Not sure what kind of self-created embed code would work in Freshdesk though. i-frame?


  • Community Debut
  • Jul 15, 2014 3:17 AM UTC

We've had success uploading videos to our company's YouTube page and setting the privacy settings to only allow users in our Company's circle.


  • Community Debut
  • Dec 8, 2014 2:30 AM UTC

Can We play our Youtube videos in the articles?


  • Contributor
  • Dec 9, 2014 11:55 PM UTC
I have just started self hosting a number of video tutorials in our knowledge base. Using HTML5 mp4 support is working out pretty well.
<video controls="controls" preload="auto" poster="path-to-poster.jpg" height="300" width="480">
<source src="http://path to video.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>

 

 


  • Community Debut
  • Feb 1, 2016 6:45 AM UTC

What is the maximum image file size allowed now?

I would really appreciate it if Freshdesk allowed uploading videos, even if they capped the file size at 5 MB.  Micro videos are the wave of the future in online documentation.


  • Community Debut
  • Jun 23, 2017 10:53 PM UTC

Is this still not allowed in a KB document?


  • Contributor
  • Jul 20, 2017 8:21 PM UTC
I have the same request. Haven't seen any new response from FD since the last response posted 3 years back.

  • Community Debut
  • Nov 2, 2017 4:38 PM UTC

Same interest, not wanting to use the youtube links


  • Community Debut
  • Jan 28, 2019 8:20 PM UTC

Agreed. I see a lot of enhancement requests that have been around for a few years, and this is one I'd like to see done.


Still no news about this feature ? :(