# Posting an MP4 here. Is that possible? Is that allowed?

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**Created:** [January 20, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-an-mp4-here-is-that-possible-is-that-allowed/1026863 "2026-01-20T20:26:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-an-mp4-here-is-that-possible-is-that-allowed/1026863/1 "2026-01-20T20:26:12Z")

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Is it possible ( or allowed ) to post an MP4 file to the board?? Sometimes posting a ‘link’ just seems to be impossible. Do I need permission? Do I need to filter it through a review committee first?

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**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-an-mp4-here-is-that-possible-is-that-allowed/1026863/2 "2026-01-20T20:28:02Z")

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You can’t directly upload & embed media items here (we have that setting disabled), whether it’s an image or video. But you can upload the MP4 elsewhere (GDrive, YouTube, etc.) and post a link to it.

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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-an-mp4-here-is-that-possible-is-that-allowed/1026863/3 "2026-01-20T20:28:51Z")

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There’s no allowed way to upload a file onto the forums so they they’re accessible from a post.

An MP4 is just a video file, so should be hostable on an image-hosting site, so the standard instructions for posting a picture should work. (A lot of “pictures” on image sites are actually videos.)

Also, posting to YouTube or the like should be viable, although I don’t know what hoops you have to jump to do the upload.

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**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-an-mp4-here-is-that-possible-is-that-allowed/1026863/4 "2026-01-20T20:36:37Z")

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Thank you for the information. Let me see what I can do.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-an-mp4-here-is-that-possible-is-that-allowed/1026863/5 "2026-01-20T21:59:31Z")

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[Moderating]  
Moving from FQ to ATMB.

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**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-an-mp4-here-is-that-possible-is-that-allowed/1026863/6 "2026-01-20T22:18:46Z")

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Check out the pinned thread “How to avoid the YouTube posting bug” in Site Feedback. With a simple workaround, you can post any video that’s hosted on YouTube.