Obtaining the direct link to a Panopto MP4

Obtaining the direct link to a Panopto MP4

On occasion, it is necessary to deliver the MP4 video file from your Panopto recording to another department, such as the college's Marketing department, Web Services team, or Media Services team. Often the MP4 video file will be too large to send as an email attachment. In this case, you can send the direct link to the MP4 to the department.

Open the Settings window


Locate your videos in Panopto and click the Gear in the video list or in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. The Settings window will appear.

Click Outputs.

In the Video podcast area, click View Podcast. The MP4 file will open in another browser window.

Review the video

Play the video in the browser window.


If the video's layout is as desired, copy the link from the address bar (or right-click on the video and click Copy link address/location).

You can now send the link to the desired department where they will save the MP4 video to their computer by either right-clicking and choosing Save/Download or pressing Ctrl-S (or Command-S on a Mac).



Changing the video's layout


If the layout is not as desired go back to the Output window and in the Type area select the desired type of layout.
  1. Primary Video Only (generally, the main presenter)
  2. Secondary Video Only (generally, the Shared screen with the presenter's voice)
  3. Picture-In-Picture (the presenter in the bottom corner of the shared screen)
  4. Side-by-Side (the presenter to the side of the shared screen)
  5. Tile-All Streams (rarely used, but useful when 3 or more video streams are present in the recording.)


Click Apply
The MP4 video will reprocess. After the video reprocesses, click View Podcast, copy the link to it, and send it to the desired department.

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