Video Search in Sharepoint 2013

In this article we can explore the video capabilities and Video Search in SharePoint 2013.

Video Capabilities

SharePoint 2013 supports video playback using the HTML 5 player. Video files can be stored in an Assets Library where a pre-configured video content type exists.
Search Result for videos uses the Video item template.

What Video Search Vertical is

The Enterprise Search Center page provides a Video vertical where the user can search only on videos.



Pre-requisites for Video storage

The following are the pre-requisites:

1. Enable Video and Rich Media feature at site collection level
2. Create Assets library

After doing that, you can try uploading a video file into the library and perform a full crawl. Later you can search using the file name.

Practical

Let us do a video search.

Step 1: Activate Feature

Activate the Video and Rich Media feature from Site Collection features.



Step 2: Create Assets Library

Choose Add an App > Go to Page 2 > Asset Library



Enter a name for the Library.



Step 3: Upload Video File

Download a 1 MB video file from the Internet and upload it to the library.

You can see the uploaded file shown below.



Step 4: Add File Type

Open Central Administration then select Manage Service Applications > Search Service Application > File Types > Add mp4 extension.



Note: a few video file extensions are not pre-configured and might not appear in the search results. You need to explicitly add them to the Search Configuration.

Step 5: Perform Crawl

Perform an Incremental Crawl for the content source and wait for the completion.

Step 6: Test Search

Open the Enterprise Search Center site and search for the video using the name.



You can also see the video preview offered by OOTB.



This concludes our article on Video Search.

Summary

In this article we explored Video Search in SharePoint 2013.