# Video format. Add play from m3u8 format
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/video-format-add-play-from-m3u8-format/15888
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [September 16, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/video-format-add-play-from-m3u8-format/15888 "2020-09-16T14:28:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@JAS\_LANGKAWI](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JAS_LANGKAWI)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/video-format-add-play-from-m3u8-format/15888/1 "2020-09-16T14:28:16Z")
Hi. As I know the video tool just can play a video from youtube and facebook only. Can you make it to play video from m3u8 and video from google drive.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/video-format-add-play-from-m3u8-format/15888/2 "2020-09-16T14:31:58Z")
You can play from Google Drive. Not sure what m3u8 is…Please see full doc on videos from Glide Library. You can also upload videos using the file picker component.
[https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/components/media/video](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/components/media/video)
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### Author:  [@JAS\_LANGKAWI](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JAS_LANGKAWI)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/video-format-add-play-from-m3u8-format/15888/3 "2020-09-16T14:41:59Z")
i don’t know why. but i still cannot play a video from google drive. is it because the google drive and glide from different account?
hopefully there is a way to play video from m3u8 file.
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### Author:  [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/video-format-add-play-from-m3u8-format/15888/4 "2020-09-16T14:43:33Z")
Are you sure the link is set to anyone can view? and did you put the Video player component on the tab to render your videos? Sorry for such a silly question, but when I was new, I didn’t do this and kept wondering why the video wasn’t appearing. 😅
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Add videos from Google Drive
You can also add videos you store in Google Drive to your apps. Adding a video from Google drive is similar to adding an image.
- Upload the file to Google Drive
- Right-click on the file and click ‘Get shareable link’
\*\*\* Make sure the sharing settings are ‘Anyone with the link can view’\*\*
- Copy and paste the link into the video column in your sheet
- Refresh Glide to see the video in action
and as for the other format, perhaps convert it…I don’t see that listed as supported by Glide:
> **[What's an M3U8 File and How Do You Open One?](https://www.lifewire.com/m3u8-file-2621956)**
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> An M3U8 file is a UTF-8 Encoded Audio Playlist file. These plain text files can be used by both audio and video players to describe where media files are stored.
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### Author:  [@JAS\_LANGKAWI](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JAS_LANGKAWI)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/video-format-add-play-from-m3u8-format/15888/5 "2020-09-16T14:50:53Z")
😀…
I already did all you mention. I upload the file into google drive. then i share it to any one with the link. then i put the link into google spread sheet. then in glide tab i put video component.
but it still cannot play… 😭
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### Author:  [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/video-format-add-play-from-m3u8-format/15888/6 "2020-09-16T15:00:47Z")
Can you show us in a video so we can see what is happening?
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### Author:  [@JAS\_LANGKAWI](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JAS_LANGKAWI)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/video-format-add-play-from-m3u8-format/15888/7 "2020-09-16T15:18:34Z")
ooo. i got it now. i try using another short video… yes it can play.
the short video is just 15mb. but the video that cannot play is 150mb. May be its to large.
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### Author:  [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/video-format-add-play-from-m3u8-format/15888/8 "2020-09-16T15:19:54Z")
Yes, the limits are in the doc as well! Great, so glad you got it sorted! 😌
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### Author:  [@JAS\_LANGKAWI](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JAS_LANGKAWI)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/video-format-add-play-from-m3u8-format/15888/9 "2020-09-16T15:20:58Z")
do you know the limit? sorry… i don’t know.
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### Author:  [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/video-format-add-play-from-m3u8-format/15888/10 "2020-09-16T15:21:46Z")
You can read it in the doc link I sent, but here you go:
Glide only supports **.MP4** video files in Google Drive. If your video is not in .MP4 format you can use an online video converter.
If your video is over 100 mb you will need to host elsewhere as the video will not play in Glide.
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### Author:  [@JAS\_LANGKAWI](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JAS_LANGKAWI)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/video-format-add-play-from-m3u8-format/15888/11 "2020-09-16T15:23:10Z")
thanks again. so thats mean i need to split the video.
thanks 😃
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### Author:  [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/video-format-add-play-from-m3u8-format/15888/12 "2020-09-16T15:23:25Z")
Also see this regarding new limit on uploading videos with file picker:
> [@We can upload 1G video now! Now need Glide to generate the thumbnails! grin](https://community.glideapps.com/t/we-can-upload-1g-video-now-now-need-glide-to-generate-the-thumbnails/15728):
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> Ah so I can’t help myself from posting about this again! I am SOOOO innocent excited to learn today that we can upload up to 1G videos so now we have the ability to get user generated video content! I was able to sort (well with help of @ThinhDinh) how to generate thumbnail for videos hosted on Youtube/Vimeo/Dailymotion but with videos from file picker, I don’t think this is possible? Anyone know? Also, compare the experience for video in my new app - comparing the list items of videos hoste…
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### Author:  [@JAS\_LANGKAWI](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JAS_LANGKAWI)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/video-format-add-play-from-m3u8-format/15888/13 "2020-09-16T15:24:51Z")
great. thanks
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### Author:  [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/video-format-add-play-from-m3u8-format/15888/14 "2020-09-16T17:29:09Z")
You can convert m3u8 via Streamable.
Not sure why Google Drive doesn’t play in your case, it should not be size related because you are not using Glide’s storage as far as I aware.
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### Author:  [@Ramil\_Rahimzada](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ramil_Rahimzada)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/video-format-add-play-from-m3u8-format/15888/16 "2020-11-22T17:26:21Z")
I have used several converters because other converters MP4 videoes did not play in glide, only [cloudconvert.com](http://cloudconvert.com) worked.