Can I link to an uploaded video and have it play when clicked?

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  rockislandclassof1968 · Member · Apr 28, 2017 at 6:11 pm

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  https://rockislandclassof1968.com/photos/ has a link to “video of Paul Meincke’s” which links to the movie itself.

  But when clicked, it downloads the file. I want it to open a new browser tab/page and play – not download.

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  rockislandclassof1968 · Member · Apr 30, 2017 at 2:21 pm

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  Any help with this please?

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  otpidusprime · Member · May 2, 2017 at 7:34 am

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  Hello @rockislandclassof1968,
  It’s happening because you are providing direct hyperlink to your video file.

  So if you want the video to play instead of downloading it i would recommend you to create a new page with the video embedded via YouTube or some other service and then provide a link to that page.

  More information about adding Videos on WordPress.COM can be found here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/

  Hope this helps 🙂