Posting a video

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  gmoozle · Member · Feb 10, 2016 at 10:48 pm

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  Add a new video to my site. I’m using the same file as last time – an M4V – but now its being rejected. Same with the YouTube URL. I don’t recall putting any block on this.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 10, 2016 at 10:59 pm

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  Do you have a Premium upgrade or a Business upgrade on that site?

  Video
  With the purchase of the WordPress.com Premium http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/ or WordPress.com Business plans http://store.wordpress.com/plans/business/ you are permitted to upload the following video file types, in addition to the basic file types listed above.

  .mp4, .m4v (MPEG-4)
  .mov (QuickTime)
  .wmv (Windows Media Video)
  .avi
  .mpg
  .ogv (Ogg)
  .3gp (3GPP)
  .3g2 (3GPP2)

  Before uploading files to your blog, please ensure that you own, or have the legal right to distribute, them. If you do not own the files, and do not have express permission from the owner or copyright holder, you may NOT place them on your blog.
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/accepted-filetypes/

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  timethief · Member · Feb 10, 2016 at 11:00 pm

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  For youtube embedding into wordpress.COM blogs see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/

  For using the shortcode see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/#embedding-with-a-shortcode

  For troubleshooting see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/videos/youtube/#troubleshooting

  NOTE: If you are trying to embed a youtube channel code that will not work.

  If you still have issues with a specific video please provide the video URL and also the URL of the post.