You can share videos with your network using the share box at the top of the LinkedIn homepage, a Group, or a LinkedIn Page.
To share a video:
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Click the
Video icon in the share box at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.Here's a tip
You can also directly drag and drop or copy and paste a video into the share box. -
Click Upload from computer to select a file.
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After uploading a video, you can:
- Video thumbnail: Select
Video thumbnail to Upload video thumbnail for your video. - Captions: Select
Captions to upload a Add auto captions (English-only), or Review captions before adding it, or add a Video Caption File for your video. - Delete: Click
Delete to delete the video.
- Video thumbnail: Select
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Click Next.
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Click the
Dropdown next to your name in the post pop-up window.From here, you can:
- Visibility: Select who you want to share the post with
- Comment control: Select who can comment on your posts
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Type the content of your post in the What do you want to talk about? field (optional).
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Click Post.
To share a video:
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Tap
Post on the upper right. -
Tap the
Video icon to choose a video, either by using your phone's camera or uploading from your phone's gallery. -
After uploading a video, you can:
- Trim: Tap the trim/scissors icon and drag the trim bars to trim the start and stop time of your video
- Stickers: Tap the Stickers icon to add stickers to your video
- Text: Tap the
Text icon to add text to your video - Captions: Tap
Captions to upload a Add auto captions (English-only) or Review captions before adding it
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Tap Next on the upper right.
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Tap the Anyone dropdown next to your name in the post page.
From here, you can:
- Visibility: Select who you want to share the post with
- Comment control: Select who can comment on your posts
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Type the content of your post in the What do you want to talk about? field (optional).
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Tap Post on the upper right.
The video requirements are:
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Maximum file size: 5 GB
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Minimum file size: 75 KB
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Maximum video duration: 15 minutes
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Minimum video duration: 3 seconds when uploading from desktop and 2 seconds when uploading from the LinkedIn mobile app.
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Resolution range: 256x144 to 4096x2304
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Aspect ratio: 1:2.4 - 2.4:1
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Frame rates: 10fps - 60 fps
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Bit rates: 192 Kbps - 30 Mbps
Video safe zones
Keep the edges (top, bottom, and sides) of your video free of key elements, text, and logos to ensure they are within the safe zone and aren’t overlapped by the LinkedIn user interface.
Note: You can share either a URL link or an image in a post, but not both at the same time. For URL links, we create a preview image taken from the site being shared.
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