# How to open uploaded .mp4 video in Jupyter environment

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/how-to-open-uploaded-mp4-video-in-jupyter-environment/37799>\
**Category:** JupyterLab\
**Tags:** help-wanted\
**Created:** [August 26, 2025, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/how-to-open-uploaded-mp4-video-in-jupyter-environment/37799 "2025-08-26T08:38:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![nasrin\_begum\_pathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/fbc32d/32.png) [@nasrin\_begum\_pathan](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/nasrin_begum_pathan)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/how-to-open-uploaded-mp4-video-in-jupyter-environment/37799/1 "2025-08-26T08:38:02Z")

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I am able to open .jpg,.gif,.html files after uploading in jupyter environment but when I open uploaded .mp4 file it throws an error.

File Load Error for filename.mp4

C:\Users\91949\jupyter.mp4 is not UTF-8 encoded

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**Author:** ![krassowski](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/krassowski/32/1685_2.png) [@krassowski](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/krassowski)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/how-to-open-uploaded-mp4-video-in-jupyter-environment/37799/2 "2025-08-26T10:40:11Z")

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You may wish to try the latest JupyterLab 4.5/Notebook 7.5 pre-release as support for opening audio/video files was added recently.