# How to create/send a telegram-conform video format?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-create-send-a-telegram-conform-video-format/35996
**Category:** General
**Created:** [16 November 2020 11:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-create-send-a-telegram-conform-video-format/35996 "2020-11-16T11:23:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@loeten](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/loeten)
#### Post date: [16 November 2020 11:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-create-send-a-telegram-conform-video-format/35996/1 "2020-11-16T11:23:12Z")
Dear all,
I use the telegram node and a telegram bot to send short video files to telegram, like explained here:
> **[node-red-contrib-telegrambot](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-telegrambot)**
>
> Telegram bot nodes for Node-RED
This works, but I cannot watch the video on my mobile phone instantly/directly in telegram. The first frame is shortly shown but then it gets white (WHY??) - it is offered / passed by telegram to a different location/app and then it is displayed. That's on a mobile. I can watch it immidiately on the telegram PC client.
I send it using a telegram sender node and function for the payload like:
```auto
let payload = {
"chatId":111111111,
"type":"video",
"content":"/home/auser/video/myvideo.mp4"
};
return {payload};
```
The video itself is recorded by a shell script (simple usb camera connected to a Raspberry Pi):
```auto
#!/bin/bash
video_file="/home/auser/video/myvideo.mp4"
rm $video_file
ffmpeg -i /dev/video0 -t 8 -v "error" $video_file
```
Somebody knows about this?
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [16 November 2020 12:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-create-send-a-telegram-conform-video-format/35996/2 "2020-11-16T12:44:05Z")
> [@loeten](#):
>
> I can watch it immidiately on the telegram PC client
Is that the same PC that the video file is saved on?
I am not certain, but it looks like the video is not actually sent - but instead - a path to the video. i.e. your phone wont have access to `/home/auser/video/myvideo.mp4`. My guess is you would need to generate a buffer & send as attachment.
for example, if you send a URL to a video instead, that will work.
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or perhaps it does work but your phone doesnt like the MP4 encoding?
Try manually copying the mp4 file to your phone - does it play?
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### Author:  [@krambriw](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/krambriw)
#### Post date: [16 November 2020 15:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-create-send-a-telegram-conform-video-format/35996/3 "2020-11-16T15:27:12Z")
I tested similar and this works fine for me (viewing on an Iphone, Ipad and mac, no problems)
Code in my function node below. The mp4 file is located in /home/pi
```auto
msg.payload = {content:"/home/pi/pedestrians.mp4", type:"video", chatId:xxxxxx};
return msg;
```
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### Author:  [@loeten](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/loeten)
#### Post date: [16 November 2020 16:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-create-send-a-telegram-conform-video-format/35996/4 "2020-11-16T16:36:36Z")
> [@Steve-Mcl](#):
>
> Is that the same PC that the video file is saved on?
no.
> [@Steve-Mcl](#):
>
> Try manually copying the mp4 file to your phone - does it play?
yes, it plays, just not with the Telegram app, but with a different player (mxplayer)
> [@krambriw](#):
>
> Code in my function node below
Ok; how did you create / encode the video?
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### Author:  [@krambriw](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/krambriw)
#### Post date: [16 November 2020 16:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-create-send-a-telegram-conform-video-format/35996/5 "2020-11-16T16:39:31Z")
> [@loeten](#):
>
> Ok; how did you create / encode the video?
I did not, was a mp4 video I had already
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [15 January 2021 16:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-create-send-a-telegram-conform-video-format/35996/6 "2021-01-15T16:39:42Z")
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