We have no way of knowing. But as a guess, possibly because MS is trying to use sharepoint as the new "windows" -- the tool around which they cement their monopoly and keep the money train rolling in.
Why is it not transcoding locally?
We also have no way to know. But as a guess: "because everything now must be 'cloud' as 'cloud' is the new hotness".
What if i throw it a 4k video?
No idea. Try it and see.
Lastly, you might consider switching to something that does actually run locally, where you are in control. One suggestion is ffmpeg. https://ffmpeg.org/
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We have no way of knowing. But as a guess, possibly because MS is trying to use sharepoint as the new "windows" -- the tool around which they cement their monopoly and keep the money train rolling in.
We also have no way to know. But as a guess: "because everything now must be 'cloud' as 'cloud' is the new hotness".
No idea. Try it and see.
Lastly, you might consider switching to something that does actually run locally, where you are in control. One suggestion is ffmpeg. https://ffmpeg.org/