# How to use an url to stream video

**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-use-an-url-to-stream-video/27539
**Category:** Coding Questions
**Created:** [February 1, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-use-an-url-to-stream-video/27539 "2021-02-01T23:00:26Z")
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### Author: ![ctremblay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e495f1/32.png) [@ctremblay](https://discourse.processing.org/u/ctremblay)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-use-an-url-to-stream-video/27539/1 "2021-02-01T23:00:26Z")

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I’m trying to make my own movie app but when i try to load the movies onto p5.js it says too big. so I was wondering if there a way I can just grab the url no matter how long the video is and use it instead of loading each video