i wound up deactivating all the plugins on my site and it seems to have worked itself out
this began happening after i uploaded the first video on the 21st.
i am using “add from server” (plugin https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/add-from-server/) to upload the videos. then i insert it using the regular “add media” option in my dashboard that i use for images.
i disabled the plugin this morning and it had no effect.
is there any way around this without having to delete the videos?