Can I save directly to the airport extreme?

I have a 1tb airport extreme. I want to know if I can save video files directly to it so that it doesn't fill up the hard drive of my mac computer.

It is possible to do this, but you might want to think about it first.
The "original" copies of your files are on your Mac and the Time Capsule (which you call an AirPort Extreme) is for your backups of these files. In other words, you have the "originals" on one hard drive and the "backups" on another hard drive.
When....not if....you have a problem with a hard drive, you at least have a copy on the other hard drive, so your valuable data is safe.
But, if you move the "originals" to the Time Capsule drive......you will have no backups.
A much safer plan for your valuable data would be to add an external drive that is attached directly to your computer. Move your video files to that drive. Then.....Time Machine will backup both your Mac and the external drive to the Time Capsule, so you have "originals" on one drive and backups on another.

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