How to Upload a Video to YouTube

Want to be able to share your videos with friends, family, and perfect strangers? Uploading videos to YouTube is a quick process from either your mobile device or from your computer. Follow this guide have your video online and attracting viewers in just a few minutes.

Copy the video from your camera to your computer. Before you upload the video to YouTube, make any edits that you would like, and then make sure that it is converted into a proper format. There are a wide variety of programs and websites that can convert video for free. YouTube accepts the following formats:

• .AVI (Audio Video Interleaved)
• .3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project)
• .MOV (QuickTime Movie)
• .MP4 (Motion Picture Experts Group Part 14)
• .MPEG or .MPG (Motion Picture Experts Group)
• .FLV (Adobe Flash)
• .M4V (h.264)
• .WMV (Windows Media Video)
• .WEBM (HTML5)

Log in to your account. Each account has its own channel attached to it. Sign in to the account that is associated with the channel that you want to upload the video to.

Click the Upload button on the top of the homepage. The Upload button is located to the right of the Search bar.

Choose a video file. Click the “Select files to upload” button to open a file browser. Find the file or files that you want to add. You can also drag and drop videos into the square in the web browser window.

Click the Open button. If your account is unverified, you are limited to 15 minute uploads. You can upload longer videos by verifying your account via text message. You can find the verification link in the Upload page.

• You can upload directly from your webcam instead of uploading a pre-existing video. You can preview the recording before you upload.
• Once you open the file, the video will begin uploading automatically. You will be taken to a page where you can enter the information for the video.