How to Upload Videos to YouTube

Go to https://www.youtube.com from a web browser. You can upload videos directly from the YouTube site.

• If you are not logged into your YouTube account, you will click SIGN IN in the upper right corner of the page to take action immediately. Select your YouTube account and enter your password, or click Use another account and sign in with the email address and password of the YouTube account you need to use.

Click the camera icon with the plus sign (+) and select Upload Video . This is the icon in the upper right corner, right next to your profile picture. This will take you to the YouTube Studio page with the “Upload Video” window in the middle of the page.

Drag the video file to the arrow on the window. Or, you can click the blue SELECT FILE button, navigate to the location where the file is saved on your computer, and click Open . This is the beginning of the video upload process.

• By default, you can upload videos up to 15 minutes in length. If you want to upload longer videos (up to 12 hours), you must verify your account first.
• If you upload a video from a DVD to YouTube, save the movie to your computer first.
• YouTube supports videos with the following formats: MOV, MPEG4, MP4, AVI, WMV, MPEGPS, FLV, 3GPP, WebM, DNxHR, ProRes, CineForm, HEVC (h265). ^[3]

Add a title and description to the video. The title is required, while the description is optional but should be. You can enter a title up to 100 characters long. Create a catchy title that accurately reflects the content of the video. In addition, a frame named “Description” is used to add a description to the video. The information in the description will appear below the video while watching. You can add information about videos, creators, and other projects in the description. Also, add keywords to this section so the video shows up in related searches.

Click the thumbnail you want to use. Video thumbnails are still images that represent the video as it appears on your channel and in search results. Choose a thumbnail image for your video by clicking on one of the suggested thumbnails.

• Or, you can click Upload Thumbnail and choose your own photo as the thumbnail. You just need to click on the photo to use and select Open .

Add video to playlist (optional). If you want to add a video to a playlist, click the “Playlist” selection box and select the playlist you created to add the video to. You can add videos to multiple playlists.

Bookmark videos for kids. Currently, YouTube requires you to mark all videos made for children under the age of 13. If your video is made for kids, click the button next to “Yes, it’s made for kids”. If it’s not a children’s video, you’ll select the button next to “No, it’s not made for kids.”

• The correct marking of videos made for children is required by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA for short). Marking a video as dishonest could result in YouTube taking strong action against your account, or you could be fined by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). See the COPPA regulations for YouTube for more details.
• Also, if your video is specifically for an audience over 18 years old, you can set up an age limit for the video. To do this, you’ll click the Age Restriction (advanced) option, then click the box next to “Yes, restrict my video to viewers over the age of 18″ ” (Yes. My videos are only for viewers over the age of 18).

Click More Options and select Next . The blue “More Options” selection appears below the “Details” window. You will have more options for your videos. When done, click Next in the lower right corner. Additional options include:

• Paid Promotions: If the video is paid for advertising , you will check the box “My video contains paid promotion like a product placement or endorsement”. for advertising, such as product inclusion or product endorsement). You can also check the box “Add a message to my video to inform viewers of paid promotion”.
• Tags: Tags are keywords that allow users to find your video more easily. Enter the tag you want to use in the “Add Tags” box. Use words related to the video (for example, if it was a video of elephants dancing, you would use the keywords “elephants”, “dancing”, and “funny” (fun) funny)). Videos with similar tags often appear together in the “Recommended” section.
• Language, Subtitles, and Closed Captions: To select a language for your video, click the “Video language” selection box and select a language. To add captions to a video, you’ll select a caption certification from the “Caption certification” menu. To upload subtitles, simply click the blue Upload Subtitles/CC text and select the time information for the subtitles. The next step is to select the subtitle file and click Open . Learn how to embed subtitles in videos to learn how to make captions and upload them to YouTube or embed them in videos.
• Recording Date and Location: To add the recording date, click Recording date to select the video creation date in the displayed calendar. Click Video location and enter the video address or location to provide location information. You will select the place from the search results.
• License and distribution: Click License to select a copyright license for the video. Check the “Allow Embedding” box to allow others to post your video on websites and elsewhere. Select “Publish to subscriptions feed and notify subscribers” if you want to notify subscribers about the video.
• Category: To select a category, click Category and select a category for your video. Some categories will have boxes asking you to fill in more information.
• Comments and ratings: Click the “Comments visibility” checkbox to choose how to control comments.You can allow all comments, keep the comments. potentially inappropriate comments for review, keep all comments for review or disable comments Click the “Sort By” checkbox to choose to sort comments by newest or top. Check the box “Show how many viewers like and dislike this video” (Show how many viewers like and dislike this video) if you want this information to show below the video.

Add an End Screen or tag to the video (optional) and click Next . The end screen is the screen displayed at the end of the video to introduce content related to your channel. Cards allow you to showcase content while the video is playing. To add an end screen or card to a video, you’ll click Add next to “Add an End Screen” or “Add Cards” on the video element page. Follow the onscreen instructions to add an end screen.

• You must wait until the standard resolution of the video is processed before you can complete this step.

Select display mode. There are three display options available to you. Just click on the dot next to your favorite choice. Display options include:

• Public: With this option, anyone on YouTube can search and watch your videos.
• Unlisted: Your video will not be made public, but anyone with a link to it can view your video.
• Private: This option allows you to watch videos only when you are signed in to your account.

Schedule video public (optional). If you don’t want the video to be made public right away, you can set another date to make it public. To schedule, you’ll click the button next to “Schedule”. Click the available date selection box and select the date you want the video to be made public. Next, click on the time frame to choose when to go public.