How to upload a youtube video to google drive

In this video, we will learn How to Upload video from Google Drive to Youtube

Here are the steps to upload a video from Google drive to Youtube :

• Log in to your google drive account and Open Google drive
• Install the add-on “Youtube Uploader for Dropbox, Drive“
• Identify the file on Google drive
• Select the file and Upload
• Add the file to the Upload List
• Upload to Youtube
• Your video file will be uploaded to Youtube

Follow the below steps to Upload a video from Google drive to Youtube.

Step 1: Log in to your google drive account and Open Google drive

Once you sign in with your Google account, Go to Google drive.

Step 2: Install the add-on “Youtube Uploader for Dropbox, Drive”

Now in order to upload our Video file from Google drive to Youtube, we will an add-on called youtube Uploader for Dropbox, Drive which is available in the Google Workspace Marketplace.

• Inside your Google drive, click on the plus sign in the middle right.

• A new Google Workspace Marketplace screen will pop-up
• In the search area type “Youtube Uploader ” and install the addon

Step 3: Identify the file on Google drive

Find the Video file under Google Drive which you want to Upload.

Step 4: Select the file and Upload

• Choose the file and Right Click, now from the drop-down Select Open-with
• Under Open-with, Click on YouTube Uploader for Dropbox, Drive

Step 5: Add the file to the Upload List

Now Click on “Add to Upload list ” which will add your file to the upload queue.

Step 6: Upload to Youtube

Once the file is open with Youtube Uploader, provide the permission and click on the Upload to Youtube button

Your video file will be uploaded to Youtube.

Wrapping up

Using the above-mentioned steps you can directly upload your videos stored in Google drive in 4 Simple Clicks. We hope this tutorial on How to Upload video from Google Drive to Youtube was useful.

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You can store and play videos directly from Google Drive.

Upload videos

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open your photos app.
2. Select the video you want to upload.
3. Tap Share
   
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4. Tap Save to Drive.
5. Tap Save.

Note: For best upload speed, upload videos over a Wi-Fi connection.

Play videos

To find your uploaded videos:

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Drive app.
2. At the top, tap Search Drive.
3. In the list, tap Videos.
4. To play your video, tap the one you want to watch.

Limits and errors

Limits for video

• You can store videos up to 5 TB if you have purchased at least that much storage. Otherwise you are limited to how much storage you have available.
• You can upload video of any resolution, but the minimum size for playback in Drive is 4 KB. The maximum playback resolution is 1920 x 1080.

File types for video

Supported formats

Not all video types may work on all devices.

• WebM files (Vp8 video codec; Vorbis Audio codec)
• MPEG4, 3GPP, and MOV files (h264 and MPEG4 video codecs; AAC audio codec)
• AVI (MJPEG video codec; PCM audio)
• MPEGPS (MPEG2 video codec; MP2 audio)
• WMV
• FLV (Adobe - FLV1 video codec, MP3 audio)
• MTS
• OGG

Error messages

When you upload or watch video in Drive, you may get some of these error messages.

"Video is unplayable."

The video may be corrupted or uploaded in a format that won’t work. Try to upload the video again or in a different format.

"Video is still processing. Try again later."

The video is not ready to be played.

If the file is large, it may take awhile before your video is ready. Try again in a while.

"This video is currently unavailable."

The video is not ready to be played. Try again in a few minutes.

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