So you want to upload your first video to YouTube? If you haven’t found your way around the site yet, follow these step-by-step instructions on how to get your video up and running on your YouTube channel!
1) When you first open YouTube, click on the “Upload” button in the top right corner of the page
2) Once you see this page, click on the yellow “Upload Video” and select your video file. The types of video formats accepted by YouTube include:
- WebM files – Vp8 video codec and Vorbis Audio codecs
- .MPEG4, 3GPP and MOV files – Typically supporting h264, mpeg4 video codecs, and AAC audio codec
- .AVI – Many cameras output this format – typically the video codec is MJPEG and audio is PCM
- .MPEGPS – Typically supporting MPEG2 video codec and MP2 audio
- .WMV
- .FLV – Adobe-FLV1 video codec, MP3 audio
3) While your video is loading, take this time to title, describe, tag, and categorize your video appropriately. You can save these changes and they will be published once your video is finished uploading.
4) Once your video is done uploading, you will be provided with a link to watch it.
5) Check to see that everything on the page looks accurate. If you need to make any changes to the title, description, tags or privacy settings, click on your Channel’s drop-down menu and click “My Videos”
6) Now, choose which video you would like to make changes to, and then click “Edit”.
7) From here, you can choose to edit your title, description, tag, category, and even the date of your video. If you scroll down, you can also select 1 of the 3 thumbnail image options provided by YouTube to appear as the thumbnail icon of your video. Note: once you become a YouTube Partner, you are able to select from a wider range of thumbnail options, or you can select an image from your personal files!
8) By clicking on the “AudioSwap” tab, you can even browse through a library of YouTube music to preview or publish into your video.
9) By clicking on the “Annotations” tab, you can add notes, comments, or links to other YouTube videos to appear within your video.
10) Once all of your edits are complete, be sure to click “Save Changes” at the bottom of the page and you’re done!
I’m sure this post may have seemed obvious and unnecessary to some, but I hope it provided some YouTube neophites with enough information on how to easily upload content to YouTube. I hope your path towards partnership is a little more paved as a result of this tutorial!
*The images for this video were added at a later date
Katy@UNT 