Enabling longer videos in YouTube

Product
Video Cloud
Applies to Roles
Publisher, Developer
Version
Brightcove 5
Edition
All
Created by Grant Goodman.

YouTube, by default, does not permit videos longer than 15 minutes in length. So, if you sync your Video Cloud videos with your YouTube channels, any videos longer than 15 minutes will not sync. This is a YouTube limitation rather than a Brightcove limitation.

To upload longer videos to YouTube:

  1. Sign into your YouTube account.
  2. In the top banner, click Upload.
  3. At the bottom of the Upload video files box, click the link that says "Upload HD Videos in a various formats up to 15 minutes. Increase your limit."

    Click "Increase your limit."
  4. In the Increase Your Upload Limit box, provide a mobile phone number.

    Enter your mobile phone number to receive a verification code by text message.
  5. When you receive a text message from YouTube in response, enter the verification code from the text message and click Verify.
    Enter verfication code from text message.

YouTube will then confirm when your YouTube Account has been activated for longer uploads. From this point, any videos longer than 15 minutes in your Video Cloud account will be synched with your YouTube channels.

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Tags
distribution, long form, YouTube sync