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How You Can Upload Your Videos To Websites Using Youtube

Do you have a website or blog where you would like to put some of your video? Maybe you have a family video you want others to see; maybe you are trying to put you video portfolio online. Or maybe you just have a video you want to be able to show others on a blog. Whatever the case, one of the simplest ways to do this is through the website www.youtube.com. Back in the day it was very difficult to put videos on websites, but now, with websites like Youtube it is rather simple. Here’s how to do it.

Step 1: Capture Video to Your HardDrive
I will assume that you have already captured the video you want on your website to you computer’s hard drive. But I will say that there are many programs out there for doing something like this. Most computers with Microsoft windows installed come with a program called Windows Moviemaker which can allow you to capture video, or if you have a Macintosh computer, most Apple systems come with iMovie which can capture video. The programs differ, but basically you will need to hook you camera up to one of these(using a video card, firewire cable, or USB cable) and capture video footage onto you computer. If you have questions about this feel free to send them to our team.

Step 2: Create a Youtube Account
Alright, once you have the video file you want to put on your blog or website, you are ready to start uploading your video to Youtube. To begin, you will need to create a Youtube account into which all your uploaded videos will be housed. It’s free and easy, just follow the instructions on www.youtube.com. Basically, it’s like an myspace or email account in which all your videos will be stored. You will also be given specific abilities like uploading videos, editing profiles/descriptions, once you have signed up for an account and logged in. Note: You will not be able to upload videos to youtube unless you have an account set up.

Step 3: Upload Video to Youtube
So now that you have an account you are ready to upload the video to Youtube. This is usually the most difficult part, due to some of the video file requirements set by Youtube. As of right now, youtube will not except video that is longer than 10 minutes, and it also must be under 100 megabites, which means you will probably have to do some compression in order to get lengthy videos onto youtube. If you have a short video, it might upload just fine. Youtube accepts many video file types (.WMV, .AVI, .MOV, and .MPG) but they recommend these file standards for the best quality:

• MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format
• 640×480 resolution (* most updated recommendation)
• MP3 audio
• 30 frames per second

These can normally be set when exporting the video using some of the software mentioned earlier. If you have any difficulty in this area feel free to submit questions to our team, and we will try to get them answered.

Other than the file standards difficulties, uploading is pretty easy. Just find the upload button in your account (currently located toward the top-right of the page). Give your video a title, description, category, tag (search terms to be found under) and then just find the file and upload it. It takes a few minutes depending on the size of you video. But once it has been uploaded, Youtube will then approve it (which has never taken them over 10 minutes for my videos) and then you are ready to put you video on another blog or website.

Step 4: Embed Video to Blog/Website
Once you have finished uploading your video to youtube, you should be able to click on the video and watch it online. Youtube has assigned it to a specific URL (website name ex:www.youtube.com/….) which you can copy and past on your blog or website anywhere you want to give your viewers a link to the video. However, if you want to actually set it up to where you can watch the video on your site, you will have to use what is called embedding. Basically this is placing an html/script code into your website’s html. Which youtube makes rather easy.

First find the “Embed” for the video you want to put on you blog/website. It is currently located to the right of the video when you play it on youtube. It looks like this:

Copy the code provided and place it the html code of your blog or website. Most blogs give you the ability to put html code into an entry. It will depend on your provider on how that actually works, but from my experience most blog services make it easy to access codes. Some blogs even have buttons set up for the specific purpose of putting youtube videos in an entree. Once again, you might have to play a little to figure out how you can do this. Also, some blogs need a plug-in to play the youtube scripts, so you might have to download that as well. However, rest assured, alot of people are putting videos on their blog right now and it something that most providers make easy to do.

Well I hope that helps. Putting videos on your blog or website is really easy once you get the hang of it. There are also a lot of resources out there besides this article that can help. Feel free to ask any questions you might have concerning this process if you get into any trouble. Good luck.