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Are you tired and frustrated of YouTube videos taking soooo long to upload? For me, video uploading was the slowest part of my online video creation process and it was driving me nuts! I wasn’t the only one apparently. My friend Shelly Allen was frustrated with YouTube because it was taking her 30 mins to upload a 4 minute video. Time is precious so I knew there must be a faster way…and there is. This video will show you how to save yourself hours of upload time without sacrificing the quality of your videos.

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The secret to speeding this is up is to use a video converter to convert your videos to a format significantly smaller in size (without losing quality), before uploading it to YouTube. There are many video converters out there, but I highly recommend a free video converter called MPEG Streamclip. It is very simple to use, available for Mac or PC, and will create a small yet high quality .mp4 YouTube-friendly video file.

Depending on your computer, the video converting process make take a few mins, but is worth the wait. The advantage is that the video convert happens on your computer and is not affected by the speed of quality of your Internet connection and the resulting file is significantly smaller and will take a lot less time to upload to YouTube.

As a bonus, this video converter can also be used to convert between various video file formats (MOV, AVI, MP4, etc) which may come in handy when editing your videos in certain video editing software packages.

Are you frustrated with slow YouTube uploads? Tell me about how long it takes for your videos to upload to YouTube in the comments below.

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Written by Hani on March 29th, 2010 # Filed under Online Video, YouTube Marketing # 269 Comments #

http://www.joshgarcia.com Josh Garcia

Hey Hani,

Thanks for sharing this free video converter tool. You have a great video blog!

Question: Is it wise to run the videos from your host server or from YouTube?

Chat with you later…
Josh
http://www.easyonlinevideotips.com Hani

Hey Josh,

Thanks again for dropping in and for the kind words.

To answer your question, it depends on what the purpose of the video is. If you want the video to be seen by the world and gain maximum visibility, then YouTube is the best, fastest, and cheapest way to do this. I also suggest you use the free TubeMogul service to automatically post the videos to other video sharing sites as well:

http://www.easyonlinevideotips.com/7-most-common-mistakes-people-make-with-online-marketing-video-part7/

If you have a membership-type site or want only members of your blog/website to see your videos, then you definitely need to host them on your server. This is not as tricky as it seems at first (there are a few extra steps that YouTube does for you that you would have to do manually when posting the video on your own site. In short, these steps are:

1. Converting your video to FLV or MP4 so it can quickly and efficiently stream on a website.

2. Put your video on a fast server (ideally not the same server that you have your blog or website on since it might slow down them down as well). I highly recommend the Amazon S3 service…it is extremely cheap, reliable, and fast.

3. You need a video player on your blog or website to play the actual video. WordPress has a great plugin called “Flash Video Player” which lets you play your own hosted videos (and YouTube videos as well)

Would you be interested in a video tutorial that walks you through all the steps to having your videos hosted on your own server (what I like to call “Private videos”)

Hani
http://www.wealthyincome4u.com Trish Mullen

Once again, great value we get from you Hani, I’ve shared this with my FB friends also.

Thanks as always

Trish
http://www.easyonlinevideotips.com Hani

Hey Trish…nice to see you again. You’re most welcome.

I’m all for helping people save time. I know how frustrating it is to wait, especially since most Internet providers have slow upload speeds when compared to download speeds.

Cheers,
Hani
http://www.needextraenergy.com Tony Echavarry

Hello Hani,

Thanks for another great video. You alway’s give so much value. I don’t hesitate to share you website with everyone I know.

Ps – I recently moved from Florida to AZ. You now have a friend in Tucson AZ. Let me know if you ever make it down this way.

Tony
http://www.easyonlinevideotips.com Hani

Hey Tony my man..thanks for the offer. I’ve never been to AZ before, but heard good things about it. I might have to take you up on that offer one of these days. Thank you for sharing my videos and site with everyone..that is MUCH appreciated!

Hani
LadyBizBiz

Hi there Hani

Thanks for the tip here – I’m preparing a powerpoint presentation and have selected a youtube vid for including on a slide. I use mediaconverter to get it to wmv file. When I saw the size of it I almost fell of my chair – 95.4MB, I thought this would never do, especially if I want to send the ppp to someone via email.

Your tip to decrease the size of the file seemed to be the answer, but having installed the Square 5 software I find that .wmv file is not supported! So back to square one.

Can you suggest what my next move should be?
http://www.easyonlinevideotips.com Hani

Hi Rhianne…you like to challenge me don’t you That’s ok, I like to help solve problems, so it’s all good.

Ok, first question, is Windows Media Player able to play your .wmv file?

Here are a few things to try:
1. Install the FFDShow video codecs and try again – http://www.ffdshow.info and try again
2. Is MediaConverter able to export your PPT in a format called MOV or MP4 or .H264?
3. Try a different PPT to Video converter. There is an excellent one free one here: http://www.acoolsoft.com/powerpoint-to-video-overview.html – Set the output to MOV + .H264.

As a last resort, you can upload your WMV to YouTube and send the link to your friend to watch there.

One of these options will solve your problem…let me know how it works out.

Cheers,
Hani
http://www.shellyallenonline.com Shelly Allen

Hey Hani!

Sheesh…

Better late than NEVER!

I just watched YOUR vid!

THANKS for the TIP…;)

Shelly
http://www.easyonlinevideotips.com Hani

No problemo Shelly….thanks asking the question and inspiring me to create this video
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanimourra hanimourra

[..YouTube..] @IsraelyToons You’re very welcome. I’m glad I could help. I hope it worked for you.

Hani Mourra
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=IsraelyToons IsraelyToons

[..YouTube..] can you please make a video on “how to upload video more than 10 minutes”
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanimourra hanimourra

[..YouTube..] @IsraelyToons Sorry for the late response. The only way to do this is to split the long video into 10 minute videos. You can use the same program in this video (MPEGStreamClip) to do this:
1. Just move the play progress bar to where you want the video to start and press ‘i’ (IN)
2. Move the play progress bar to where you want the video to end and press ‘o’ (OUT)
3. Then when you export the .mp4, it will only export what is between the IN and OUT
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanimourra hanimourra

[..YouTube..] Now if you want the videos to play one after the other, you need to create a playlist and add the videos to it:

1. Click on your username on the top right and choose MY VIDEOS
2. Click on the NEW button on the left and choose New Playlsit
3. Go back to MY VIDEOS, choose the videos, and click ADD TO button
4. Choose the playlist you just created.

Hope this helps.
Hani Mourra
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=iamnub672 iamnub672

[..YouTube..] i have a White screen when i try to get a video up. It is in .avi format. I ‘m not sure what to do. i have updated my quicktime and the other one too.

Thanks
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanimourra hanimourra

[..YouTube..] @iamnub672 Have you tried download the latest FFDSHOW Video Codecs – see the video description above for the download link. I think that will help.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=iamnub672 iamnub672

[..YouTube..] @hanimourra I have a feeling this isnt for Movies…Right? i did what you asked for and i still have the problem of a white screen showing up. Thanks for the time though.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=chriss4rok chriss4rok

[..YouTube..] does the program get many viruses
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanimourra hanimourra

[..YouTube..] @chriss4rok No virus at all…and available for both Mac and PC. It is an amazing piece of software.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=IHatePures IHatePures

[..YouTube..] thanks much, i kept getting errors uploading my vid earlier, and now its an mp4, its really easy to upload.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanimourra hanimourra

[..YouTube..] @IHatePures You’re most welcome! I’m more than happy to help. Don’t be shy to ask any more online video questions….anytime.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=cjharpnow cjharpnow

[..YouTube..] can i ask you something what screen recorder are you useing
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanimourra hanimourra

[..YouTube..] @cjharpnow No problem. I use a software on my Mac called ScreenFlow, which is very similar to Camtasia for PC (but a lot cheaper). There are two free online services (i.e no software to download) that you can try as well. They are:
1. Screenr
2. Screentoaster

Check them out…
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=chriss4rok chriss4rok

[..YouTube..] cool thanx for the help
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanimourra hanimourra

[..YouTube..] @chriss4rok Glad to help!
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=therisaissoadjective therisaissoadjective

[..YouTube..] MY GOD thanks a billion. I use iMovie HD and i usually convert that file to a quicktime file. I had a 4 minute video and it said that it was going to take 3 HOURS! I did this, it is now uploading and will take 20 minutes. Thank you so much. I will recommend this program and I’ll tell other mac users to go to this video
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanimourra hanimourra

[..YouTube..] @therisaissoadjective You’re very welcome! Video should be fun and fast…long upload times discourage your from creating video. My job is to get you to create as many videos as you can and as easily as possible.

Cheers,
Hani
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=umum80 umum80

[..YouTube..] hey when i play the mp4 version i only have a black screen not the video
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanimourra hanimourra

[..YouTube..] @umum80 No problem…have a look inside the description of this video (towards the bottom) and I recommend a few free things to try to get your video to work with MPEG StreamClip software.

Cheers,
Hani
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=x3MUSlC x3MUSlC

[..YouTube..] there is a better applcation. u just need to choose the video and press render O_O why is this so complicated?
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanimourra hanimourra

[..YouTube..] @x3MUSlC Thanks for sharing. What is the name of the other software. I know of a few, but I found this one produced small files while maintaining the high video quality.

Cheers,
Hani
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=eddyyong2 eddyyong2

[..YouTube..] My video is less than 10 minutes and it took me 3 hours to upload.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanimourra hanimourra

[..YouTube..] @eddyyong2 Is this before or after you converted it a format more compatible with online video sharing sites like YouTube?

Cheers,
Hani
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=eddyyong2 eddyyong2

[..YouTube..] @hanimourra My video format is QuickTime
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanimourra hanimourra

[..YouTube..] @eddyyong2 Before uploading, have you tried converting it to the MP4 (.H264) format using the free online video software that is shown in my video? That should help a lot!

Let me know..

Hani
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=MrHappy1000000 MrHappy1000000

[..YouTube..] thanks man worked good for me
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanimourra hanimourra

[..YouTube..] @MrHappy1000000 Awesome! Happy to hear it worked. Online video doesn’t have to be time consuming…lol

Cheers,
Hani
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=verley21 verley21

[..YouTube..] lol my vid is only 4:00 and it took 3 hours
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanimourra hanimourra

[..YouTube..] @verley21 It’s nuts! You should definitely give this free tool a shot and save yourself some time

It would be awesome if you could tell us how long it took to upload after converting it.

Cheers,
Hani
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=pawankumarmunjal pawankumarmunjal

[..YouTube..] it takes so long to upload a video, I am going to disconnect the youtube from my computer.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanimourra hanimourra

[..YouTube..] @pawankumarmunjal Have you tried using the MPEGStreamClip utility to convert your video before uploading it to YouTube. It should really help with the upload speed.

Cheers,
Hani
faizal

Hi Hani,

Thanks for this great info. I already download and used it. But something funny happened.

i have i video in mp4,size 17.03mb but when i convert it using this tool, the size increase to 20mb++…any suggestion?

Thanks
http://www.easyonlinevideotips.com Hani

Hi Faizal…

Great question. Since the original video file is mp4, it is most likely already compressed to the small size and should upload fairly quickly. If you want to try to make the file a little bit smaller without sacrificing the video quality, try settings the option called “limit data rate” to “3000″ Kbps when you export your mpeg4 file.

Let me know if that makes a difference.

Cheers,
Hani
faizal

hi Hani..thanks for your quick reply…
i tried the setting you wrote..unfortunately it double up the size from 17mb to 34mb….it’s would be great if you can help me solved this issue..

p/s – Thanks a lot for recommended me this tool..you are awesome man!!
http://www.easyonlinevideotips.com Hani

@Faisal usually mp4 files are compressed and made as small as possible without significantly degrading the quality of the video. If this software is making the files bigger than the original, then most likely the file is as small as it can be. 17 MB file is not large at all for a video. How ling is the video?

Cheers,
Hani
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=delusionalmom delusionalmom

[..YouTube..] Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for this! It was taking me more than 3 hours to upload a 10 minute video. My latest (7:42) when I first tried uploading was told 254 mins to load. Went through your instructions, and now just have 37 minutes to wait. THANK YOU!!
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanimourra hanimourra

[..YouTube..] @delusionalmom You are very welcome . Nobody has time to wait for online videos to upload. I am glad to help. Let me know how I can help you with anything else related to online video or online video marketing.

Cheers,
Hani
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=cenationextreme11 cenationextreme11

[..YouTube..] do we need to change the quality to 100% or not….
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanimourra hanimourra

[..YouTube..] @cenationextreme11 I don’t think it is necessary. You won’t really notice the video quality difference between 50% and 100%….but the 100% quality will make the video file larger, which will take longer to upload.

Cheers,
Hani
Petralia

there are many free software video converters on the internet that we can download but the best ones are always paid version.

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