Where Should You Lot Upload Video? Google Photos Vs Youtube
Should you lot upload your videos to Google Photos? or to YouTube? Both offering gratuitous unlimited video uploads - alongside limitations. I've seat together a comparing nautical chart to assistance you lot decide.What I intend each does best:
Google Photos: automatic backup, individual in addition to personal videos, sharing alongside a minor group
YouTube: large videos, videos you lot desire portion publicly, promote or monetize
- detailed comparing of Google Photos in addition to YouTube video upload options
- learn what happens when you lot upload video when posting Blogger or Google+
- using Google Drive to thought your Google Photos videos in addition to straightaway video upload options
- how to acquire assistance alongside video uploads
Uploading video: Google Photos vs YouTube
| Google Photos | YouTube | |
|---|---|---|
| Content Policy | Google Photos Policy | YouTube Policy Center |
| Automatic Backup | Yes, from mobile in addition to desktop | No |
| Upload from Mobile Device | Yes | Yes |
| Google+ Profile or Page required | No | No |
| Use every bit Google+ Page or Brand Account | Yes | Yes |
| Move videos from i Google concern human relationship to another | Yes (by sharing the videos, which in addition to thus tin hold upward added to the other account's library) | Yes (by moving the channel) |
| Private videos | Yes, individual past times default | Yes, if you lot set the video to Private |
| Share individual videos | Yes, past times link (also portion past times e-mail in Google Drive) | Yes, past times Google concern human relationship e-mail address |
| Collaborative Collections | Collaborative Albums | Collaborative Playlists |
| Chromecast | Yes | Yes |
| Built-In Social Features | Comments inwards shared albums | Public comments & Private Messages |
| Embed video on a website | No | Yes |
| Unlimited Free uploads | "High Quality" are free. "Original" videos count against your storage limit. | Yes |
| Supported File Types | List: .mpg, .mod, .mmv, .tod, .wmv, .asf, .avi, .divx, .mov, .m4v, .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m2t, .m2ts, .mts, and .mkv files. | List: .MOV, .MPEG4, .MP4, .AVI, .WMV, .MPEGPS, .FLV, 3GPP, WebM |
| Maximum size | Maximum file size: 10GB "High Quality" uploads volition hold upward reduced to 1080p if higher resolution "Original Quality": master copy resolution | Verify to upload videos longer than fifteen minutes Maximum file size: 128GB Maximum duration: 12 hours Maximum resolution: 2160p (4k) |
| Video Editor | Create a movie alongside video clips, photos in addition to music, simply alone on conduct Android devices | Video Editor Features: trim videos, combine videos, add together music, text in addition to enhancements |
| Monetize Videos | No | Yes (eligible content) |
Change your mind? If you lot upload your videos to Google Photos you lot tin easily import your videos from Google Photos to YouTube
Upload videos to Google Drive
Note: every bit of July 10, 2019, Google Photos volition no longer automatically sync photos in addition to videos alongside Google Drive. Any images that were synced from Google Photos earlier that appointment volition rest inwards Drive every bit a classify copy.Google Drive automatically lets you lot access your Google Photos (including videos), thus if you lot are already automatically backing upward the videos from your mobile device or desktop computer, you lot don't bespeak to alter whatsoever settings to thought them inwards Google Drive.
Advantages to viewing your videos uploaded to Google Photos inwards Google Drive include slowly sharing past times email in addition to the might to easily run into file size. Your Google Drive folders tin hold upward synchronized alongside your desktop computer or a connected external difficult drive.
Google Drive likewise offers its ain upload in addition to auto-backup options. Drive allows real large video uploads (up to 5TB) in addition to lets you lot easily synchronize alongside your desktop calculator or external difficult get connected to your computer.
Google Drive machine backup: available inwards the iOS Google Drive app or for your desktop computer
Free uploads: "Standard size" uploads are free, including videos less than fifteen minutes long in addition to bring 1080p resolution or less. If you lot bring backup laid to "Full size", videos larger than "standard size" volition count towards your storage limit
Supported video formats: .WebM,.MPEG4, 3GPP, MOV, .AVI, .MPEGPS,.WMV, .FLV, .MTS (see the linked article for details)
Maximum file size: 5TB (terabytes!)
Maximum resolution: Google Drive recommends uploading inwards the master copy format in addition to highest resolution possible, simply maximum playback size is 1920x1080.
Video editor: Google Drive does non bring a built-in video editor, simply you lot tin add caption tracks to your videos.
Sharing: portion alongside an e-mail address or alongside a link. There is no built-in means to portion to social networks
Upload videos inwards a Blogger or Google+ post
It is likewise possible to upload video when posting to Blogger or Google+. These uploads are alone available through the Google Album Archive (get.google.com/albumarchive).
- Videos in addition to photos uploaded to a Google+ post volition hold upward inwards a "Photos from Posts" album
- Videos in addition to photos uploaded to a Blogger post volition hold upward inwards an album titled alongside weblog name
- Uploads longer than fifteen minutes may count towards your storage limit
Get assistance uploading video
YouTube video upload help:- YouTube recommended upload encoding settings
- Convert well or icon files to a format recognized past times YouTube
- YouTube file format conversion troubleshooter
- YouTube upload troubleshooter
- YouTube Fix Upload Problems
- YouTube Help Forum
Google Drive video upload help:
updated March 2017