How to upload a google drive video to youtube

Since Google Drive has been upgraded, you can't upload video from Google Drive to YouTube directly. However, there is a simple method that can also achieve this task by taking advantage of another Google storage service. I am going to show you how to do it step by step:

Step 1. Open Google Photos (https://photos.google.com/).

Step 2. Enter Google Photos webpage, click Upload button and choose Google Drive option.

Step 3. Select the video you want to upload to YouTube in Drive window. Hit Upload button to upload the video to Google Photos.

Step 4. Open the YouTube upload webpage (https://www.youtube.com/upload). Hit Import Video option on the top-right of the window and import the video from Google Photos.

Step 5. Then select the video in a new upload window, and press Select button to prepare for uploading.

Step 6. You will enter an upload window. You can edit video information below the processing bar. Finally, publish this video as soon as the process is done. Now, you can upload video to YouTube from Google Drive.

Youtube has slowly become a mainstream platform for independent creators. As of now, youtube has more than 2 billion active logged-in monthly users. People upload 500 hours of video content every minute and research shows each visitor spends 11m 24s per day on average. These stats are not limited to individual creators, many businesses also rely on youtube for monetizing their video content and audiences. Thus, you might be in a situation to upload videos from google drive to youtube. Let’s see how easy is to upload videos from google drive to youtube.

Table Of Contents

• 1 Why uploading videos from google drive to youtube a bit tricky?
• 2 How to upload videos from google drive to youtube without downloading?
• 3 Youtube Uploader – Google Drive Extension to upload files from Google Drive to Youtube
• 4 Upload videos from google drive to youtube using transferring-videos.com

Why uploading videos from google drive to youtube a bit tricky?

If you’re a content creator and someone shared you a rendered video file from a Google Drive and have to be uploaded to YouTube, you usually download this file and reupload it again. It is because there is no current support for a direct transfer of videos from Google Drive to YouTube.

However, there are few workarounds to achieve this, by using the old upload page of YouTube and Google Photos.

How to upload videos from google drive to youtube without downloading?

To upload videos from google drive to youtube without downloading, simply follow the below steps:

Step 1: First, you need to go to photos.google.com.

Step 2: At the upper center of the page, you’ll see an Upload button, click it.

Step 3: Then on the pop-up, select Google Drive.

Step 4: Now, select the videos that you want to upload to YouTube. 

Note: You can find all the new videos in the Recent tab, or if it’s shared you can easily find them at the Shared with me tab.

Step 5: Now you can select the videos that need to be transferred to youtube from the list.

Step 6: Now that we’re done with the steps in google drive, let’s move on to the youtube part. We need to transfer the videos from google drive to youtube. 

Note: To do this, you just have to access the old YouTube upload classic.

Step 7: To access it, go to www.youtube.com/upload.

You should see a button on the upper right corner that says “Upload with Classic“.

Step 8: There is pop-up instruction that tells you about their new uploader, just click the Go to Legacy Uploader, and click skip at the feedback form.

Step 9: When you’re in the upload classic, there will be an Import Videos on the right corner of the page. Click the Import button.

Step 10: Select the videos that you want to upload on YouTube. Once you’re done selecting click Select at the bottom left corner of the page.

It may take a few minutes to upload, then you can rename the title and edit the description as per your requirements.

Note: The access to classic mode is mandatory to perform the above steps. If you don’t have access to the classic editor, you should choose the traditional way of downloading the video and uploading it manually.

But this traditional way of uploading can be painful as said before. So, let’s explore a few other flexible ways to achieve this.

Youtube Uploader – Google Drive Extension to upload files from Google Drive to Youtube

You can get this uploader extension from the marketplace 

Get it from –  https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/youtube_uploader_for_dropbox_drive/872238254327

This app allows you to upload Dropbox, MS OneDrive, Google Drive video files to YouTube directly. You can upload your video files to YouTube in batches and very easily without using the YouTube web interface.

How to upload files from Google Drive to Youtube using the extension?

Simply follow the below steps to upload videos from google drive to youtube using chrome extension

Step 1: Click through the link https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/youtube-uploader-for-drop/bohlpmbngemggkpioibiahganclljlag and click on add to chrome button 

Step 2: Now that the extension added to chrome, click on the extension from the extension shortcut on the title bar. 

Step 3: The extension will have options to upload videos from google drive, dropbox, etc. Choose google drive from the list.

Step 4: Select all the videos to be transferred and finally click upload

Make sure you’ve given access to your channel before.

That’s it, it may take a few minutes to upload. 

Upload videos from google drive to youtube using transferring-videos.com

To upload videos from google drive to youtube using transferring-videos.com, first,download the app from https://transferring-videos.com/. Then simply follow the below steps:

Step 1: Just create your account and then in your dashboard, choose “From cloud option” then choose “Google Drive”.

Step 2: The site will read your file and then ask you where you want to send it.

Step 3: Choose YouTube and then a pop-up will open to ask your permission to publish this video on your channel.

That’s it! Just three steps magic.

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Now that we have seen plenty of options available to upload videos from google drive to youtube easily. Try any one that suits you and simplify content creation easier and save time. Happy hacking!

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