Why does it take longer than 2 hours to upload a 3 minute HD video to youtube?

milarox · milarox #1 (**permalink**)

12-05-2009, 06:33 PM

my settings are all the highest quality, movie to quick time movie, best quality, etc. I go to upload it on youtube and it takes LONGER than TWO HOURS. sometimes even four!

Other people that have the same settings as me, only said it takes around 6 minutes, and my video is 3 minutes long. I have fast internet. no other programs running, or anything. my macbook is fine, it just takes FOREVER.

why?

Nethfel · Nethfel #2 (**permalink**)

12-05-2009, 07:13 PM

How big is your file that you're uploading (not length, file size)?

Kash · Kash #3 (**permalink**)

12-05-2009, 07:25 PM

What type of Internet connection do you have? It's possible that your upload speeds are just very low.

pigoo3 · pigoo3 #4 (**permalink**)

12-05-2009, 08:40 PM

Yes...like Kash mentioned...if you have something like a cable modem...upload speeds are MUCH slower than download speeds.

You can use this website to test your upload & download speeds:

Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test

HTH,

- Nick

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Member Since: Feb 25, 2009 Posts: 2,084 Mac Specs: 2012 Non-retina MBP, 2.6GHz i7, 8GB RAM, Antiglare Screen	12-05-2009, 07:13 PM How big is your file that you're uploading (not length, file size)? My Macs: 2012 Non-Retina 15" MBP; Mac mini G4, 1.25 GHz, 512m ram (server); Late 2011 11" MBA, 1.8GHz i7, 4Gig Ram, 256Gig SSD, HD3000; Powerbook 12" G4 1.33GHz running Debian as a server; Apple TV (1080p version)
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Member Since: May 20, 2008 Location: U.S. Posts: 20,286 Mac Specs: 13" MB 2.4ghz, 2gig ram, OS 10.7.4	12-05-2009, 08:40 PM Yes...like Kash mentioned...if you have something like a cable modem...upload speeds are MUCH slower than download speeds. You can use this website to test your upload & download speeds: Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test HTH, - Nick - Computer slow, too many "beachballs", read this: Beachballs - Computer seems slower than it used to? Read this for some speedup tips: Speedup - Almost full hard drive? Some solutions. Out of Space - Apple Battery Info. Battery
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milarox #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 17, 2009 Posts: 4	12-05-2009, 06:33 PM my settings are all the highest quality, movie to quick time movie, best quality, etc. I go to upload it on youtube and it takes LONGER than TWO HOURS. sometimes even four! Other people that have the same settings as me, only said it takes around 6 minutes, and my video is 3 minutes long. I have fast internet. no other programs running, or anything. my macbook is fine, it just takes FOREVER. why?
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