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? asked in Computers & InternetInternetYouTube · 8 years ago

Incredibly long upload times for YouTube?

Normally, my upload speed is around 1 MB/s, so my videos are usually uploaded in about 20 minutes.

I just now tried to upload an 883 MB video, and the ETA climbed all the way up to 5000 minutes, which is over three days. It's been thirty minutes, and the percentage hasn't gone any higher, while the counter has fluctuated between 4600 and 5200 minutes.

Why is it taking so long?

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Just close all other pages and all other programs using internet. Let YouTube suck up all the bandwidth and that might speed things up.

    Let it sit and upload, you don't need to watch it like a hawk.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Mainly because hundreds of people are uploading to Youtube constantly. I tried uploading a 2 min clip and it said over 6000 mins. You can try lowering your file size (if you can) or upload something to vimeo.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Big file big upload big time

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