YouTube to increase upload limit from 10 to 15 minutes

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Sources at YouTube tell us that online video giant will soon increase the maximum duration of uploaded video clips from 10 minutes to 15 minutes. The move may not mean much to some, but if you're a YouTube uploader, the increase would mean significantly less chopped-up installments of longer form works, and subtly redefine the medium, given that YouTube is the largest video hosting service online.

YouTube Partners (online video companies like us and other content owners who have agreements with the company involving shared ad revenue) are already able to upload videos longer than 10 minutes, but it's a fairly big deal for the rest of the ecosystem? and amateur folk make up a huge portion of that ecosystem.

Just think about it: the move would bring 50% more "haul videos," from shopaholic teen girls; 50% more crazytime rants from random dudes; 50% more hamster montages; and 50% more double (whoah that's almost a triple) rainbows.

Why now? I don't know. Why not? But I'd put my money partially on the company's recent win in the Viacom case, and a sense that they've now figured out more effectively how to help the big content owners (labels, movie studios, TV networks) identify infringing uploads, which might tend to fall largely in that longer-form category.

We're hearing something about a "15 minutes of fame" contest to celebrate the expanded video duration, in which winning uploads will be featured on the YouTube homepage in a future spotlight.

Source: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/29/youtube-to-increase.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+boingboing/iBag+(Boing+Boing)

[Carbon Fiber]

Thanks for article

[Sethos]

Yeah, increase overall bandwidth usage when you can barely watch a YouTube clip without pausing it for 10 minutes first.

*Waits for the usual OMG WORKS FOR ME, UR CONNECTION!111*

It's starting to become a pretty widespread issue, especially among my friends and relatives who frequently use YouTube.

[Chasethebase Veteran]

Gives more time for long gameplay videos. :p

[ViperAFK]

Yeah, increase overall bandwidth usage when you can barely watch a YouTube clip without pausing it for 10 minutes first.

Its already like that.

[Sethos]

Its already like that.

That's what I meant, this isn't exactly helping.

[Charisma Veteran]

Also means when they post long vids broken into multiple parts, there will be a need for fewer parts, and less interruption when watching a series. (Y)

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Don't really see it impacting the bandwidth any more than it currently get's hit.

People with videos over 10 minutes just now just break them into parts.

[Nagisan]

Yeah, increase overall bandwidth usage when you can barely watch a YouTube clip without pausing it for 10 minutes first.

*Waits for the usual OMG WORKS FOR ME, UR CONNECTION!111*

It's starting to become a pretty widespread issue, especially among my friends and relatives who frequently use YouTube.

Here I am on a crappy 768Kb/s (thats a max of ~90KB/s down) and I only ever have to pause and let YouTube videos buffer when I have other things sucking down bandwidth. But, I do live in an area that has very low usage compared to most other areas (very small town).

That being said, glad to see them increase the time limit. Will be able to watch longer gameplay demos and what not on YouTube without having to go to other sites to get the same thing not cut into pieces.

[Sethos]

Don't really see it impacting the bandwidth any more than it currently get's hit.

People with videos over 10 minutes just now just break them into parts.

And what about the thousands if not millions of people that used to make their video blogs, game movies, gameplay footage whatever 10 minutes long

to stick 'em on YouTube, they can now up it to 15 thus requiring more bandwidth to serve when watching and the overall bandwidth usage is increased.

YouTube uses a TON of bandwidth, it uses as much bandwidth as the entire internet did in 2000 - So something like this is drastic.

Here I am on a crappy 768Kb/s (thats a max of ~90KB/s down) and I only ever have to pause and let YouTube videos buffer when I have other things sucking down bandwidth. But, I do live in an area that has very low usage compared to most other areas (very small town).

That being said, glad to see them increase the time limit. Will be able to watch longer gameplay demos and what not on YouTube without having to go to other sites to get the same thing not cut into pieces.

I'm on a 15Mbit that is always at max speed, the problem isn't on my end, it's on YouTube's end, serving the videos.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

And what about the thousands if not millions of people that used to make their video blogs, game movies, gameplay footage whatever 10 minutes long

to stick 'em on YouTube, they can now up it to 15 thus requiring more bandwidth to serve when watching and the overall bandwidth usage is increased.

YouTube uses a TON of bandwidth, it uses as much bandwidth as the entire internet did in 2000 - So something like this is drastic.

I suppose, but the sites just ****ed for speed anyway, so slow half the time

[rawr_boy81]

This is friggin awesome, I hate when I need to do a video and all I need is a couple of extra minutes. I understand why they original capped it at 10 minutes but it is stupid given that piraters can easily chop up a video then upload it.

[amon91]

Yeah, this will make uploading movies and TV shows a lot easier.

Oh, nvm. :shiftyninja:

[Udedenkz]

Yeah, increase overall bandwidth usage when you can barely watch a YouTube clip without pausing it for 10 minutes first.

*Waits for the usual OMG WORKS FOR ME, UR CONNECTION!111*

It's starting to become a pretty widespread issue, especially among my friends and relatives who frequently use YouTube.

I notice that too, videos load really slowly sometimes. No where near my connection speed limit.

[oceanmotion]

I'm amazed Google can keep up. Youtube must use crazy amounts of bandwidth and space every day.

[Southern Patriot]

OK, how exactly is this going to make any difference in overall bandwidth consumption? Say someone wants to upload a 30 minute video. Right now, they would have to split it into 3 pieces. After the change, they would have to split it in two pieces. The overall amount of space used is basically the same.

[Leonie]

You Tube is extending videos up to 15 Minutes. I think it's a good idea. Because lets say you want to watch

a excerise video for instants you can wath the full video with out interupchions. But on the other side you don't want to use up all the download

because there's only so much you can do.

[Sethos]

OK, how exactly is this going to make any difference in overall bandwidth consumption? Say someone wants to upload a 30 minute video. Right now, they would have to split it into 3 pieces. After the change, they would have to split it in two pieces. The overall amount of space used is basically the same.

Because surprisingly, a lot of video blogs, footage of games, uploaded speeches whatever sometimes exceed 10 minutes but people don't turn them into several parts, they just edit and cut it down to 10 minutes. A lot of content

is edited down to 10 minutes because people don't want to watch a 2,3 or 4 parter video usually. So now, they don't have to cut those extra minutes away and the servers will have to feed a longer video file to thousands if not millions of users

on the general scale ... And that's a huge difference in bandwidth consumption.