I have tried twice to upload a video to YouTube. It is a short video, 7 min 33 sec. I get the error, "Failed (unable to convert video file)". I recently upgraded to Mavericks & iMovie 11 and this is the first time trying to upload since the upgrade. Any suggestons?
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9), iMovie 11.
I just tried reducing the size of the upload to a lower quality video. No help. 😟
Check your video's format, you should make sure the format is accepted by youtube. If the format isn't compatible with youtube, try to convert it with a third party tool.
If not, maybe there are something going wrong when you update to OS X 10.9.
What kinds of file format your vidoe is in? To upload videos to YouTube, make sure that you’re using one of the following formats: MOV, MPEG4, AVI, WMV, MPEGPS, FLV, 3GPP, WebM. If you are using a format that is not listed above, you are suggested to convert it to one of the above file formats using proper video converting tool.
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On another thread someone mentioned removing all the tags. I did that. It worked! Yeah!!!
Although I believe you when you say it worked after removing tags, I don't think there is a solid cause and effect. The web is loaded with complaints of the iMovie to YouTube upload. It is simply NOT stable. I used iMovie '11 with Mountain Lion and now use the new iMovie 10 with Mavericks. Yes, I said iMovie 10. Apple named it that way. Not me. The iMovie to YouTube upload option is unreliable. We all want to try to narrow it down to a font or a clip or a photo or a title or the duration or the HD resolution etc... In fact, we are wasting our time until Apple works out these issues. I made 20 upload atttempts today. All using an approx 4 minute clip. Trust me. I got "Failed (unable to convert video file)" several times and each time worked to focus on the problem. Nothing was logical. I would add a single photo to a project that had previously worked and it would bomb. I would then delete that photo and it would still fail.
Unable to upload video to YouTube
