Videos fail to process in YouTube, Google says its Apple iPhoto problem

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Videos fail to process in YouTube, Google says its Apple iPhoto problem

Problem:

Youtube OR iPhoto is taking a preview 'reference movie' file and not the actual video file when uploading therefore causing an issue when uploading to Youtube.

To make this easier, please read the Google message board thread I posted below regarding this issue. I initially thought it was a YouTube issue but was told it was Apple problem w/iPhoto. All my software specs, along with my video details are there as well.

Basically, whenever I go to youtube, click upload, choose the video file in iPhoto to upload, it now fails to process. Youtube then tells me an error that says the video is in an incorrect format. I've been uploading videos to Youtube this way for many, many years and now it has stopped working.

Here is the Google thread -

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/youtube/WnvXl5qseOE/e0x8GZeDB80J

Thanks for your help!

Posted on Jun 17, 2014 11:44 AM

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Yer_Man

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Jun 17, 2014 12:45 PM in response to ryanhoya

Simple: there is no way to upload a slideshow from iPhoto to anywhere. End of story.

Are you confusing iPhoto with iMovie by any chance?

You need to export the slideshow to the Finder - the process makes a movie of the slideshow - and you upload that.

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Yer_Man

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Jun 17, 2014 1:29 PM in response to Yer_Man

Apologies, I went off on a bean on that, confusing 'video' and 'slideshow'. Brain freeze here. Sorry about that.

Have you edited the videos in some way prior to uploading?

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ryanhoya Author

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Jun 17, 2014 6:13 PM in response to Yer_Man

No.

Filing scheme I guess is the term? It's been changed and it's not grabbing the actual video file but a reference image file.

Again, been uploading YouTube videos this same way for at least 5 years. Now it doesn't work.

Thanks for everyone's help here with this

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Yer_Man

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Jun 17, 2014 10:32 PM in response to ryanhoya

What happens if you try and export the movie using the File -> Export command?

What version of iPhoto?

What version of the OS?

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ryanhoya Author

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Jun 19, 2014 6:22 AM in response to Yer_Man

Read my first post and read the google thread. It works when I find the original fie, place it on my desktop then choose that file to upload. Not from iPhoto directly.

All OS and application are up to date with most current versions

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Yer_Man

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Jun 19, 2014 6:51 AM in response to ryanhoya

I read your first post, it makes no mention of exporting. I read the google thread a few days ago. I don't recall if it does. If you're too lazy to summarise it, I'm to lazy to re-read it. Please and thank you can make a difference.

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Old Toad

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Jun 19, 2014 9:50 AM in response to ryanhoya

Basically, whenever I go to youtube, click upload, choose the video file in iPhoto to upload, it now fails to process.

There is no way to upload a video/movie file that's in an iPhoto library dirtily from the YouTube upload window in your browser. This is all you get:

There is no access to the files in any iPhoto Library since iPhoto 6 from outside iPhoto. One must export the video out of iPhoto via the File ➙ Export ➙ File Export menu option with Kind = Original. In some earlier versions of iPhoto and the system dragging the video from the open iPhoto window to the Desktop or anywhere else would give you only the first frame of the movie which is what you apparently were experiencing.

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ryanhoya Author

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Jun 19, 2014 11:43 AM in response to Old Toad

Toad -

Yes, yes, that's what is happening (I am uploading a first frame version of the movie) and what I did to get it to work (Kind=original).

But this is where I am confused. Above you include a photo and say:

There is no way to upload a video/movie file that's in an iPhoto library dirtily from the YouTube upload window in your browser. This is all you get:

Here is what I see when I click upload and how I've been uploading videos to Youtube since day 1 -

I find the video, click it and then it uploads. Or used to.

Does that make sense?

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Old Toad

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Jun 19, 2014 12:18 PM in response to ryanhoya

Are you using Chrome? I have no iPhoto option in the drop down menu that you show. This is what I see:

What browser and version are your using as well as what version of iPhoto and system?

In any case it looks like you'll have to export the original to the desktop and upload from there.

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ryanhoya Author

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Jun 19, 2014 12:45 PM in response to Old Toad

Toad,

I am using latest Chrome, version 35.0.1916.153 and my current iPhoto is 9.5.1. I also tried to upload in Firefox and I had the same issue. My Mac OS is 10.9.3. Like someone suggested in the YouTube/Google thread - could this be an issue with Maverick?

I just can't imagine having to now go to the video I want in iPhoto, export it to my desktop, upload it, then move that file back into the previous file location. My head is exploding as to why and how this is now happening.

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Old Toad

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Jun 19, 2014 12:58 PM in response to ryanhoya

then move that file back into the previous file location.

You wouldn't have to move it back as it would be a copy. Just delete it when you're done.

Since I can't get the same iPhoto option in the menu as you I'm at a loss to help further. 😟

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ryanhoya Author

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Sep 30, 2014 7:13 PM in response to ryanhoya

I figured it out. When you click 'upload' on youtube.com, a button in the center of the page that says to 'Select Files to Upload' or 'Drag & Drop Video Files'. I took the file/thumbnail preview in iPhoto and dragged it onto my browser where the youtube.com upload page is. Bam, it started uploading. Don't ask me why but it's back to working normally.

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