Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Back Upward Your Youtube Videos!


NEW for Feb 2019: Get directions for backing upward your Brand Account YouTube channel here. 

Do y'all receive got a backup re-create of your YouTube videos? 

If your videos are of import to you, I highly recommend y'all proceed an archived backup on your ain difficult drive, DVDs or other storage location. Fortunately Google Takeout lets y'all download almost all your content stored past times Google - including your YouTube videos - apace together with easily.


Why practice y'all ask a backup? YouTube does non guarantee your videos volition live on accessible forever. Even if y'all keep the access details for YouTube draw of piece of job concern human relationship upward to date, together with keep your Google draw of piece of job concern human relationship secure from hackers your videos tin live on lost if:

Back upward your master copy videos using Google Takeout 

Google Takeout makes it slow to dorsum upward your information - y'all likely don't fifty-fifty ask the step-by-step instructions! However, banker's complaint that if your YouTube channel is connected to a Google+ Page Brand Account y'all volition receive got to receive got a duet of extra steps to sign inwards to your Page directly.

NEW for Feb 2019: Get directions for backing upward your Brand Account YouTube channel here. 

1. Sign inwards to the Google draw of piece of job concern human relationship linked to your YouTube channel with your electronic mail username together with password.

 If your Youtube channel is connected to a Google+ Page, rather than your personal Google+ Profile, y'all must sign inwards to your Google+ Page directly.  
Learn how to set a password for your Google+ Page.

2. Go to Google Takeout


        i. Open myaccount.google.com
        ii. Under Personal information & privacy click "Control your content"  (myaccount.google.com/privacy#takeout)
       iii. Click CREATE ARCHIVE (www.google.com/settings/takeout)
     

3. Make certain that your channel shout out together with avatar are showing inwards the upper correct corner.



4. Select which information y'all would similar to download

If y'all are signed into your Google+ Page, the information volition include your Page's YouTube channel, Google Photos, Blogger blogs together with Google Drive.

To deselect all Google products click the Select none button.



Make certain "YouTube" has a light-green depository fiscal establishment check grade adjacent to it.



You tin learn to a greater extent than together with select about details past times clicking the pocket-sized downwardly arrow v adjacent to each product.

YouTube allows y'all to select all channel data, or solely videos, history, playlists, or subscriptions.


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Note: if y'all desire to dorsum upward your Blogger blog, y'all must likewise archive your Google Photos albums

It's a proficient reckon to download an archive of all your information periodically. 


5. Click the bluish Next button



6. Customize your download format

Select the archive file type. : A zip file is the default file format, together with tin live on opened on virtually whatsoever computer.  The archive tin likewise live on downloaded equally a compressed tar file (.tgz or .tbz). 

Select the delivery method: You tin either download the archive file to your personal figurer (recommended) or receive got the archive automatically uploaded to Google Drive. If y'all select Google Drive, the archive volition count towards your draw of piece of job concern human relationship storage limit.



7. Click the bluish Create archive button

6. Wait for your archive to live on created. You volition live on sent an electronic mail when it's ready.



7. Download your archive. You volition receive got 1 calendar week to download the archive.



8.  Open your downloaded archive to access your files.




Check to construct certain all your videos are there, bearing inwards hear that videos amongst a Content ID fit volition non live on downloaded.

I receive got likewise had occasional problem downloading Hangout on Air recordings - those tin live on downloaded equally MP4s from your video managing director instead.

9. Store your archive where y'all tin detect it when y'all ask to access the backup data

Store your archive someplace secure - proceed it on your figurer (or multiple computers), transfer it to an external difficult drive, or burn downwardly it to DVD. You tin upload it to storage inwards the cloud, equally long equally it's dissever from the Google draw of piece of job concern human relationship y'all purpose to sign inwards to YouTube.

Data storage is inexpensive together with your content is precious - construct a backup of your information regularly!

Updated July 2015 amongst novel screenshots.

Image at top : Video tape archive storage from the archive of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation on Flickr
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