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Upload video directly to your Blogger blog
You don't need to publish videos on YouTube, Instagram or other site to embed
them in a Blogger post. You can upload videos directly to your blog, and then
manage your videos in your blog's settings.
Why would you want to upload video directly to your blog?
You may not want to manage a YouTube channel or use other social media.
Blog post visibility can be limited to blog authors, or specific invited readers.
Uploaded videos must follow Blogger's Content Policy. However, Blogger allows non-commercial videos with nudity or sexual activity (with some limitations), as long as the blog is marked "Adult" in your blog settings.
This is a video I recorded and uploaded directly to this post using my phone. It took just a few minutes.
On desktop, the player can be expanded to Theater Mode (which expands it
inside the post) or Full Screen. Viewers can adjust the quality and
playback speed.
On my Android phone there is also an option to cast the video to a Chromecast
device. That option may not be available on all mobile devices.
Note that there isn't any option to select or add a custom thumbnail. That's
why you may be seeing a funny-looking thumbnail on my inserted vertical
video.
2. Click the Insert Video icon (you may have to scroll to the
right through the buttons to find this)
3. Select Upload from computer
4. Either drag the video file into the uploader or click
Choose a video to upload
If you are using a mobile device, you will also see the option to record a
video with your camera.
Click Camera Video to record a video
5. The video will upload and process, which may take a few minutes.
You can continue writing your post as the video processes.
Adjust the dimensions of the embedded video player
You can adjust the dimensions of the embedded video player.
1. In the post editor, switch to HTML View
2. Click the Format HTML button on the toolbar to tidy up the HTML
3. Edit the height and width of the embedded video player
When you get the embed code for a YouTube video the default is width="560"
height="315" (those are the dimensions of the embedded videos at the top of
this post).
Manage your Blogger videos
You can delete and download videos in your Blogger account.
1. Sign in to Blogger and click Settings on the left menu
2. Scroll down to Manage Blog
3. Click Videos from your blog
4. On the video management page for your blog, you can either
Download or Delete the videos.
If you are signed in as an administrator, you can delete or download any
blog video.
Blog authors can only delete or download the videos they
uploaded.
Great post, Peggy. The video upload is one of Blogger's secrets. I have a website on WP, for educational purposes (Geography), but I intend to transform my blog on Blogger on the website channel, because I don't like YouTube.
Remember that videos up to 15 minutes do not count against our amount of storage in Drive.
Is this why Blogger is no longer allowing YouTube embedded videos? All YouTube embedded videos show as unavailable. I hate to loose all my content but I am forced to change to WordPress. My blog goes along with my YouTube channel and since blogger no longer allows embedded YouTube videos I can no longer use it. I have been with blogger almost 10 years.
You should be able to embed YouTube videos in your Blogger blog posts without a problem. I embed YouTube videos frequently. The second video embedded at the top of this post is a YouTube video. Are you not able to view that? If it's showing as unavailable, try temporarily disabling any extensions you have running, as maybe you have one that is blocking YouTube.
Over 700 posts with embedded YouTube videos, that have been made and have been working over the past 9 years, now all say that the video is unavailable. Blogger has also put up an image in their place that looks very much like the image YouTube gives for deleted video. This makes it look like all my videos have been deleted. Blogger is hurting my channel. If this is not a thing that is happening to others then why are they doing it to me? Again these links to embedded videos have been working for 9 years and all of a sudden blogger attacks my blog and is doing active harm to my YouTube channel. How do I get them to fix it. I have sent multiple feedbacks to them and they do nothing.
Hi Peggy. I am also having issues embedding videos to my blog from my computer (Mac) Everything seems to be going smoothly until they are "uploaded" and then when I click on them it says they are unavailable. When I go into settings it shows the videos but the square is grey - no image from the video. I have attempted to download the videos from this screen, and it again says they are unavailable. I have also tried uploading them in Safari (I usually use Chrome) with the same result. And I enabled popups for Blogger, to no effect. If you have any additional thoughts I would be grateful. Thanks!
Hi Sue, are you uploading the videos directly to Blogger? Note that when you do that it will take some time for the videos to process. Are you waiting a few hours after uploading to see if that makes a difference?
If you have not done so already, an you post a question with details in the official Blogger Help Community? I or another expert can help you there: support.google.com/blogger/thread/new. (Or if you have posted there, share the link)
hi peggy k Thaks for your video and i have a doubt regarding this in while we upload a video directly how can we add video ads in that video (ex) vast ads
Can anyone set as author upload videos or just the admin? For example, if there is a class of 15 students who are all set to author, can anyone upload a video?
Hello Ma'am. What if i Want to back up for my blogger stuffs like images, videos and post. Basically i need to modify my theme there i need to take backup of my blogger site
Hi Peggy, I'm hoping you can help me. I'm using blogger and have embedded a YouTube video. The video only shows up if the user clicks "Read More". Otherwise the blog post just displays a picture of the video. Any ideas on what I need to do to make it show up immediately? It displays correctly in the Preview but then shows just a picture of the video on the live site. You can see it here: https://blog.pricelessparenting.com/ I greatly appreciate any advice you can provide!
Hi Kathy, with the theme you are using, the home page of your blog only shows a thumbnail. In the case of your most recent post, the thumbnail is from the embedded video. But that is why it doesn't play. I recommend looking at your blog stats to see how many visitors to your blog homepage there are relative to individual post pages. If people are clicking a link to your posts, they don't see your blog home anyway.
Hi Peggy, Thank you so much for your quick response! Do you know of a theme that would show just the latest post on a full page (no "Read More")? I'm embedding the blog in my site and want people to see the full latest post plus comments. Thank you!
I am trying to download 15-25 second movies taken on my iphone. I am doing it on the computer. Only 1 video successfully downloaded. They are all the same so I can't figure out what is wrong or how to corect this.
is there any storage capacity or limit to adding videos to a blogger blog and if i have like 800 videos would it affect the site speed or load time. And is blogger responsible for the video hosting, or is it youtube or drive ?
When you upload your video to Blogger directly, it is in your Blogger account, not YouTube or Drive. There isn't any storage limit in Blogger that I'm aware of, but if you have too many videos on a page, that could slow the loading time.
Peggy, this is really well done—even by your standards.
ReplyDeleteThanks Adam! I'm glad you found it helpful.
DeleteGreat post, Peggy. The video upload is one of Blogger's secrets. I have a website on WP, for educational purposes (Geography), but I intend to transform my blog on Blogger on the website channel, because I don't like YouTube.
ReplyDeleteRemember that videos up to 15 minutes do not count against our amount of storage in Drive.
That's a great point about shorter videos not counting towards storage!
DeleteI can't see the thumbnail
ReplyDeleteMy video is mot playing evwn after changjng the sizes
ReplyDeleteIs this why Blogger is no longer allowing YouTube embedded videos? All YouTube embedded videos show as unavailable. I hate to loose all my content but I am forced to change to WordPress. My blog goes along with my YouTube channel and since blogger no longer allows embedded YouTube videos I can no longer use it. I have been with blogger almost 10 years.
ReplyDeleteYou should be able to embed YouTube videos in your Blogger blog posts without a problem. I embed YouTube videos frequently. The second video embedded at the top of this post is a YouTube video. Are you not able to view that?
DeleteIf it's showing as unavailable, try temporarily disabling any extensions you have running, as maybe you have one that is blocking YouTube.
Over 700 posts with embedded YouTube videos, that have been made and have been working over the past 9 years, now all say that the video is unavailable. Blogger has also put up an image in their place that looks very much like the image YouTube gives for deleted video. This makes it look like all my videos have been deleted. Blogger is hurting my channel. If this is not a thing that is happening to others then why are they doing it to me?
ReplyDeleteAgain these links to embedded videos have been working for 9 years and all of a sudden blogger attacks my blog and is doing active harm to my YouTube channel.
How do I get them to fix it. I have sent multiple feedbacks to them and they do nothing.
Hey Karmic Beats, were you able to figure out why your videos aren't playing for you? I checked your blog and they play for me.
DeleteHi Peggy. I am also having issues embedding videos to my blog from my computer (Mac) Everything seems to be going smoothly until they are "uploaded" and then when I click on them it says they are unavailable. When I go into settings it shows the videos but the square is grey - no image from the video. I have attempted to download the videos from this screen, and it again says they are unavailable. I have also tried uploading them in Safari (I usually use Chrome) with the same result. And I enabled popups for Blogger, to no effect. If you have any additional thoughts I would be grateful. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi Sue, are you uploading the videos directly to Blogger? Note that when you do that it will take some time for the videos to process. Are you waiting a few hours after uploading to see if that makes a difference?
DeleteThanks for your reply, Peggy. Yes, I did upload directly to Blogger. And it's been a week and the videos are still not there. :(
DeleteIf you have not done so already, an you post a question with details in the official Blogger Help Community? I or another expert can help you there: support.google.com/blogger/thread/new. (Or if you have posted there, share the link)
Deletehi peggy k
ReplyDeleteThaks for your video and i have a doubt regarding this in while we upload a video directly how can we add video ads in that video (ex) vast ads
Can anyone set as author upload videos or just the admin? For example, if there is a class of 15 students who are all set to author, can anyone upload a video?
ReplyDeleteAnyone set as author should be able to upload a video to the post, just like they can upload images.
Deletemine is not showing thumbnails
ReplyDeleteWhere are you not seeing thumbnails?
DeleteHello Ma'am.
ReplyDeleteWhat if i Want to back up for my blogger stuffs like images, videos and post.
Basically i need to modify my theme there i need to take backup of my blogger site
I have a tutorial on how to backup your Blogger data here
DeleteHi Peggy, I'm hoping you can help me. I'm using blogger and have embedded a YouTube video. The video only shows up if the user clicks "Read More". Otherwise the blog post just displays a picture of the video. Any ideas on what I need to do to make it show up immediately? It displays correctly in the Preview but then shows just a picture of the video on the live site. You can see it here: https://blog.pricelessparenting.com/ I greatly appreciate any advice you can provide!
ReplyDeleteHi Kathy, with the theme you are using, the home page of your blog only shows a thumbnail. In the case of your most recent post, the thumbnail is from the embedded video. But that is why it doesn't play. I recommend looking at your blog stats to see how many visitors to your blog homepage there are relative to individual post pages. If people are clicking a link to your posts, they don't see your blog home anyway.
DeleteHi Peggy, Thank you so much for your quick response! Do you know of a theme that would show just the latest post on a full page (no "Read More")? I'm embedding the blog in my site and want people to see the full latest post plus comments. Thank you!
DeleteHi Peggy, I found a template that works the way I'd like! It's the Simply Simple template. Thanks again for your help!
DeleteThat's great! I'm glad you found a theme that works for you home page.
DeleteI am trying to download 15-25 second movies taken on my iphone. I am doing it on the computer. Only 1 video successfully downloaded. They are all the same so I can't figure out what is wrong or how to corect this.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure why the videos would not download. Can you try using a different browser?
Deleteis there any storage capacity or limit to adding videos to a blogger blog and if i have like 800 videos would it affect the site speed or load time. And is blogger responsible for the video hosting, or is it youtube or drive ?
ReplyDeleteWhen you upload your video to Blogger directly, it is in your Blogger account, not YouTube or Drive. There isn't any storage limit in Blogger that I'm aware of, but if you have too many videos on a page, that could slow the loading time.
Delete