YouTube Now Ready for Your 15 Minutes of Fame

Previously, YouTube had a 10-minute video cap for its uploads. Now, that limit has been bumped by 50 percent, meaning that you can get your 15 minutes of fame now in one single clip.

Joshua Siegel, Product Manager, Upload and Video Management, wrote in the YouTube blog:

We encourage you to take full advantage of this new time limit by making a video of your “15 minutes of fame.” Imagine that this video is all the world will ever know about you: what would you want to communicate? What will be the enduring stamp you’ve left on us all? Tag your video with “yt15minutes,” upload it by Wednesday, August 4, and we’ll select a handful of people to truly gain their 15 minutes of fame by featuring them on the YouTube homepage in a future spotlight.

Why, might you ask, is YouTube only now allowing the extra 5 more minutes? Turns out that it has to do with the content providers.

Well, we’ve spent significant resources on creating and improving our state-of-the-art Content ID system and many other powerful tools for copyright owners. Now, all of the major U.S. movie studios, music labels and over 1,000 other global partners use Content ID to manage their content on YouTube. Because of the success of these ongoing technological efforts, we are able to increase the upload limit today.

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jrharbort 7 years ago

They first need to fix their server load issues. Over the past few weeks, my buffer speeds have been getting worse, at random times during the day. Often as slow as 200Kbps. Then it decides to buffer at roughly 20Mbps whenever it feels like it.

Before people claim I have some sort of malware, guess again. I'm sure others have noticed the slowdowns as of late.
Supertrek32 7 years ago

jrharbortThey first need to fix their server load issues. Over the past few weeks, my buffer speeds have been getting worse, at random times during the day. Often as slow as 200Kbps. Then it decides to buffer at roughly 20Mbps whenever it feels like it.Before people claim I have some sort of malware, guess again. I'm sure others have noticed the slowdowns as of late.

I've noticed it as well. One trick I've found is that the various resolutions of a video are often on different servers. There's been many times I've loaded 720p video faster than 360p. Just try changing the resolution (even if you're moving up).

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polly the parrot 7 years ago

No 15 minute Justin Bieber videos...stang.
ColMirage 7 years ago

Yay!
jrharbort 7 years ago

They first need to fix their server load issues. Over the past few weeks, my buffer speeds have been getting worse, at random times during the day. Often as slow as 200Kbps. Then it decides to buffer at roughly 20Mbps whenever it feels like it.

Before people claim I have some sort of malware, guess again. I'm sure others have noticed the slowdowns as of late.
Abrahm 7 years ago

jrharbortThey first need to fix their server load issues. Over the past few weeks, my buffer speeds have been getting worse, at random times during the day. Often as slow as 200Kbps. Then it decides to buffer at roughly 20Mbps whenever it feels like it.Before people claim I have some sort of malware, guess again. I'm sure others have noticed the slowdowns as of late.

Yeah, I've had issues with videos just not loading, and often.
Supertrek32 7 years ago

jrharbortThey first need to fix their server load issues. Over the past few weeks, my buffer speeds have been getting worse, at random times during the day. Often as slow as 200Kbps. Then it decides to buffer at roughly 20Mbps whenever it feels like it.Before people claim I have some sort of malware, guess again. I'm sure others have noticed the slowdowns as of late.

I've noticed it as well. One trick I've found is that the various resolutions of a video are often on different servers. There's been many times I've loaded 720p video faster than 360p. Just try changing the resolution (even if you're moving up).
halodude23 7 years ago

about time, should make a 1 hour limit, that would be sick!
bison88 7 years ago

halodude23about time, should make a 1 hour limit, that would be sick!

It would be nice. I know YouTube is already sucking an insanely massive amount of bandwidth and space on Googles servers, but they disabled the old trick to make 2 hour videos where you just had to change your settings from a regular to "Director". Now you actually have to be a YouTube Partner and fill out an application which gets reviewed to even be considered.

At least they are upping it, lets hope it's like their "ever growing email storage" program they have with Gmail.
Aionism 7 years ago

That's nice, now give me an option for 480p to be the default quality setting again.
dEAne 7 years ago

Yes but YouTube should somehow fix their server problems.
eddieroolz 7 years ago

Haven't been on YouTube at all recently, so this is new for me.
dco 7 years ago

If 10 minutes is the cap how is it that there are 1 hour videos on there?
fonzy 7 years ago

Does that mean will get more ads and commercials now.
drutort 7 years ago

fonzyDoes that mean will get more ads and commercials now.

i was thinking oh cool... then some how this thought crossed my mind too

its all a ploy... too bad cause it will get annoying like a lot of other video places that are far worse with ads
xerroz 7 years ago

adblocker + no script seem to block all ads in youtube videos
Chris_TC 7 years ago

xerrozadblocker + no script seem to block all ads in youtube videos

I only use Adblocker, and I wasn't even aware that there are ads on Youtube? I've never seen a single one.
drwho1 7 years ago

Videos can be...
•High Definition•Up to 2 GB in size.
•Up to 15 minutes in length.
•A wide variety of formats

great just a few days ago I uploaded a video and after the upload I got a message "your video has not been approved becuase is too long"
my video was just over 11 minutes
hardcore_gamer 7 years ago

brb friends..I've some uploading to do
tolham 7 years ago

uh, what? i just watched a 48 minute video of conan obrien at google HQ on youtube the other day.
warmon6 7 years ago

tolhamuh, what? i just watched a 48 minute video of conan obrien at google HQ on youtube the other day.

dcoIf 10 minutes is the cap how is it that there are 1 hour videos on there?

If you guys would of read this comment before you posted yours, You wouldn't have ask suck a silly question :P

bison88It would be nice. I know YouTube is already sucking an insanely massive amount of bandwidth and space on Googles servers, but they disabled the old trick to make 2 hour videos where you just had to change your settings from a regular to "Director". Now you actually have to be a YouTube Partner and fill out an application which gets reviewed to even be considered.At least they are upping it, lets hope it's like their "ever growing email storage" program they have with Gmail.

Read all the comments next time. Someone might be already answered your question without you having to ask.
warmon6 7 years ago

Anonymous said:

They first need to fix their server load issues. Over the past few weeks, my buffer speeds have been getting worse, at random times during the day. Often as slow as 200Kbps. Then it decides to buffer at roughly 20Mbps whenever it feels like it.

Before people claim I have some sort of malware, guess again. I'm sure others have noticed the slowdowns as of late.

I just notice that yesterday as well.

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