How to Upload a Video to YouTube

Do you want to be able to share your videos with friends, family, and perfect strangers? Well you can with the video sharing website Youtube. Here's how to do it.

• Go to YouTube
• Create an account if you do not already have one. Or go onto the next step if you already have an account.
• Log into your account.
• Click the "Upload" button on the top of the homepage. It's to the right of the search bar, next to Browse.
• Choose a video file. YouTube currently (4/11/2009) accepts these video formats:

.AVI (Audio Video Interleaved)
.3GP (cell phones)
.MOV (Mac)
.MP4 (iPod/PSP)
.MPEG or .MPG (Motion Picture Experts Group)
.FLV (Adobe Flash)
.SWF (Shockwave Flash)
.M4V (h.264)
.WMV (Windows Media Video)

•  Click the Upload Video button. Click "Browse" to search for a video on your computer. When you find the video file, click Upload Video.
• Enter the details required, the title of the video, the description of the video, what category the video should be in and the tags. Optionally, you can fill in the Broadcast Options, the Date and Map Options and the Sharing Options.
• Hit Save button and your title, description, etc. will be saved when your video has completed uploading. When the bar fills, you have posted a video on YouTube!