any way to replace a YouTube video file without changing the URL?
I made two videos about Faith the bipedal dog - her human companion is thrilled and wants to use them to spread the word about her projects, including visiting military hospitals.
The only problem, one vid uploaded 4:40 but it has only 2:40 of content, so I need to reup it and of course the URL will change... is there any way to replace the video file without uploading a new version and getting a new URL?
I put both the video slideshows on my site
greg posted this at 21:27 — 14th December 2008.
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Don't these vids just link to youtube and stream on your site from there?
decibel.places posted this at 23:56 — 14th December 2008.
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Every time you upload a file to YouTube, it generates a random URL.
I do not see any way to replace the source video other than reuploading the new version and deleting the old one, so the YouTube URL changes.
On my site I can embed the object code from YouTube (which is also generated randomly for each upload) so I can present the latest versions on my site.
But someone who sends the YouTube URL to someone, if the video is revised, the URL will not work.
So I guess the best advice is to be sure the video is final before uploading it, not go off half-cocked, etc.
pr0gr4mm3r posted this at 00:04 — 15th December 2008.
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You can add annotations to existing videos, and they can link to other YouTube videos. I would upload another one, and then put an annotation in your current one explaining there is a more recent one available.
http://www.youtube.com/t/annotations_about
greg posted this at 00:11 — 15th December 2008.
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Ahh, you mean re-upload on youtube. My bad, I thought you meant re-upload to your site...was wondering what I'd missed..
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