Video has been processing for 24 hours with 0% Progress...?

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Ariel

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Hi, I uploaded a large video file. It was about 22 minutes long but a 4.6gb file. It got uploaded in about 45 minutes and then went into processing where is get this message:

"This is taking longer than expected. Your video has been queued and will be processed as soon as possible."

It has been at 0% for 24 hours now. I read somewhere else that there's some processing traffic that happens and you just wait in line. I heard of a few hours but its been a full day and still nothing.

Also, if I try to either reload or close the tab I get this message:
"You haven't finished publishing your video. If you leave now your video wont be processed"

Has anyone ever experienced something like this before? It hasnt appeared in My Videos yet either.
 
Sometimes it could be the codec and the settings you use whenever you render it out, mainly codecs. You should publish the video as private, save it, then leave the page. The video will process on YouTube's servers and is not required for you to keep the page open. I always leave on the processing state. If it ever completes, set it to public. If it doesn't render another video with a difference codec. For example, if I were to use a MainConcept AVC/AAC codec and it were to do that with YouTube's processing, I would switch to Sony AVC/AAC codec, which is one completely different. They both allow the video to be rendered in MP4 format (and a couple others), but the coding is different. If your video still hasn't processed by the time you render another one out (via the same codec or different one), then delete it and upload the second one you rendered.

I mentioned just rendering a new one with the same codec. I have found that sometimes YouTube seems to hate a specific video file for some reason. I would cancel it, delete it, upload the same file again, and it wouldn't process like before. I rendered out a completely new one and it worked. Been a long time since I have had this issue, though. I want to say 1 year, actually.
 
Thanks guys but I'm not following with the rendering and codec. I'm an idiot when it comes to these techy things. Its a video I put together with Cyberlink Powerdirector of a bunch of pics and videos to some soundtracks. It's an AVI file. I tried using handbrake to get the size down and into MP4 but the quality was unwatchable. Would any of this be a reason they wouldn't or can't process my video?
 
Ariel said:
Thanks guys but I'm not following with the rendering and codec. I'm an idiot when it comes to these techy things. Its a video I put together with Cyberlink Powerdirector of a bunch of pics and videos to some soundtracks. It's an AVI file. I tried using handbrake to get the size down and into MP4 but the quality was unwatchable. Would any of this be a reason they wouldn't or can't process my video?
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When I used to use handbrake I used a youtube video to get the settings so that the quality didn't suffer. just a suggestion. And since it's been at 0% for so long I say just leave the page and try uploading it again. It takes a long time for stuff to upload at my house, but if its stuck at a percentage for like a half an hour I just restart it because that just means it's flat out stuck stuck haha
 
Ariel said:
Thanks guys but I'm not following with the rendering and codec. I'm an idiot when it comes to these techy things. Its a video I put together with Cyberlink Powerdirector of a bunch of pics and videos to some soundtracks. It's an AVI file. I tried using handbrake to get the size down and into MP4 but the quality was unwatchable. Would any of this be a reason they wouldn't or can't process my video?
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A codec is a style of coding that is written upon creation of files, (I think). Video codecs, audio codecs, etc etc. Try using a different rendering pack (?) with the same/similar settings to render out the video.

Also, when you compress the file, don't compress it so small. Give it more data. The more you compress, the more it has a chance (incrementally, of course) to degrade quality. Next time you use a compression program, just give it more data, trial and error is key here for future references of compression. You should not compress all video files to a specified number, but to a specified percentage. If you have a 10 Gigabyte video file, try compressing the data by 50% (5 Gigabytes), if you get blur, then bring it down by 2.5%-5%, making the video file 52.5% or 55% of the total data. Sometimes you can compress it further and get it down to 40% of the size, or 30%. It depends on if the compression agrees with you/your computer/the file type.
 
I ran into this issue yesterday actually. I just walked away and let it do its thing and it was done several hours later.
 
Ariel said:
Hi, I uploaded a large video file. It was about 22 minutes long but a 4.6gb file. It got uploaded in about 45 minutes and then went into processing where is get this message:

"This is taking longer than expected. Your video has been queued and will be processed as soon as possible."

It has been at 0% for 24 hours now. I read somewhere else that there's some processing traffic that happens and you just wait in line. I heard of a few hours but its been a full day and still nothing.

Also, if I try to either reload or close the tab I get this message:
"You haven't finished publishing your video. If you leave now your video wont be processed"

Has anyone ever experienced something like this before? It hasnt appeared in My Videos yet either.
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When uploading to youtube you need to remember a few things

1. Youtube prefers mp4 to avi files not to mention mp4 makes the file VERY small without losing large amounts of quality
2. You need to have good internet to be able to upload for that size so check your internet
3. come back another day cause youtube could be having a backup
 
Hey guys thank you all for responding. After waiting over 30 hours, I uploaded it again which actually took much longer but then waited only about an hour for it to process so it went through! :)
 
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