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Orvel S.
11 years agoNew member | Level 2
Move a video in dropbox to youtube? HOW?
I have a mp4 video in my dropbox and want to move it to youtube.
How do I do this?
Thank you.
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- Mark11 years ago
Super User II
Download it to your machine
Upload it to Youtube as normal.There isnt a transfer tool I'm afraid.
- Orvel S.11 years agoNew member | Level 2
Mark, THANK YOU for the quick response.
But HOW do I download it to my machine?
I'm running windows xp.
I was sent this video and it is in my paid dropbox account.
So, how do I get it out of my dropbox account and possibly onto my desktop.
I want/need to post this video on youtube.
Many thanks. - Rick_M11 years agoExperienced | Level 13
Use the youtube "browse" button and go locate the file, which is in your dropbox folder.
- Orvel S.11 years agoNew member | Level 2
I'll give that a try.
Thank you for your time and answers. - Orvel S.11 years agoNew member | Level 2
GOT IT !
Here's what I did.
Instead of going to my account at dropbox.com I went
to my desktop and clicked on the dropbox icon.
Found the video file I wanted and click/dragged and dropped to my desktop.
Then I went to my youtube account page and clicked on "find file" and found it on my desktop.
The moral of my story : cannot do it from my account on dropbox.com
Have to locate it on dropbox on desk top.
Got It !
Thanks for the suggestions. - Jan M.910 years agoNew member | Level 1
There is a web service which does exactly this - move large files from your Dropbox to YouTube, that is. Check out http://boxconnect.org.
- Dave A.10 years agoNew member | Level 1
I tried http://boxconnect.org and it worked great to transfer huge video files directly from Dropbox to YouTube. Thank you!
- Rick_M10 years agoExperienced | Level 13
I have not been able to connect to boxconnect.org for several months.
- Dave A.10 years agoNew member | Level 1
I used boxconnect.org two days ago to move two videos from Dropbox to YouTube and it worked perfectly.
- Rick_M10 years agoExperienced | Level 13
Dave A., I would LOVE to be able to do that, but I always get a timeout (MA, USA - comcast user), Even with the link you posted. Are you closer to Berlin, Germany than I am? What could I be missing?
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