YouTube Proposal

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Use YouTube as the main video point for uploading, modding, editing and subtitling.

Have all WordCamps upload edited video directly to the YouTube channel (not WordPress.TV)

Advantages:
“Submit” page or even direct uploads to the Media Library will not be necessary.
No more files size limitation for videos
No added expense of transcoding videos on AWS to reduce file size
Easier user friendly upload page.
Can be connected to Twitter account.
Easy access worldwide.
Mobile ready.
Subtitling built in.
Much more flexibility in who can be a mod since they will not need access to .com

Process:
Camp video coordinator uploads all edited videos to YouTube channel in “private” mode.
Moderator (Manager) then mods the videos as per guideline already established.
Moderator (Manager) edits the videos (with the YouTube editor) correcting or deleting any problem issues like logos, language, sound etc.
Moderator (Manager) approves video, places in a”playlist” and makes the video “public”.
Video uploaded to WordPress.tv from YouTube (may be able to make this automatic easier than the reverse)

Barriers:
Upload page for camp video coordinator to use.

Solution:
Develop the “upload sample code” for use by video coordinator to upload camp videos.
https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/code_samples/javascript#upload_video

I can get this code to work on my localhost environment but have not tried it on a website yet.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7vZZ_Y0hhA3T3M4dnV3RXZqcm8/view?usp=sharing
Ignore the indicator in the middle that was me not min the recorder.

Unedited videos will still need to be handled by the AWS S3 account and edited as before.
The editor can then submit the completed video to YouTube.

Ben Hansen (ubernaut) 6:33 pm on May 26, 2016

I think making a public uploader for your YT account probably breaks their TOS we should only allow authenticated users to do this i think if we implement it.
- Jerry Bates (jerrysarcastic) 6:40 pm on May 26, 2016
  
  Right, I raised this with Michael as well when we chatted about it before the meeting. One concern for sure is that this would need to be a private, or semi-private upload page. I think if we leave something unlocked sitting out there in the open, we will attract a lot of spammers
  - Michael 6:44 pm on May 26, 2016
    
    Yes, our present submit page is a public page also. This YouTube uploader page can be a private page.
    - Jerry Bates (jerrysarcastic) 6:49 pm on May 26, 2016
      
      Though one that is maybe a little less attractive (and certainly harder to use) than the YT one.
      
      But for tutorial videos, or other situations where we need a fully public uploader (we don’t get many of these obviously) and can deal with those few that we get manually, as we are doing now.
      
      That will at least mean that we can provide a private YT uploader to camps (if we need to lock it down) without fully closing off the ability to upload videos publicly
      - Michael 6:52 pm on May 26, 2016
        
        Absolutely, we can give the URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org to camps only. Maybe include it in one of the emails sent to camps.
- Michael 6:41 pm on May 26, 2016
  
  The uploader is a YouTube sample code for YouTube that developers can use for letting others upload videos to your channel.
  It was taken from the YouTube Data APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. site. And it uses Oauth credentials for verification
Michael 3:40 pm on May 30, 2016

Additionally it would be possible to take the UNEDITED videos from WordCamps and then trim, merge and add intros and outros in the YouTube editor.

Video coordinators could upload any of these file formats .MOV, .MPEG4, MP4, .AVI, .WMV, .MPEGPS, .FLV, 3GPP, WebM

This would mean no need for additional editing software to be added and it would make editing available to any of the Managers.
- Jerry Bates (jerrysarcastic) 5:52 pm on June 2, 2016
  
  I’m curious if you can use YouTube to also add slides somehow? Probably not is my guess, but if it does, that would be pretty huge.
  
  That said, we can always fall back on S3.
  - Michael 8:14 pm on June 2, 2016
    
    They can always be added using a link like we did in the past on WPTV.
  - Michael 8:23 pm on June 2, 2016
    
    We may also be able to use “cards” to link to slides.
    https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6140493?hl=en
    
    https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6140493
Luke Cavanagh 3:36 pm on June 24, 2016

This would be a great idea!