How to Upload Video to YouTube from Your Cell Phone

Cell phones and YouTube go hand in hand. Avid cell phone users can not only access all of the video content on this mega-site, they can upload video content shot with their cell phones and share the results with the YouTube community. As long as your cell phone supports video capture and is Web-enabled, you can submit as many video masterpieces as you'd like.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Computer with Internet connection
• Multimedia messaging (MMS) enabled cell phone
• YouTube account

Set Up a YouTube Mobile Account

1. Go to the YouTube home page (see the Resources section below).

2. Log in to the system by clicking 'Log In.' To create a new account, select 'Sign Up.'

3. Click the 'My Account' text link.

4. Find the 'Account Settings' heading and click 'Mobile Upload Profiles.'

5. Select the 'Create Mobile Profile' button and enter all of the required information.

6. Click the 'Create Profile' button. Your account is now ready for uploading YouTube video content from your cell phone.

Upload Videos from Your Cell Phone

1. Shoot your video from your cell phone.

2. Log on to the YouTube home page.

3. Email the video from your cell phone to the address provided to you when you created your Mobile Account. The format should look like this: '[e-mail].'

4. Access the video under 'My Videos.' You can edit the information about the video at any time.

Tips & Warnings

• If you need any more help submitting your videos, visit the YouTube Help Center.

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• Remember not to share your YouTube password with anyone to help ensure that no one else accesses your account.

• YouTube will not allow users to download videos directly to their cell phones, but you can upload any self-produced content.

• Make sure your cell phone is MMS enabled, which means it can handle multimedia messaging. In addition, your calling plan needs to include Web support.

• Copyright laws are strictly enforced by YouTube; so make sure you're following proper protocol by reading YouTube's Terms of Use.