YouTube Gets More Competitive With Upload Redesign, Larger File Sizes

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Don Reisinger

TechCrunch.com
Monday, September 29, 2008; 11:17 AM

YouTube has been criticized in the past for not offering the experience already being offered on services like Viddler or Vimeo where users can upload large file sizes and input video information while it's being uploaded. But in an announcement that should make its users happy, YouTube has finally seen the light and has started offering a new Upload process redesign that will more effectively compete with other services in the space.

According to the company, the new video uploader, which has been in private beta for some time, is now available to any users who wish to opt-in. Once users opt-in to the new uploader, they will quickly find that they can input metadata like the clip's name, description, and tags while it's uploading, as well as upload multiple videos at once to streamline the uploading process. More importantly, the new YouTube uploader will allow users to upload files up to 1GB in size, instead of its previous 100MB limit.

Much of these features were already available from other services, but it indicates that YouTube really does have a view of what's going on in the market and wants to stay competitive in that space even though it's still the de facto leader.

If you want to sign up for the new uploader, click here.

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