How to add Facebook Live videos to YouTube

by | Sep 6, 2016 | Blog, Subscriber Nation | 7 comments

Are you getting on the Facebook Live bandwagon? If you are, you might be wondering how to add Facebook Live videos to YouTube.

In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how.

Before you migrate your Facebook Live video…

Think about your audience. Is the content of your Facebook Live video compelling enough for YouTube?

Facebook Live videos last longer than most YouTube videos, so you should consider editing your Live video before posting it on your channel.

Or you can create a new, more condensed video, which is what most of YouTube is all about.

 

Download your Facebook Live video

  1. Go to your Facebook profile and find your Live video
  2. Right-click on your video and choose Show video URL
  3. Copy the video URL
  4. Go to the KeepVid website and paste the video URL.
  5. Choose your File Resolution and download the video

How to add Live videos to YouTube

  1. Log into your YouTube account
  2. Click Upload
  3. Drag and drop your video file and wait for it to finish processing.

 

And voila – your Live video is on YouTube!

If you shoot a Live video from your mobile devices, it’s going to be a square video. Meaning, if you upload it to YouTube you’re going to see black bars on both sides. I have a workaround for that using an editor called ScreenFlow, and you can watch it right here.

7 Comments

  1. William Gillett
    William Gillett on November 17, 2017 at 11:23 am

    Just what I needed – it worked! – I just needed remember to click on play button before step 6 to make sure the “Save Video As” was available.

  2. Lou
    Lou on January 1, 2018 at 1:57 pm

    Thanks for the tip! But i am having issues , only 2:24 of my 14 min. video is being copied??

    Thanks!

    • Brighton
      Brighton on January 4, 2018 at 3:59 pm

      Are you downloading your own video? If so, it’s easier now. Go to you videos page on FB, then hover over a video until you see a pencil in the upper right. Click on that and you’ll see download video (HD=high quality, SD=standard quality)

      I need to update this blog post – these directions now only apply to other people’s videos.

  3. Brighton
    Brighton on January 4, 2018 at 3:59 pm

    Thanks – I didn’t realize that was a feature.

  4. Danelle Brown
    Danelle Brown on January 23, 2018 at 4:40 pm

    It is not letting me right click once I have the mobile version in my browser. Thoughts?

  5. Boussetta
    Boussetta on March 5, 2018 at 1:00 am

    There another all in one to transfer a video from one social network to another. https://transferring-videos.com all what you need to do is to copy/past the link of your video and choose where you want to send it.