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HowtoUploadaVideotoYouku.com
Want to share your newest video with the Chinese-speaking masses, but dont...

02162011CharlieCuster( )(http://www.theworldofchinese.com/author/charlie/)
Want to share your newest video with the Chinese-speaking masses, but dont speak
enough Chinese to navigate a video upload? No problem. Weve got you covered.

First of all, youll need to be sure that Youku supports your video. The good news is that
they support just about anything. There are no size or time limits, although videos over
200MB must be uploaded using Youkus upload software. Supported video letypes
include: .wmv .avi .dat .asf .rm .rmvb .ram .mpg .mpeg .3gp .mov .mp4 .m4v .dvix .dv
.dat .mkv .v .vob .ram .qt .divx .cpk .i .c and .mod.

Of course, to upload a video, youre going to need an account, assuming you dont have
one already. In the upper righthand corner of Youku.com theres a link that says .
Click that.

On the next page, ll out the basic registration information. Youll need to provide (in
this order):

Email: your email address

: your nickname, the name that will appear as the author of your video
: your password
: your password again
: the letters and/or numbers from the image below. If you cant read them, click to refresh
the image.
Be sure that the check box below the image is checked (this says youve read their terms
of use agreement) and then click the button below that says to nish your
registration.

That should take you directly to a page that gives you three main options. The rst,
is exactly what you want (it means upload a video) so click on that link (its the
one with the upwards-pointing arrow image next to it).

This takes you to the upload video form. Fill it out as follows:

: This is where you choose your video le. Click the button on the right to browse your hard
drive, select the video le you want to upload in the pop-up window, and then click open. You should see
the name of your video le appear in the space next to the characters . (Note: if your video le is
bigger than 200MB, you will not be able to upload it via the website, but you can still upload it via Iku,
Youkus video uploading software, which you can download here (http://c.youku.com/iku). It wont work
on a Mac, though).
: Fill in the title of your video.
: Enter a short description of your video
: Enter some tags to help people search for your video. Separate tags with a space, not commas.
: Select a category for your video. There are lots of options, but probably you want to choose
either (original creation) or (other). If your video is a music video or a concert, choose .
: Choose your copyright situation. Selecting allows others to copy and repost your work,
selecting restricts them to viewing it via your upload.

Below that is a box that you have to check, agreeing that your video doesnt contain any
of the following: reactionary politicial ideas, pornography, serious violence, content
that violates the lawful rights of others, or content that you dont own the rights to
distribute.

Assuming youre not uploading pirated violent reactionary pornography, click the
button to the right that says to begin your upload.

You should then see a progress bar that will indicate the progress of your upload. If you
see an error message, be sure you lled out all the sections of the form, make sure all
your tags are at least two characters long, and try hitting again.

If youre in China, your upload will likely progress very quickly, but international users
may be in for a wait. Do not refresh or close the page while your video is uploading! If
you do, all the progress of the upload will be lost.

When it nishes, you will see a screen titled . Congratulations, your video has
uploaded. The information you entered in the form will be displayed below, and below
that, two buttons. The rst, will take you back to the upload screen in case
you want to upload another video. The second, will take you to your
account screen. Click that one.

At your account page, the left-side menu lists several options. Click and then
on under that to see the videos youve uploaded. You should see an image of
your video there, but probably, it wont be posted yet, and there will be a message that
says . All videos must go through moderation before theyre posted to Youku (or
any other Chinese video site). You just have to be patient.

You may recieve an email from Youku when your video has been approved and posted,
but you can check back easily at any time by logging in (click the button on the top
right of youku.com) and then clicking on (on the top right of youku.com, right
after your username, where the button was before you logged in).

Happy uploading! And while youre there, why not visit the World of Chinese Youku?
(http://u.youku.com/WorldofChinese)

If youre having technical issues with YouKu, please visit the YouKu Help Page
(http://www.youku.com/help) and it will give you instructions on how to properly
congure your browser for YouKu.

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2012032508:00:30|Alexandra Submit
Thankyouverymuch().Thisvideowasofagreathelp!!
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2012062414:42:01|KenGettinger
Hello,
ItriedandtriedtoregisterwithYoukusoIcoulduploadavideo.NomatterwhatItypedintheNickname
boxitsaidthatnicknameisalreadyregistered.IknowthatcantbethecaseasIstartedtryingthemost
bizarrenicknames.IusedanonlineenglishtoChinesetranslationsinceitsaidyoumustuseChinese
characters.AnysuggestionsonwhatImdoingwrongordotheyjustblockwesternersfromregistering?
Thanks.
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replytocom=6869#respond)

2012062504:51:39|KeoniEverington()
HiKen,
 Itturnsoutthatthenicknamefielddoesnotautomaticallyrefresh.Eachtimeyoutryanewnickname,
youllneedtoclickanotherfieldtopromptittosearchthedatabaseofnicknamestoseeifithasbeen
usedbeforeornot.TherearealotofYouKuusersoutthereandalotofnameshavealreadybeen
taken,sotryaddinganumberattheendofyournickname.Also,youdonthavetochoosea
nicknameinChinesecharacters,youcanuseanEnglishoneinstead,againyoullprobablyneedto
addanumberortwointheeventitsalreadybeentaken.ItriedwithbothobscureEnglishand
ChinesenicknamesandneitherworkeduntilIaddednumbersattheendastheyhadalreadybeen
taken.
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replytocom=6897#respond)

2012082619:39:04|Masachanman
Hello!
Itseemslikeyouhaveeverythingundercontrol.
Iwaswonderingifyoucouldhelpmewithmyproblem.
Ihaveuploadedavideoformymomtowatch,butitsaysSorry,thisvideocanonlybestreamedwithin
MainlandChina.Doyouknowhowtosetitsothatmymom(inJapan)couldwatchit?
(FYI:ItsaJapaneseTVseriesandIdontespeciallywanttomakeitpublic.Ihavesetapasswordforthe
videofornow,butisnotstreamableoutsideChina)Helpplease!
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replytocom=11725#respond)

2012082703:05:45|KeoniEverington()
HiMasachanman,
ItseemsthatYoukuisblockedinJapanduetolicensingissues.Icanthinkofacouplesolutionsto
thisproblem.OnesolutionisforhertouseaVPN.Anotheroptionwouldbeforhertoinstallthe
GoogleChromeplugincalledUnblockYouKu.WerebasedinBeijing,China,soanyreadersthatare
inJapanandhavemoreinformationonthissubjectarewelcometomakesuggestionshere.
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replytocom=11746#respond)

2015011502:59:14|4linuxfun
IhavewriteatoolforyoukuuploadbyyoukuAPI.
Itswritebytclscript.Itcanbeusedtouploadvideofromtclscriptoranyoperationsystemthatcan
usetcl.
githubwebsite:
https://github.com/4linuxfun/youku_upload(https://github.com/4linuxfun/youku_upload)
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replytocom=49772#respond)

2012111105:53:25|Esther
HiIhaveaproblem.Iwastryingtouploadavideoofmedoingasongcover.ButIcouldntclicksave
becausethetagboxkeptbeinghighlightedinred.Helpplease?
Reply(http://www.theworldofchinese.com/2011/02/howtouploadavideotoyoukucom/?
replytocom=27188#respond)

2012111202:02:02|KeoniEverington()
Esther,
Didyouenteranytagsinthetagbox?Ifyoudidnt,youshouldatleastforSEOpurposes.Its
probablyarequiredfield.
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replytocom=27487#respond)

2013091715:10:46|gasty01
hiii.mealsoigetsameproblem.????helpplzzz
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replytocom=36060#respond)

2012112812:56:33|EmilyPritchard
ImtryingtouploadvideostoYoukuandIkeepgettinganerrormessage.ImusingitonChromewith
Googletranslate.
IselectScienceandTechnologyasmycategory,andittellsmePleaseselectacategorywhenIclick
Save,eventhoughIalreadyhave.
Ialsogetanerrorwiththetags.IfItrytouploadwithouttagsIgetPleasefilloutthelabeltagwitha
spaceoracommaseparated.AndifIaddtagsIgetSinglelabelamaximumof12charactersIm
puttingintagsinEnglish.
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replytocom=30389#respond)

2012112902:35:50|KeoniEverington()
Emily,theauthorofthisblog,CharlieCuster,nolongerworksatourmagazine.Furthermore,weare
notacustomersupportdeskforYouKu.Iveneverencounteredtheproblemsyouaredescribingwith
Chrome(includingtranslationmode)orFirefox.Isuggest,switchingtoadifferentbrowsersuchas
FirefoxandcloselyfollowingtheinstructionsCharlielistsabove.Heliststhenamesofeverythingin
Chinesecharacters,soyoushouldntneedatranslationtool,withtheexceptionofselectinga
category,inwhichcase,justcopyandpastethatsectionintoGoogleTranslatetofigureoutwhatis
whatbeforechoosingacategory.
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2015091018:56:43|Ian
Iamhavingthesameproblem
Everfigureitout?
Cantsavethevideodescription,titleandtags.
Reply(http://www.theworldofchinese.com/2011/02/howtouploadavideotoyoukucom/?
replytocom=51621#respond)
 2015091019:10:30|Ian
Seemedtofigureitout
TurnoffthetranslateandenterthecategoryinChineseandthenaddafewChinesekeywordsand
thatlookslikeitworkedasIwasfinallyabletosavethevideo.
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replytocom=51622#respond)

2012112902:59:43|KeoniEverington()
DearReaders,
Followtheinstructionsofthisblogtothelineandyoushouldnthaveanyissues.Ifyoudo,pleasesee
YouKushelpcenterherehttp://www.youku.com/help(http://www.youku.com/help).Itgivesdetailed
instructionsonconfiguringyourbrowsersuchasenablingtemporaryinternetfiles,cookies,automatic
Flashplayerupdates,ActiveX,Java,Javascript,.TechnicalissuesbetweenYouKuandyourbrowseror
operatingsystemarefarbeyondthescopeofthisblogorthepurposeofourWebsite.
Reply(http://www.theworldofchinese.com/2011/02/howtouploadavideotoyoukucom/?
replytocom=30397#respond)

2013091715:08:37|gasty01
Entersometagstohelppeoplesearchforyourvideo.Separatetagswithaspace,notcommas.
idontunderstandhowtodothis..canugivemeandexample..myvideoisamusicthatiplayiwantto
putonyoukuonlyabouttagicannot..help..plzzzthks
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replytocom=36059#respond)

2013120520:56:34|FinO'Suilleabhain
ThispostlooksreallyhelpfulbutwhenItriedIcouldntgetstartedbecauseYouKuwouldntacceptmy(or
indeedanyemailaddress).IwenttoHelpassuggestedbutnotonewordofEnglishdidIfind.Without
anyknowledgeofaChineselanguageisthereanypointmepersisting,wouldyousay?Ashameifnot,
becauseIdlovetosharemyvideowiththoseinChinawhowouldbeinterestedinit.
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2013120521:00:18|FinO'Suilleabhain
IcouldntgetstartedbecauseYouKuwouldntacceptanyemailaddressIputin.Withoutanyknowledge
ofaChineselanguageisthereanypointmegoinganyfurther?
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replytocom=38397#respond)

2013120602:09:50|KeoniEverington()
 Believeitornot,werenotthetechsupportdeskforYouKuandtheauthorofthisblogislonggone.
However,outofthekindnessofmyheart,Illtrytohelpyou.Firstofall,makesureyoufollowallthe
stepsdescribedintheblogaboveafterenteringyouremail.Besurethatthecheckboxbelowthe
imageischecked(thissaysyouvereadtheirtermsofuseagreement)andthenclickthebuttonbelow
thatsaystofinishyourregistration.TryabrowserlikeFirefoxorGoogleChromethathas
anautotranslationfeature.OrjustcopyandpasteelementsyoudontunderstandintoGoogle
Translate.YouKuwasdesignedforChineseusersintheChinamarket,sotheydonthaveanEnglish
version.
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2015012618:00:47|michelle
thisishelpful!
DoyouknowhowtouploadvideostoYOUKUviaaURLlinkonly?
Isitpossible?
Thanks,
Michelle
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2015012618:01:30|michelle
howdoiuploadavideowithonlyaURLforYOUKU?
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2016022414:15:31|Carlos
Hello,
IamanartistandsomepeoplestoleacoupleofmyvideosanduploadedtoYouku,someofthemIdont
wantthemonlineanymore.
IsthereanywaytocontactYouku,reportthevideoordeleteit?
Thankyouinadvance!
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Appreciateit!
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Hi,
YourbestbetsareprobablytouploadtoYoukuorTudouandthensharethemthroughWechatand
Weibo.
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