Last week we sent an email to Google Video users letting them know we would be ending playbacks of
Google Videos on April 29 and providing instructions on how to download videos currently hosted
on the platform. Since then we've received feedback from you about making the migration off of
Google Video easier. We work every day to make sure you have a great user experience and should
have done better. Based on your feedback, here's what we're doing to fix things.
Google Video users can rest assured that they won't be losing any of their content and we are
eliminating the April 29 deadline. We will be working to automatically migrate your Google Videos
to YouTube. In the meantime, your videos hosted on Google Video will remain accessible on the web
and existing links to Google Videos will remain accessible. If you want to migrate to YouTube now,
here's how you do it:
We've created an "Upload Videos to YouTube" option on the Google Video
status page.
To do this, you'll need to have a YouTube account associated with your Google Video account
(you can
create a YouTube account).
Before doing this you should read YouTube's
Terms of Use
and
Copyright Policies.
If you choose this option, we'll do our best to ensure your existing Google Video links continue
to function.
If you'd prefer to download your videos from Google Video, that option is still available.
As we
said nearly two years ago,
the team is now focused on tackling the tough challenge of video search. We want to thank the
millions of people around the world who have taken the time to create and share videos on Google
Video. We hope today's improvements will help ease your transition to another video hosting
service.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],[],[[["\u003cp\u003eGoogle Video users will not lose their content and the April 29th migration deadline is eliminated.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eGoogle will automatically migrate Google Videos to YouTube, and existing links will remain accessible.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eUsers can manually migrate videos to YouTube or download them from Google Video.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eGoogle's focus has shifted to video search technology.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["Google Video is ending playbacks, but the April 29 deadline is removed. Content will be automatically migrated to YouTube. Users can manually migrate their videos to YouTube using the \"Upload Videos to YouTube\" option on the Google Video status page, requiring a linked YouTube account. Alternatively, downloading videos remains an option. Existing Google Video links will stay active during the transition. The team is now prioritizing video search development.\n"],null,["Friday, April 22, 2011\n\n\n*Cross-posted on the\n[YouTube Blog](https://youtube-global.blogspot.com/)*\n\n\nLast week we sent an email to Google Video users letting them know we would be ending playbacks of\nGoogle Videos on April 29 and providing instructions on how to download videos currently hosted\non the platform. Since then we've received feedback from you about making the migration off of\nGoogle Video easier. We work every day to make sure you have a great user experience and should\nhave done better. Based on your feedback, here's what we're doing to fix things.\n\n\nGoogle Video users can rest assured that they won't be losing any of their content and we are\neliminating the April 29 deadline. We will be working to automatically migrate your Google Videos\nto YouTube. In the meantime, your videos hosted on Google Video will remain accessible on the web\nand existing links to Google Videos will remain accessible. If you want to migrate to YouTube now,\nhere's how you do it:\n\n- We've created an \"Upload Videos to YouTube\" option on the Google Video [status page](https://www.google.com/video/upload). To do this, you'll need to have a YouTube account associated with your Google Video account (you can [create a YouTube account](https://www.youtube.com/create_account)). Before doing this you should read YouTube's [Terms of Use](https://www.youtube.com/t/terms) and [Copyright Policies](https://www.youtube.com/t/copyright_center). If you choose this option, we'll do our best to ensure your existing Google Video links continue to function.\n\n\nIf you'd prefer to download your videos from Google Video, that option is still available.\n\n\nAs we\n[said nearly two years ago](https://googlevideo.blogspot.com/2009/01/turning-down-uploads-at-google-video),\nthe team is now focused on tackling the tough challenge of video search. We want to thank the\nmillions of people around the world who have taken the time to create and share videos on Google\nVideo. We hope today's improvements will help ease your transition to another video hosting\nservice.\n\n\nPosted by\n[Mark Dochtermann](https://plus.google.com/113478413773426154601/about),\nEngineering Manager"]]
