{"id":6584,"date":"2020-05-15T10:01:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T14:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/blog\/?p=6584"},"modified":"2024-02-29T22:39:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T03:39:20","slug":"twitter-video-upload-error-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/twitter-video-upload-error-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Video Upload Error [FIX] – Your Video File Could Not Be Processed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This was very frustrating, when trying to quickly upload an awesome video to Twitter, on April 10, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s when I received a prompt from Twitter: \u201cYour video file could not be processed. Please see tips for uploading videos.\u201d shown in the image above). <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

When clicking on their link provided in their \u201cLearn More\u201d link, I became so overwhelmed with SO much information that was provided, and simply scanning their page I did not see anything that pertain to this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I decided to guess what the issue might be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The file size of the original MP4 video was all of 1.31 MB, and for a 1-minute video, I didn\u2019t think it was a problem but… I decide that it was best to investigate by searching for an answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After several tries searching the internet, I came across ONE post that offered a PAID fix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, that just didn\u2019t sit well with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given all the goodies out there on the internet today that are free. Surely to goodness, my favourite video converter site could fix this for me.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Because I use video.online-convert.com<\/a> so much for all my conversions, I have now added their site to my Firefox browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After clicking on their Video converter icon (image to the right), my browser was taken to their website where, from the left-hand sidebar (image shown below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I ended up choosing Webservice converter, as initially I hadn\u2019t notice that option was even available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once I clicked on Webservice converter, another list of selections was provided to me (image shown below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From that list, I choose Convert For Facebook, which in hindsight doesn\u2019t make sense (but this video came from a Facebook post, so now you know my thinking)… but stick with me here.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The video I simply dragged \u2018n dropped and it was converted in mere minutes, and I immediately tried to upload it again to Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time Twitter took allowed this to be shared without issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, this converted file is 3.46 MB in size, but alas, Twitter was much happier with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go figure… \u2018cause I cannot, but it worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s when In decided that I should share this information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You know, for those of you who have run into the same issue and are in need of a quick, inexpensive fix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While writing this post, I realized that I SHOULD have selected to Convert For Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is what I did while writing this… and VOILA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The converted file for Twitter was all of 15.925 KB in size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s when I decided that I had better try uploading it to see if Twitter would be happy with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first, Twitter sat there doing nothing, not even showing progress while processing… notta\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, I refreshed my Twitter and tried uploading the 3.46 MB file again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yup, that too sat for a short while but finally DID upload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I then uploaded an image… a cute one, but I wanted to be able to separate the two different converted files to see for myself if Twitter would accept them BOTH this time\u2026 or not, so that I could share the outcome with you here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I tried uploading the 15.925 KB video file, and this time I simply waited, and Twitter FINALLY uploaded it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is my guess that this evening\u2019s efforts were taking longer than \u201cnormal\u201d due to so many of us at home now during the quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The servers are most likely a tad overtaxed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are the two different files sizes shared this evening on Twitter only moments apart (clicking each of the images will show you the actual tweets).<\/p>\n\n\n

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the 3.46 MB file<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

AND<\/p>\n\n\n

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the 15.925 KB file<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Can YOU see the difference? I can’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I do recommend that you convert your videos for Twitter when wanting to share videos on Twitter, and you get this error prompt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hope you found this post helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Would really appreciate your leaving a comment below<\/strong>, and sharing this with your friends<\/strong> will help me spread the word for this Twitter video upload error fix, so that others will know how simple this is to correct… and, at NO cost.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This was very frustrating, when trying to quickly upload an awesome video to Twitter, on April 10, 2020. That’s when I received a prompt from Twitter: \u201cYour video file could not be processed. Please see tips for uploading videos.\u201d shown in the image above).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"yasr_overall_rating":5,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archived"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":true,"span_bottom":"