annotation/ upload question??????

[mototrippin]

HI all, just wondering if some of you could help me with a question I have?

Is there a way to edit my video in YouTube ( i want to add annotations) before anyone can see the video? It seems I have been getting several views on the last few videos I have uploaded before I even realize the upload is finished...Don't get me wrong I love the fact people want to see the videos right away but is there a setting that would allow me to prevent this somehow. In my next video I will have a few click-able links that I feel are important to the viewers, and I want to have them working correctly for viewer number one if possible...

 

[Friz]

Set the video to unlisted or private while it's uploading, then when it's done you can make it public later.

 

[Trinith]

Whenever I want to do that I upload them as unlisted. Doing it in private takes a little extra work. Once you get your annotations done you can simply change it back to public and it will appear as normal.

 

[kryten]

So here's an interesting question. When you set them to private and then change them to public does the video get bumped down the list of new videos that people see or is it as if you uploaded it at the time that you made it public? Does that make sense?

I saw someone talking about making previously private videos public and being upset that they were all showing up as new. I've always assumed that the date and time on the video is when you uploaded it. For that reason I usually sit and babysit my uploads so I can turn on ads and add annotations as soon as its uploaded. It would be awesome if I could upload at night and set it to private. Then add annotations and turn on ads whenever I can get around to it without having people miss the annotations and me missing out on the ad revenue.

 

[Trinith]

Well, you know you can turn the ads on before it's done uploading, right? That solves half your problem right there.

I think they changed the way things work recently though. I know for a fact that a few years back changing privacy settings didn't change anything as far as upload time. It would show up in someone's queue way back in time and the chances of them seeing it were pretty slim. I saw the comments you're referring to and it would seem that they've changed that. It would be pretty nice if that was the case.

Why don't you upload something now and set it to unlisted, and tomorrow change it, we can tell you when it shows up and answer the question for sure.

 

[kryten]

Why don't you upload something now and set it to unlisted, and tomorrow change it, we can tell you when it shows up and answer the question for sure.

I don't have anything to upload. I've been a slacker lately.

 

[Trinith]

Haha, been there many times..

 

[mototrippin]

Great thanks, but one more question. Assuming my subscribers get email notifications when i upload normally, do you think in this case they would they recieve an email saying I have made a video public? Sorry for the strange questions.

 

[Trinith]

I have no idea.