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You can download videos that you own from YouTube and upload them to your Media Space account. Downloading videos owned by other people is not allowed by Google.

Download video from YouTube

  1. Log in to your Google Account.
  2. Browse to https://www.youtube.com/my_videos.
  3. Find the video you want to download in the list.
  4. Click the drop down arrow to the right of the Edit button.
  5. Click Download MP4.

Your video should now be downloaded to your computer as an MP4 video file. For further information, see this Google Support article.

Upload video to My Media

  1. Log in to Media Space.
  2. From the Media Space home page, click Add New > Media Upload.
  3. Check the box to agree to the PSU terms of service and copyright policy.
  4. Click + Choose a file to upload.
  5. Select the downloaded file from your computer.
  6. Once the upload completes, enter a Name for the video.
  7. Enter a brief Description as needed.
  8. Enter Tags as needed.
  9. Choose a Privacy setting.
  10. Click Save.
  11. Click Go To Media, and verify that your test video plays.

Note: Videos that you have created and which are used in courses for more than one term should be captioned. Request media captioning through OAI.

This article was last updated on Jun 14, 2022 @ 10:20 am.