# Youtube file formats

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-file-formats/492022>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 5, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-file-formats/492022 "2009-04-05T01:54:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-file-formats/492022/1 "2009-04-05T01:54:15Z")

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What formats are up-loadable to Youtube?

Youtube doesn’t specify.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-file-formats/492022/2 "2009-04-05T02:41:08Z")

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[http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55744](http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55744)

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-file-formats/492022/3 "2009-04-05T03:01:17Z")

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I’ll quote it, since they _do_ specify.

> [@](#):
>
> ```
> * Windows Media Video(.avi)
> * .3GP (cell phones)
> * .AVI (windows)
> * .MOV (mac)
> * .MP4 (ipod/psp)
> * .MPEG
> * .FLV (adobe flash)
> * .SWF (shockwave flash)
> * .MKV (h.264)
> 
> ```