Before you start
You need a YouTube channel on your Google account. Smartplannr uploads through YouTube’s own API, so the video lands in your channel like one uploaded in YouTube Studio.
How to schedule a YouTube video or Short
- Connect YouTubeIn Smartplannr, open Settings, then Social Accounts, and sign in with Google.
- Add the videoA square or vertical video of up to three minutes goes up as a Short; anything else as a normal video. Smartplannr decides from the file.
- Add a title, description and thumbnailA title of up to 100 characters, a description of up to 5,000, and a custom thumbnail as a JPG or PNG.
- Schedule itPick a date and time. The upload starts within five minutes of that time, and YouTube then processes the video before it’s watchable.
Sizes and formats
- Videos: 1920 × 1080 (16:9) for normal uploads.
- Shorts: 1080 × 1920 (9:16) or square, up to three minutes. YouTube makes the final call on what counts as a Short.
- Thumbnails: 1280 × 720 (16:9), JPG or PNG. Make one in your brand with Smartplannr’s branded images.
What to do in YouTube Studio
YouTube’s upload API doesn’t cover everything, so a few settings stay in YouTube Studio:
- Picking one of YouTube’s own auto-generated thumbnail frames.
- Playlists, subtitles and live streams.
- Comment settings and age restrictions.
- Premieres. A scheduled video is uploaded at its time rather than premiered.