Store and play video in Google Drive
You can store and play videos directly from Google Drive.
Learn more about uploading files and folders to Google Drive.
Play videos
To find your uploaded videos:
- On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
- In the box marked "Search Drive," click the Down arrow
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- In the box marked "Type," click Videos.
- Click Search.
.To play your video:
- Double-click the file.
- To play full-screen, in the bottom, click Fullscreen
.
.Limits and errors
Limits for video
- You can store videos up to 5 TB if you have purchased at least that much storage. Otherwise you are limited to how much storage you have available.
- You can upload video of any resolution, but maximum playback resolution is 1920 x 1080.
File types for video
Supported formats
Not all video types may work on all devices.
- WebM files (Vp8 video codec; Vorbis Audio codec)
- MPEG4, 3GPP, and MOV files (h264 and MPEG4 video codecs; AAC audio codec)
- AVI (MJPEG video codec; PCM audio)
- MPEGPS (MPEG2 video codec; MP2 audio)
- WMV
- FLV (Adobe - FLV1 video codec, MP3 audio)
- MTS
- OGG
Error messages
When you upload or watch video in Drive, you may see some of the following error messages.
"Unable to process this video."
The video may be corrupted or uploaded in a format that won’t work. Try to upload the video again or in a different format.
"We’re processing this video. Please check back later."
The video is not ready to be played.
If the file is large, it may take awhile before your video is ready. Try again in a while.
"This video is currently unavailable."
The video is not ready to be played. Try again in a few minutes.
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