Question Converting mp3s to video to upload to YouTube?

[Homerboy]

I have a bunch of old audio recordings I'd like to toss onto YT. I realize that I need to convert to video for them to be accepted, and that's the problem I'm having...

The recordings are 3 hours in length so the free, online converters won't work. I've tried open source converters like MyFFVideoConvertor, but no matter the settings I try, YouTube rejects the video after processing. All the free trial of software seem to have a time limit restriction as well.

So I guess my real question is what are the proper video settings? Or is there a way to see why YT is rejecting it when it processes?

Honestly, I'm a little embarrassed I'm having so much trouble with this. Thanks for any suggestions and help!

 

[TheELF]

So I guess my real question is what are the proper video settings? Or is there a way to see why YT is rejecting it when it processes?

Are you green lighted by youtube to upload large videos?! Beginners can only upload 10min videos, at least that's how it was when I first uploaded videos.

Supported settings are stated here.

YouTube recommended upload encoding settings - YouTube Help

These features are only available to partners who use YouTube Studio Content Manager. Below are recommended upload encoding settings for your videos on YouTube. Container: MP4

support.google.com

 

[Homerboy]

Are you green lighted by youtube to upload large videos?! Beginners can only upload 10min videos, at least that's how it was when I first uploaded videos.

Supported settings are stated here.

YouTube recommended upload encoding settings - YouTube Help

These features are only available to partners who use YouTube Studio Content Manager. Below are recommended upload encoding settings for your videos on YouTube. Container: MP4

support.google.com

I had no clue that was a "rule"
That's crappy and I'd guess is the problem?

 

[Homerboy]

Are you green lighted by youtube to upload large videos?! Beginners can only upload 10min videos, at least that's how it was when I first uploaded videos.

Supported settings are stated here.

YouTube recommended upload encoding settings - YouTube Help

These features are only available to partners who use YouTube Studio Content Manager. Below are recommended upload encoding settings for your videos on YouTube. Container: MP4

support.google.com

Actually it appears I can upload longer videos. I'm verified

 

[TheELF]

Then I guess you should tell us what settings you are using.

You could also try ffmpeg, this command will take hd.jpg and audio.mp3 and will turn it into a bock standard output.mp4.

ffmpeg -loop 1 -r 1 -i hd.jpg -i audio.mp3 -c:a copy -shortest output.mp4

 

[Iron Woode]

Supported YouTube file formats - YouTube Help

Note: Audio files, like MP3, WAV, or PCM files, can’t be uploaded to YouTube. You can use video editing software to convert your audio file to a video.