Explore storage space for any organisation that'due south been around awhile, and yous'll find video. The video format may vary: digital video, .mp4, .wmv, .mov, .avi, and it might be on concrete tapes or discs. The video content may vary, also: training videos, product videos, marketing videos, and possibly even some coming together videos.

All of these videos have upwardly space — either on your server or in your storage cabinet. And these videos are difficult to view: people need access and the right combination of software or equipment.

Upload videos

If yous employ Google Drive for Work, you could move your videos to Google Drive. While you might remember of Bulldoze as a place for documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, Drive can besides shop and serve video files. Drive supports all of the video file types listed earlier, plus a few more listed at Google'due south Help page.

Move your video files with the familiar "drag-and-drop" method: Open your browser to your destination folder on Google Drive, select your video files, then elevate-and-drop the files to Google Drive. Google Drive displays the queued files and/or folders to be uploaded in the lower correct portion of the Google Drive browser tab.

Then, wait for your files to upload. The speed of your internet connexion will determine how long the upload takes. If a file upload fails, Bulldoze displays a "Retry" option next to the failed file or folder. Select "Retry," and the failed files will exist re-uploaded. This works even for folders filled with hundreds of files.

You lot should review your isp's bandwidth caps earlier uploading large quantities of data. Some providers limit total bandwidth, while others limit uploads separately from downloads. In some cases, you may need to spread your uploads over multiple months.

Google processes video files afterward they're uploaded, so files may not be bachelor to view immediately. Similarly, if you move a big video file, there may be a brief filibuster before you can view the file. You'll see a "The video is non nevertheless processed" message when this happens. Wait a while, then effort over again.

Share and view videos

With Google Bulldoze, admission to video files is no longer limited. Videos may be viewed nigh anywhere: in Chrome on the spider web, on mobile devices with the link, or from within the Google Drive mobile app.

You may share video files in the same way you can share any file on Google Drive. You may make a video public for anyone to see, limit admission to your arrangement, or restrict access to specific people.

Add caption tracks

Google Drive supports explanation tracks for videos. This helps make the video content accessible to people otherwise unable to hear the audio track, either due to hearing damage or a noisy work environment.

To create a caption runway, you'll edit a text file that includes the text to display during a specified video fourth dimension clock period (Figure A). So, select the video file in Google Drive, cull the overflow menu (the three dots, arranged vertically), and select "Manage caption tracks." Bulldoze supports captions in both SubRip (.srt) and SubViewer formats (.sbv). (See Google's caption track assistance folio for more details, and a YouTube help page for examples of the two caption formats.)

Figure A

Add a caption track to a video stored on Google Drive to improve agreement.

Y'all may add captions in multiple languages: edit another caption text file, then add information technology as an additional caption rail. People viewing the video may switch to the explanation runway of their preference or turn off captions, if desired.

As with video, wait a flake after you lot add a caption track for Drive to process the video.

Limits?

Video storage on Google Drive does have limits on file size, playback resolution, and total storage space. The largest file you can store is 5 TB. Videos playback at a maximum resolution of Full HD (1920 x 1080). In most cases, neither of these present any concern.

Individual account storage, nevertheless, may be an issue. Each Google Apps account receives 30 GB of storage, while Google Apps with unlimited storage increases cost, merely removes storage limits. (Organizations with 4 or fewer accounts on this program volition receive a limit of ane TB of storage per account.)

Y'all can e'er purchase more storage for an account if you need it. Chromebook buyers may have extra storage, also. (In November 2014, Google offered ane TB of storage for two years to any Chromebook buyer, equally function of a limited special offer.)

Upload at present

At that place's picayune reason to dedicate on-site storage space to video if your organization uses Google Drive Unlimited. It may accept some time to upload, process, and share video files. It may take even more than fourth dimension to add captions in multiple languages. Only moving your videos to Google Bulldoze reduces on-site storage needs. More importantly, information technology increases access: people — with permission — can view videos almost anywhere.

What types of video does your system store on Google Drive? Take you reduced your on-site video file storage needs yet? Share your experience in the give-and-take thread beneath.