Store & play video in Google Drive

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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:

1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. In the box marked "Search in Drive," click the Search options .
3. In the box marked "Type," select Videos.
4. Click Search.

To play your video:

1. Double-click the file.
2. To play full-screen, in the bottom, click Fullscreen .

Copy the link of a video

1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. Open a video.
3. At the upper right, click the drop down beside "Share."
4. Click Copy link .
   • The video is copied to your clipboard.

Copy a specific time in the video

1. On your computer, go to drive.google.com.
2. Open a video.
3. Go to a specific time in the video that you want to share.
4. At the upper right, click the drop down beside "Share."
5. Click Copy link to this time .
   • The video is copied to your clipboard.

Limits & 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 the minimum size for playback in Drive is 4 KB. The maximum playback resolution is 1920 x 1080.
• Internet quality and speed may affect playback quality.

File types for video

Error messages

When you upload or watch video in Drive, you may get some of these error messages.