Here are some common errors you might see when publishing videos to YouTube, along with suggestions on how to fix them.
1. Invalid or empty video title/description
Error: The request metadata contains an invalid or empty video title or an invalid description.
Reason: The title or description contains invalid characters.
Solution: YouTube supports all UTF-8 characters, except angle brackets (< and >). Remove the invalid characters from the title and description, then try publishing again.
2. Playlist Not Found
Error: The specified playlist does not exist.
Reason: The playlist the video was originally added to has been removed from your channel.
- Solution: Choose a different playlist or leave the playlist field blank, then try posting the video again.
3. Invalid video keywords (tags)
- Error: The request metadata contains invalid keywords.
- Reason: The total number of characters in the tags exceeds YouTube’s limit.
- Solution: YouTube allows up to 500 characters (including spaces) for all tags combined. Remove unnecessary or irrelevant tags to meet the limit and re-post.
