Descript lets you publish videos directly to your YouTube channels. Hobbyist and Free plans may publish videos up to 1 hour. Creator, Business, and Enterprise plans may publish videos up to 3 hours. Exceeding the length limitation will prevent the video from being published directly to YouTube. Please note that Brand accounts are not officially supported, so their availability cannot be guaranteed.
Video resolution
- Free users can publish videos up to 720p.
- Hobbyist users can publish videos up to 1080p
- Creator, Business, and Enterprise users can publish videos up to 4k.
Please note that you must set your video resolution based on your composition's aspect ratio and video settings.
Publishing your video
- Select Publish.
- Open the Publish tab.
- Select YouTube from the dropdown menu.
- Customize your video settings.
- You will need to sign into your Google account. Note that you have to sign in each time you publish to YouTube. Currently, it is the only way for us to verify the channel you want to post to.
- Select
and a webpage will open that asks to grant Descript access
- Select Allow.
- If you have multiple YouTube channels under the email, you'll then be asked to choose your channel. You'll then be prompted to open Descript.
- Open the app.
- Select
- Select
.
Publishing to YouTube will also publish privately to Descript
When you publish directly to YouTube, will also create a standalone published page. Learn more about published web pages in Descript.
YouTube publishing settings
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Access | Set the YouTube privacy setting of your video |
| Title (next to thumbnail) | Title of your Descript published page |
| Title | The title of your video |
| Description | Info that shows below your video |
| Category | Select a category so viewers can find your video more easily |
| Tags | Add descriptive keywords to help with search |
Title length limit when publishing to YouTube
Please note that Youtube's title have a maximum length of 100 characters and must contain all valid UTF-8 characters except < and >. If your video title exceeds that character limit or invalid characters, your publish will fail.
Note: Thumbnail choices made in Descript will only apply to the Descript share page. Thumbnails are not sent to YouTube during the publishing process. To set a thumbnail for your video on YouTube, you will need to upload it manually through YouTube's platform.
Create video chapters
Any markers in your composition will automatically be converted to video chapters when you publish directly on YouTube. Learn about adding markers to your content.
Reset Google access permissions
If you would like to remove Descript's access permissions., you can do so from your Google account settings. Learn more about Managing third-party access to your Google account.