I always record videos of my comedy and sometimes I record other people too. If I sent you a link to a Google Photos video or album, here are a couple of hopefully helpful notes.
- Why have you done this? Maybe you asked me, maybe I just left my camera running.
- Can I download it? Yes there's an option to do that.
- Can I not download it? You can also click on the little cloud icon () and it will be copied into your Google Photos account. This means it will take up space in your account but it also means that if I delete it, you'll still have it.
- Will you delete this? If you want me to, I'll delete it any time. Generally I just keep things. I think have unlimited storage (you get it when you buy a Pixel phone) so I probably won't ever delete anything. Best to keep some sort of copy yourself though.
- Why is there an album? If I send you other videos in the future then they're all in one place. Easy to find, easy to delete.
- Why is it all grey? It takes a few minutes for Google Photos to process the video.
- Why does the quality suck? Google Photos puts up a low quality preview first and then after a while it's done processing the full quality version.
- How do I get this onto youtube? If you have the video in your own Google Photos, you can just click "upload" on Youtube's homepage and there's an import from Google Photos button. Videos uploaded to Youtube don't take space in your account (I think) but you can keep them unlisted so only people who know the URL can watch them.
- Can you don't? Yup, just tell me and I will not save any bits of your comedy that I happen to record.
- Do you watch my videos? You wish.
