Attach and send videos
This article provides an in-depth overview of attaching videos to your posts, including limitations to be aware of and additional resources to help you post great-looking content.
- Click the Compose button.
- Select the Facebook, Instagram (Business or Reminder), Twitter, TikTok, and/or YouTube profile(s) that you want to schedule or post a video to.
- Click on the Attach button. The 'Add media' window will open.
Important: The Media Library only stores image files and not video files.
- In the Upload File section, you can either drag and drop your video file or click on the Browse files button to upload a video file.
Important: Please ensure the video meets the size limit (250MB) and is no more than 60 seconds long, depending on the social site.
- Once attached, you can enter a description/caption for your video. The description is taken from the message field.
- For Facebook, you can set your post to be 'Published' or 'Unpublished (Dark Post)'.
- By clicking the Edit icon on the video, you can edit the title, details (YouTube) and thumbnail (Facebook & Instagram only)
- All done! Now, you can Send now or Schedule your video post to Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and/or YouTube.
Note: Once the video is uploaded, you cannot add another attachment. You'll need to delete the currently uploaded video to attach an image or another video.
Additional information for specific social sites
The video should post the same way as a Facebook native video, and it should also auto-play. Example:
If the user opens the video in more detail, they will be able to see the video title
Sendible checks the videos on upload to see if they're compatible with Twitter. If the video isn't compatible, we set up an HTML page and embed the video on that page. We then link to that HTML page on Twitter.
In this case, the video will display like this:
If these requirements are met, the video should upload as a video and not an HTML page.
In this case, the video will display like this: