Video: You Tube, Google Drive, or Microsoft One Drive?

[Idiot Savant]

This year's foray into video was accidental. I meant to have the camera take stills at an interval of my choosing.
But I've decided to make a more serious effort at videography, next season
I got an offer for 40% off Corel Video Studio Ultimate and took it.
But what should I do with a video, once I've produced it?
You Tube was pretty easy, other than it taking forever and a day to upload two short videos from my last trip.
I understand that Google Drive and Microsoft One Drive are options, but I have no idea what the pros and cons are vs. You Tube.
Thoughts?

 

[Gamma1214]

What are your goals? Are you looking for a way to preserve your videos for your own use & selected sharing or are you hoping to monetize the project(s)? (or at least, have that option)

 

[Dana]

YouTube is if you want to share your video with the world, anybody can find it (unless you make it private). Google drive and OneDrive are for when you want a personal backup, or sharing only with those you send a link to.

 

[Marten]

I use YouTube and most of the videos are public but I also store a copy on a thumb drive. Nothing against cloud storage but do not want to get trapped when their rules change. I use Corel too but be sure to save the videos in Mpeg4 format as others options have not worked so well for me.

 

[recped]

I was going to reply but all the previous replies have it covered. If your goal is to share you paddling videos with anyone or everyone that might be interested then YouTube is the way to go.

Video files are huge, depending on your internet speed uploading a long video will always be either slow or REALLY slow. Also be prepared to add some additional hard drives or replace your current hdd with one of MUCH greater capacity. Keep in mind that you will have your raw footage and your final edited version. I would estimate (highly variable) that you could have 50GB of raw footage to end up with a 15 minute video.