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Google Photos Isn’t Processing Video: 5 Tips on Fixing it
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Google Photos is a pretty easy way to back up your photos or videos, access them across devices, and share them with others. But, several users reported that Google Photos is not processing the video they are trying to upload or already had.
Google Photosallows users to upload and store up to 15 GB of photos and videos, and this also includes emails on Gmail or data stored on Google’s other services.
Let’s find out why Google Photos is not processing videos, and how you can fix the problem.
Why does it take so long to process a video on Google Drive?
When you upload a video to Google Drive, it makes the necessary modifications while processing the video to make it accessible across devices.
Now, this depends on a few factors, the size of the video, the number of changes to be made, Internet speed, and the device used for uploading. So, if Google Drive has to make several changes over a slow connection on a large enough video, the processing time would be long.
Why is my video not processing on Google Photos?
When Google Drive is not processing your video, it could be a problem with your Internet connection or Google’s server. There are times when the servers are down and Google Photos wouldn’t be processing videos.
Also, it could have to do with a corrupt browser cache, so make sure to fix that as well. If you are unsure how to get things up and running again, try the methods listed in the next section.
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What can I do if Google Photos says video is still processing?
1. Re-login to Google Photos
If you see that the video is being processed on Google Photos for a long time, try re-logging into your Google Account.
2. Increase the Internet Speed
In many cases, it’s aslow Internet speedthat leads to Google Photos not processing videos on your device. Whenever you try to add a video to Google Photos, certain changes are made to it, and the better the upload speed, the quicker it will be.
So,check the Internet speed, and make the necessary modifications to get things running again.
3. Clear the browser cache
4. Update the browser
After updating the browser, make sure to relaunch it and then check if the video not processing issue in Google Photos is fixed. If not, head to the next method.
5. Watch the video on VLC
That’s it! If there’s theYour video will be processed soonmessage in Google Photos, you can always play the video in the VLC Media Player.
How can I speed up Google Drive uploads?
There are several ways you can speed up Google Drive uploads, and we have listed the most practical ones here:
How long does it take Google photos to process a video?
Google Photos is one of the reliable cloud storage platforms that allows videos to be quickly uploaded and processed. If you are wondering why the videos are not playing Google Photos, it’s likely that they are being processed.
Though there’s no fixed time for processing videos since there are several critical factors at play here. So, it can take anywhere from a few seconds for smaller videos, to a few hours for large videos if several changes are to be made.
That’s about it! You now know what to do if Google Photos is not processing your video, and how long it takes to process videos on both Google Drive and Photos.
Also, find out what to do if you see theWe are processing this videoerror in Google Drive or YouTube.
Do not hesitate to tell us which fix worked for you in the comments section below.
Kazim Ali Alvi
Windows Hardware Expert
Kazim has always been fond of technology, be it scrolling through the settings on his iPhone, Android device, or Windows PC. He’s specialized in hardware devices, always ready to remove a screw or two to find out the real cause of a problem.
Long-time Windows user, Kazim is ready to provide a solution for your every software & hardware error on Windows 11, Windows 10 and any previous iteration. He’s also one of our experts in Networking & Security.
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Kazim Ali Alvi
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Kazim is specialized in hardware devices, always ready to remove a screw or two to find out the real cause of a problem.
