What Video File Length, Size and Types Does SmarterQueue Support?

Changes to Facebook Groups Publishing

Facebook unexpectedly decided to remove Groups API access, preventing any third-party tools, including SmarterQueue, from interacting with your Facebook Groups. After April 22nd, 2024, SmarterQueue will no longer be able to publish directly to groups you manage. You can still schedule posts for these groups, but will receive email notifications for easy manual posting instead. You may also wish to consider transitioning to a Facebook Page for better engagement.

Including videos in your social media posts is a great way to boost engagement and reach!  

Read on for more about how a video should be sized, what formats are compatible, and how SmarterQueue will handle your video once uploaded so that it is optimal for each social network. 💪 

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What Is The File Size Limit For Videos Uploaded To SmarterQueue?

SmarterQueue has a video upload limit of 512MB (536 million bytes), to align with the limit imposed by Twitter and ensure you can upload videos that can be posted on multiple Social Profiles at once, without issue. Please don't upload any video which exceeds this limit, as it would be rejected.

Videos are also subject to durations limits (ex: Twitter videos are limited to 140 seconds, while Facebook videos are limited to 40 minutes)

If you upload a video that is over the duration limit for the Social Profile you're trying to send to, SmarterQueue will post a link to the video, which should still play inline on the Social Profile.

We do transcode (re-compress/resize) all videos that are uploaded so that they're in a format that is accepted by platforms you're posting to.

Using SmarterQueue you can upload videos with a maximum frame rate of 60fps. 

How Does SmarterQueue Handle My Video Once Uploaded?

SmarterQueue converts videos into the correct streaming format for social sharing, so you don’t have to worry about your social network’s technical requirements.

Videos are converted to streaming MP4 format encoded with H264, up to 1920x1920 pixels resolution, as follows: 

  • 16:9 wide videos up to 1920x1080; 
  • 9:16 tall videos up to 1080x1920. 

This ensures that the videos will work on every social network and will be formatted for the best possible quality, no matter if you're publishing a wide video to your Facebook Page, or a tall video to your Instagram Reels.

What Types Of Video Does SmarterQueue Support?

SmarterQueue currently supports the following types of video formats: 

  • 3g2
  • 3gp
  • 3gpp
  • asf
  • avi
  • dat
  • divx
  • dv
  • f4v
  • flv
  • m2ts
  • m4v
  • mkv
  • mod
  • mov
  • mp4
  • mpe
  • mpeg
  • mpeg4
  • mpg
  • mts
  • nsv
  • ogm
  • ogv
  • qt
  • tod
  • ts
  • vob
  • wmv

We convert videos into the correct streaming format for social sharing, so you don’t have to worry about your social network’s technical requirements.

Please note that we do not support:

  • ProRes
  • ARRI
  • RED
  • HDR

💡 If you're looking to post content you're recording with your iPhone, check our these workarounds that should help you avoid any issues with HDR videos:

  • turn off HDR video recording on your iPhone - here is Apple's Help Article on how to achieve this
  • use iMovie to save the HDR video in SDR (see Apple's Help Article), by changing the Sharing options to SDR, and exporting the movie

What Video Lengths Can I Schedule To Instagram?

When scheduling video to Instagram there are several different types of posts you can create 😊Here is a brief summary: 

Stories: 

  • Instagram Story videos can be between 1 and 60 seconds
  • Short-from video (between 1 and 3 seconds) will be published via the SmarterQueue Mobile App
  • Videos between 3 and 60 seconds can be directly published or published via the SmarterQueue Mobile App for Instagram Business Profiles (that are connected to a Facebook Page)
  • If you upload a longer video for use as a Story, the video will need to be trimmed to 60 seconds

Feed/Reel Videos:

  • Instagram Feed videos must be between 1s and 15 minutes
  • Short-from video (between 1 and 3 seconds) will be published via the SmarterQueue Mobile App
  • Long-form videos (between 3 seconds and 15 minutes) can be directly published or published via the SmarterQueue Mobile App for Instagram Business and Creator Profiles (that are connected to a Facebook Page)

What Video Requirements Does TikTok Have?

When scheduling video to TikTok there are a couple of requirements that needs to be met to ensure the post is published successfully:

  • length: this will depend on the limit set by TikTok on your profile natively - all TikTok creators can post 3-minute videos, while some have access to post 5-minute or even 10-minute videos.
  • framerate: videos need to be filmed/edited between 23-60fps (anything less will fail);
  • resolution: for the best results use videos of 1:1.95 aspect ratio, though all videos of 360px to 4096px dimensions on either side (width or height) will be allowed.

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