There is a problem I am trying to solve but I am not sure if this is a real problem at scale or not. I do have few youtubers who have already told me that this is a legit issue but not sure of the scale of this problem.
Problem:
A youtuber hires someone to edit their videos. Everytime a the editor completes editing a video, they send it to the youtuber and he downloads(videos are normally 2gb size) the video and uploads it.
The problem here is that he needs to always download the videos and then check it and upload it. There is a setting in YouTube using which the editor can be granted upload permission but then there is a permission issue since there is no provision for “approving” a upload done by anyone who not the owner of the account.
Solution:
A platform where the YouTuber and editor comes together, editor uploads the edited video on the platform, youtuber approves the edit video to be uploaded and the video will be uploaded as soon as it is approved. This was there is a permission check to be done before a video is uploaded. Saves lot of time and bandwidth of the user.
What do you folks think about it?
I imagine that for a youtuber who has hired an editor, the hard problems to solve are:
1. getting more subscribers
2. thinking of things to make videos about
3. shooting videos, including with good lighting and sound
It sounds like something a small group of people would use, and it is fixing an annoyance more than a real workflow blocker. So if you are trying to just help out that group, go for it. You'll probably find people who appreciate the solution. But if you are thinking this will be a project you can monetize, I'm doubtful it will be large enough to be worth the effort.
So now you move from the issue of trusting a person you are paying and interacting with regularly to trusting a completely random site with both access to your channel, and your unreleased videos
> Saves lot of time and bandwidth of the user.
You'll just pass the bandwidth cost onto the customer anyway?
If you get N-emails, then you got a potential business.. where N is some number you invent.
The problem I see is this isn't something youtubers go searching for so SEO/content isn't going to get you leads. This will be a selling game with direct outreach/network.
What you need are a handfull of youtubers you are tight with to help you get in front of a bunch of youtubers.
In the mean time it is being rendered. Then the creator can review the video. If good, they can publish it to YouTube.
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But the YouTuber will probably still need that original file back if they have an archival solution for their past content with local backups and remote backups.