Youtube Workaround

[Jaybird180]

I have a friend that has a YouTube page and would like to post a new video. The video is about 1.5hr in length that is now saved to their Dropbox. Ordinarily that's not a problem except the video exceeds YouTube's standard 15 minute limitation. In order to remove the limitation, they would have to go through a phone number verification process. As I understand it, the account was setup using a phone number of another friend whom I get the impression they are no longer on speaking terms.


Only viable solutions I can come up with are:

1-Host elsewhere (I looked at Vimeo, but it's not setup like YouTube - I'm not well versed on the platform either)

2-Cut the video down to <14:59 chunks; a painful proposition - selecting likely places to slice

3-Bite the bullet and do the phone verification

What's a good workaround for this problem that I haven't already considered?

 

[MotoFlier]

There has to be a way to change/update the phone number.

 

[Jaybird180]

There has to be a way to change/update the phone number.

YouTube is now owned by Google; once data goes in, it doesn't come out...you can UPDATE it but the original number is still there as I understand.

 

[flyingron]

Create a new account. There's not apparent limit to the number of google accounts you can have (within reason). Google has owned them for almost ten years now.

 

[mkosmo]

YouTube is now owned by Google; once data goes in, it doesn't come out...you can UPDATE it but the original number is still there as I understand.

Only the updated number would need to be verified.

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