What is LiveUpload to YouTube?

LiveUpload to YouTube is a plug-in for Windows Live Photo Gallery Beta and Windows Live MovieMaker Beta that makes it easy for anyone to upload their videos straight to YouTube.

Start Uploading!

Here's how to get the plug-in:

• Install the brand new Windows Live Photo Gallery Beta and/or Windows Live Movie Maker Beta.
• Grab the latest release of LiveUpload to YouTube.
• Start using the plug-in!
  • In Windows Live Photo Gallery Beta, you'll find it under Publish > More Services
  • In Windows Live Movie Maker Beta, you'll find it under Publish on web.

So, How Did You Make It?

I spent the summer of 2008 out in Redmond as a Software Development Engineer intern working on three separate plug-ins (LiveUpload to Facebook and Sample Flickr Plug-in are the other two). If you're interested in building your own plug-in, the kind folks on the Windows Live Digital Memories Experience Team have a development resource page on building a Windows Live Publish Plug-in. Also, don't miss the Windows Live Photo Gallery Publishing Plug-in Platform Overview over on MSDN. There's even a complete Sample Plug-in for Flickr on there too. Of course, feel free to check out the source code of this plug-in to get started! Omar Shahine, a Microsoft employee, has some tips to share after authoring his very own SmugMug plug-in.