Tutorials

How to Send Large Videos with More than 8MB on Discord

Discord has evolved from a platform where people could chat and discuss to a social media where you could share content. In fact, you will be able to also send and attached different kinds of attachments. In fact, through Discord, you will be able to share and send videos. The only downside is that the size of the video has limitations. Unfortunately, you will not be able to share more than 8MB on the regular Discord Server. Hence, if you try to share a video that is more than 8MB, you will be notified and you will receive a message stating that your files are too powerful. Keep in mind that with Discord, as mentioned earlier, files have maximum size of 8.00 MB. Yes, this size limit is not only for videos but also for all kinds of files.

Though that is the case, iPhone users does not have this issue. If you have used your iPhone to record a video of more than 8 MB, you will be able to compress the video and send it. If you are an Android or PC user, do not worry as through this article, we shall provide you of methods and steps on how to do this.

How to Send Videos on Discord

Open Discord App
On the left area, you will find a pane. Select the server you would wish to send the video.
Select the text channel
Click + icon
Browse and the select the video file
Click Ok
Click on upload
Send video file to your friend
Click home icon of Disord
Click on friends
Click on the message icon which you will find next to your friend’s name
Once a chat window opens, send whatever file you would wish to send by clicking the +icon.

How to Send Videos Larger than 8MB on Discord

Discord Nitro – Official Method

One method for you to be able to send large videos on Discord is by upgrading to Discord Nitro. By doing this, you will be able to send video files up to 100MB. The Classic subscription on the other hand the file limit will increase to 50MB. As for its price, Discord Nitro offers subscription up to $9.99 per year. Discord classic on the other hand would cost about $4.99 per month of 49.99 per year.

Open Discord App on your PC
Click on user settings icon next to your profile
Click Discord Nitro
Keep in mind, if you wish to just increase the file size limit, it is better for you to use third party options

Use Google Drive to Send Large Videos on Discord

Open Google Drive on your web browser
Sign-in using your Google Account
Ensure you have enough free storage in your Google Drive
Click new
Select file upload
Select video file you would wish to upload
Click open. This will start uploading your file
Refresh Google Drive page once video file has been uploaded
Right click on the video file
Click get link
Click on Restricted
Select Anyone with this link option
Copy the link
Send the link to your discord friends or share it on your Discord sever’s chat channel.

Use YouTube to Send Large Videos on Discord

Open Youtube site on your browser
Click Create Camera icon
Select upload video
Upload videos windows
Click Select files
Select video files from your computer and click open
Wait for it to get uploaded
Select this video is not made for kids option
Select next until you reach the final visibility screen
Select unlisted
Copy the video link
Save
Share the video link on your Discord server.

Use Imgur to Send Large Videos on Discord

Open Imgur website
Sign up
Click on + New post
Click on Choose Photo/Video
Select your video file
Click open
Once uploaded, hover mouse point over the video and copy the link option and share it on Discord Server.