Entertainment platforms have presented interesting proposals over time, but without a doubt one of the most innovative and widely used today is Google’s famous video platform, YouTube.
This allows all users who access it, the possibility of viewing, creating and sharing videos of almost any type, of the theme that is to our liking.
YouTube has had a great impact today, since it has not focused solely on an entertainment platform as in its beginnings, but today it is esteemed for many more uses than is believed, such as channels that focus on being educational platforms with tutorials for anything, platforms that serve as newscasts, broadcast live events, among others.
What are the advantages of just copying the link to a YouTube video?
The possibility that YouTube offers us in content is immensely great, and more than one video that can capture our interest we can share it with close friends or family or even save it to see it later, just copying the URL of the video is enough to make it able to view it.
No need to download the content
You won’t have to bother to download the video to your device and then upload it again to the social network of your choice, it saves us space and time, becoming a very useful method.
Greater compatibility of viewing it on a device
There are different video formats in which we can download, so if we make a mistake and download a video that is in a rare format or one that is not compatible with other devices, it is likely that the person we want to share the video with is not able to see it.
What are the limitations of copying the address of a YouTube video?
Being a fast and quite useful option does not free it from having problems that we will have to deal with, since we will be sharing videos that are within the platform directly, so we will have the following limitations:
Can’t watch the video offline
Being videos that we will have to load directly from the platform, we will be obliged to have an internet connection to load them in real time, although there are options such as YouTube Go, which allow us to play videos offline.
Difficulty viewing the video description
The description of the videos is usually hidden in most cases and many people pay little attention to this detail, so they may miss important information.
How to copy a link from YouTube?
The process to share a video from any device is quite easy, simple and intuitive, we will only have to follow the following steps:
On a MacBook or Windows computer
From our computer of any kind, we will only have to access the video from YouTube and copy the URL address that is at the top of our browser, and then right-click on the place where we want to share it and paste it.
For a mobile device
From our smartphones we will only have to access the YouTube application, search for the video and at the bottom look for the share option, in this section we will look for the copy link option and that’s it.
Why can’t a YouTube link be copied?
Very few will be the cases in which we will not be able to copy a YouTube link, many times it can happen because the video was deleted or it is simply hidden from people that the owner of the channel does not want to view his video.
What shortcuts exist to copy the URL to a video from this platform?
There are always simpler ways to carry out any activity and this case is no exception. If we want to speed up the process we have some tricks or quick access keys:
from the keyboard
For it we will only have to previously select the URL that is in the upper part of the browser, press Ctrl+C at the same time and paste the address where we need it with Ctrl+V.
being in the mouse
With the mouse we will only have to go to the video, right click on it, select the option to copy link and then paste it with right click and paste where we want to share it.
