Let us look at things that can go wrong when you upload videos on your website’s server.

1. Insufficient Server Bandwidth

Videos usually weigh more than ordinary images. The bandwidth allocated to you by your web host is estimated based on the average traffic size expected for your site. When you upload video files on your site, many of your audience may be downloading it at the same time which can cause the bandwidth limit allocated by your server to get exhausted really fast. This can also affect other websites hosted on the same server as yours.

2. Restricted File Size

The largest size most hosting platforms will allow you to upload is 50MB. This means you can only create and upload very short videos. Creating and uploading videos that exceed your file limit is in violation of your web hosting provider’s Terms of Use or Acceptable Usage Policy.

And they can shut down your hosting account if they so wish. This means you may not be able to upload videos on your site for your viewers as often as you will like to. Backing up your site will also be significantly affected as it will begin to take a longer time to execute.