StreamYard’s Help Center lists prerecorded YouTube video limits of 2 hours on Core, 4 hours on Advanced, and 8 hours on Team and Business. It also lists how many prerecorded streams you can schedule at once, along with upload-size and format limits. The published pricing page supports payment in Indian rupees, but does not establish a separate India-only plan tier; check your account’s Billing page for the plan name and entitlements available to you.
StreamYard prerecorded limits by plan
The following caps are listed in StreamYard’s Pre-recorded Streaming Help Center article. Its publication date is not shown, so confirm the current limits and your account’s exact plan before scheduling a long broadcast.
| Plan named in Help Center | Maximum prerecorded video duration | Concurrent scheduled prerecorded streams | Maximum upload size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core | 2 hours | 5 | Up to 10 GB |
| Advanced | 4 hours | 10 | Up to 10 GB |
| Team | 8 hours | Unlimited | Up to 25 GB |
| Business | 8 hours | Unlimited | Up to 25 GB |
These are StreamYard plan limits for prerecorded broadcasts, not YouTube’s general rules for how long a live stream can run. The scheduled prerecorded video itself must fit the duration cap for the account’s plan.
File requirements and broadcast quality
StreamYard’s prerecorded-stream article lists these additional constraints:
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A file can therefore meet the duration limit and still exceed the plan’s upload-size cap or fail the format and bitrate requirements.
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YouTube is listed as a natively supported StreamYard destination. Once scheduled, a prerecorded broadcast starts automatically at the selected time and ends when the video finishes, according to StreamYard’s Help Center instructions.
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When the YouTube watch link appears
If you schedule an announcement post, the YouTube watch link is created when that announcement is posted—not when you first schedule the stream. Without an announcement post, the link appears when the prerecorded stream goes live. If you need to share the link in advance, account for that timing in your promotion plan.
Keep your own copy of the video
StreamYard says prerecorded broadcasts are no longer automatically saved to its library. Retain the original source file somewhere you control if you may need to upload or use it again.
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Does an India account have a different plan?
StreamYard’s pricing page says subscriptions can be paid in USD or Indian rupees. It presents Core and Advanced as individual plans and directs organizations to Business plans; it does not document a separate India-only tier. That does not establish that every account in India has the same plan menu, offer, or entitlements. Check the plan name and included prerecorded-stream feature shown on your own Billing page before choosing a duration or scheduling several broadcasts.
Free plan and YouTube stream-hour rules
StreamYard’s Free-plan Help Center article says prerecorded live streaming is not available on Free. The prerecorded duration caps above apply to paid plan labels in StreamYard’s help article.
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Do not confuse those caps with general stream-hour limits. StreamYard’s separate streaming-hours article says paid plans have no StreamYard-side stream-hour limit, while destinations may have their own rules. It says YouTube has no limit in that context, but only the last 12 hours are recorded. That general statement does not remove the plan-based maximum length for a prerecorded video.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.What to check before scheduling
- Confirm the exact plan and feature entitlement shown in your StreamYard Billing page, especially if you are in India.
- Check that the video is within the plan’s duration and file-size caps.
- Verify the upload is MP4/H.264 and no more than 10 Mbps.
- If you need to queue multiple broadcasts, compare the concurrent-schedule cap for your plan.
- Decide whether you need an announcement post, since it affects when the watch link becomes available.
- Keep a separate copy of the source recording rather than relying on the StreamYard library to retain the prerecorded broadcast.
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