LinkedIn Video Upload

Attach a video file to a draft so it publishes as a native LinkedIn video post. The flow handles large files (up to 5 GB), shows live progress while LinkedIn processes the video on its end, and surfaces the result inline in your post preview.

Adding a Video

From the post editor (/workspace/[id]/posts/[postId]/post-generate):

1. Open the Spice Up Your Post dropdown above the editor.
2. Click Upload Video.
3. Drop a video into the modal, or click to browse.
4. Click Upload Video to start.

The modal stays open through the full pipeline so you can watch progress without leaving the post.

Supported Files

• Formats: MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, AVI, WMV, ASF, FLV, MPEG, MPG, M4V.
• Size: 75 KB minimum, 5 GB maximum (LinkedIn’s limits).
• Quota: counts against your workspace storage quota. The actual size on disk (not the size your browser declares) is what’s billed against quota.

If a file is rejected, the modal shows a clear error explaining why, wrong format, too small, too large, or quota exhausted.

Upload Pipeline

The upload happens in two phases:

1. Upload to secure storage, the file is split into parts and uploaded in parallel directly to S3. A progress bar shows bytes uploaded.
2. LinkedIn processing, once the upload finishes, the video is registered with LinkedIn and processed on their end. The modal shows live phase updates: Registering → Processing → Ready to publish. This typically takes 1–3 minutes for short clips and longer for large files.

You can keep editing your post text while the video processes. When it’s ready, the preview tile under the editor switches to Ready to publish.

Mid-Pipeline Recovery

If you close the page while the video is still processing, FeedBoss picks up where it left off the next time you open the draft, the preview tile reflects the current status and continues to update live.

If the live progress connection drops mid-pipeline (slow network, tab in the background for a long time), the modal offers a Resume tracking button so you can re-attach to the progress stream without re-uploading the file.

Removing a Video

Hover over the video preview tile under the editor and click the × button. This deletes the video from S3, refunds your quota, and clears the video from the draft.

Posts List

Posts that have a video attached show a Video badge on their card in My Posts. The badge color reflects status:

• Blue ▶ Video, ready to publish.
• Amber ⟳ Processing video, LinkedIn is still finalizing.
• Rose ▶ Video failed, LinkedIn rejected the file (hover the badge for the reason).

Expanding a post card with a video plays it inline, the same way it plays in the LinkedIn preview.

Publishing a Video Post

Use the same Publish button as any other post. If you publish before LinkedIn finishes processing, the request waits up to 8 minutes for the video to become available before posting. If processing is already complete, publishing is essentially instant.

Limitations

• A LinkedIn post can have video, images, a carousel, or an infographic, not a mix. Attaching a video clears any previously attached images, carousel, or infographic from the draft.
• Once a video is attached and processing has started, edits to the video itself aren’t supported, remove the current video and upload a new one.