StreamYard’s help page lists prerecorded video limits by plan name: Core allows videos up to 2 hours, Advanced up to 4 hours, and Team and Business up to 8 hours. It also lists separate limits on how many prerecorded streams you can schedule at once and how far ahead you can schedule them; these are StreamYard plan limits, not YouTube’s general stream-hour rules.
The available evidence does not document a separate India-only plan tier. StreamYard supports payment in Indian rupees, but you should check the plan name and features shown in your own account before relying on a public plan comparison.
Is there a separate India plan?
The key distinction is between a billing currency and a plan tier. StreamYard’s pricing page says subscriptions can be paid in USD or Indian rupees, and presents plans such as Core and Advanced for individuals, with Business plans for organisations. That does not establish a distinct “India plan” with its own published prerecorded-stream limits. The retrieved public information does not document one.
For the limits below, use the plan names in StreamYard’s prerecorded-stream help article: Core, Advanced, Team and Business. StreamYard Help Center’s Pre-recorded Streaming article is the primary source for the video and scheduling figures. Its publication date is not shown in the retrieved page, so treat the information as a current listing to verify, not a guarantee that every account in India sees the same options.
Before choosing, open your account’s Billing page and confirm the exact tier name, feature access and any offer attached to your account. The public page may not settle what a particular account can buy, especially for organisation plans or account-specific offers. If your page shows a different name or entitlement, ask StreamYard support to confirm which help-page row applies rather than assuming that a rupee price means there is a separate local tier.
The feature itself is not listed for Free: StreamYard’s Free-plan feature limits say prerecorded live streaming is unavailable on that plan. If you cannot see the feature in your account, first check the plan displayed there; changing file settings will not unlock a plan feature that is not included.
Compare prerecorded video duration limits
The maximum duration is the central limit if you want to broadcast a finished video as a prerecorded live stream. StreamYard’s help page lists these caps:
| Plan name in StreamYard Help | Maximum prerecorded video duration | Concurrent scheduled prerecorded streams | Upload-size limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
The duration column is not a recommendation for how long every YouTube broadcast should run. It is the maximum length of an individual prerecorded video allowed by the plan row in StreamYard Help. If a devotional programme file is longer than the cap on your account, the practical choices are to shorten or divide the programme, or verify whether another available plan accommodates the full file. Do not assume that YouTube’s handling of a long live stream raises this separate cap.
The upload limit is another constraint, independent of duration. A two-hour file can still exceed the applicable size limit if its encoding or bitrate makes it large. StreamYard also documents uploads up to 10 Mbps, accepts MP4 with H.264 video encoding, and lists prerecorded broadcast output up to 1080p on paid plans. That output limit is not a promise that every source file or destination will display at that resolution. Check the StreamYard prerecorded-stream requirements before exporting, and retain your original file separately: the help page says prerecorded outputs are no longer automatically saved to the StreamYard library.
Plan around the longest single video you intend to schedule, not the total hours you expect to broadcast over a week. For example, a series of shorter lessons may fit where one combined programme does not. Splitting a file, however, changes how you plan transitions and announcements, so consider the viewing experience as well as the cap. For a continuous lesson channel in India, the practical planning issues are similar to those in this guide to streaming recorded NEET classes on YouTube: file preparation and the shape of the broadcast matter alongside the platform limit.
Check concurrent scheduling limits
The concurrent-scheduling figure answers a different question from duration: how many prerecorded broadcasts can be scheduled at once. The listed caps are five on Core, ten on Advanced, and unlimited on Team and Business. “At once” refers to the scheduled queue, not a permission to broadcast multiple simultaneous programmes to the same YouTube channel. If you are planning a calendar of separate uploads, count the scheduled prerecorded streams that remain in your schedule and check the account’s current display.
This distinction matters for stations that prepare a week or month of programming in advance. A queue can fill even when every file is well below the duration cap. Conversely, staying below the queue count does not make a video that exceeds the plan’s maximum duration acceptable. Check each constraint separately: whether the feature is included, file length, number scheduled, upload size and file format.
Unlimited on the Team and Business rows applies to concurrent scheduled prerecorded streams as stated in StreamYard’s help article. It should not be read as unlimited video duration, upload size, destination capacity or storage. Those other constraints remain distinct. If you are comparing tools for one prerecorded loop rather than a large schedule, the discussion of pre-recorded YouTube loop workflows can help you frame what you need from scheduling and delivery without treating a queue cap as the only deciding factor.
Before building a calendar, sketch the actual schedule: list each video, its duration and its intended start time. Then compare the number of scheduled items against the row for the tier shown in your account. This simple check can expose two common mismatches early: a long programme that exceeds the video cap, or a batch of short items that exceeds the number you may queue concurrently.
How far ahead can you schedule?
StreamYard’s help information says a prerecorded stream may be scheduled up to 365 days in advance. This is the advance-scheduling window, not the duration of the video, and not the number of items you can have scheduled simultaneously. All three values answer separate planning questions: how long one file can be, how many scheduled prerecorded streams can sit in the queue, and how far in the future a start time may be.
The 365-day figure is useful for a fixed calendar, but it does not remove the need to confirm the queue limit for your plan. A year-long horizon and an unlimited queue are not the same thing. If you are organising a series of events, schedule only once the titles, source files and destinations are settled enough that you can verify each item. Revisit the account before relying on far-ahead scheduling, because published feature limits can change.
You should also plan when viewers can see the watch link. StreamYard says that if you schedule an announcement post, the YouTube watch link is created when that announcement post is scheduled, rather than when you schedule the stream itself. Without an announcement post, the link appears when the prerecorded stream goes live. If you need to circulate a link early, verify this behaviour in the workflow before sending posters, WhatsApp messages or community announcements. A scheduled start time alone may not give you a shareable link immediately.
Once the scheduled broadcast begins, the help page says it starts automatically at the selected time and ends when the video finishes. That makes the source file and schedule worth checking before the start: an incorrect duration, wrong file or mistaken time can affect the whole event. For a sequence intended to loop continuously, compare this scheduled-video workflow with a dedicated continuous setup, such as the approaches described in how to loop a church service video on YouTube Live. The right workflow depends on whether you need discrete scheduled programmes or a continuing channel.
Separate StreamYard limits from YouTube behaviour
A frequent source of confusion is mixing a plan’s prerecorded-video cap with the destination’s rules for live broadcasts and recordings. StreamYard’s help centre describes paid plans as having no StreamYard-side limit on general streaming hours, while destination platforms may apply their own behaviour. The cited article says YouTube has no limit in that context, but that only the last 12 hours are recorded. This is not a statement that a Core account can send an individual prerecorded video of any length: the separate video-duration caps still apply.
Use the distinction this way: the StreamYard plan table governs whether a prerecorded source video is within the feature’s duration and scheduling limits. YouTube’s own live-stream and archive behaviour governs what happens at the destination. One does not replace the other. For any channel expected to stay live all day, verify the current destination behaviour on YouTube Help’s live stream archive page and plan to keep a source copy independently. Do not rely on the platform archive as the sole copy of a programme you may need again.
YouTube is listed by StreamYard as a natively supported destination, but account setup and destination availability are still worth confirming before you schedule a public event. A channel that is not ready to go live, or a stream key that is incorrect, is a different problem from exceeding a video cap. If your broadcast stops unexpectedly, investigate the destination and the sending workflow rather than assuming that a YouTube stream-hour rule changed your StreamYard plan limit. For common recovery considerations, see why a Hindi music YouTube live stream may stop.
These distinctions are especially useful if your goal is a 24/7 channel. StreamYard’s listed prerecorded caps describe a single video being sent as a scheduled prerecorded stream; they do not by themselves describe an endlessly repeating playlist. If you need a continuous rotation, compare the actual workflow and the time you can spend supervising it. StreamNeo can remove the need to keep your own computer switched on for a file-based 24/7 YouTube broadcast, which addresses a different operational concern from StreamYard’s per-video duration cap.
Verify current pricing and plan availability
A plan comparison is only useful if the plan is available to your account and includes the feature you need. StreamYard’s public pricing page supports payment in Indian rupees, but that fact does not confirm that every Indian account has identical plan labels, promotions or organisation entitlements. Check both the live StreamYard pricing page and the Billing page while signed in, then compare the exact plan name there with the plan names in the prerecorded-stream help article.
When you compare, keep the dimensions separate. First, confirm that prerecorded streaming is included at all; Free does not list it. Next, check the maximum duration of a single video. Then check the concurrent queue count, advance scheduling window, upload size and file requirements. Finally, verify how the YouTube destination behaves for the kind of broadcast and archive you intend. A price alone does not answer any of those feature questions.
The plan table is a useful starting point, not a substitute for checking the account’s terms. StreamYard’s public help page lists Core, Advanced, Team and Business, but retrieved evidence does not establish that all four are offered to each Indian user under those names. Organisation plans may be presented differently, and local or account-specific offers may exist. If the wording in Billing differs, ask support which published limits apply before buying or scheduling a programme that depends on a particular cap.
For a practical decision, write down the largest source video, how many scheduled items you need to keep queued, the date range of your calendar, and the maximum file size you expect. Match those requirements against the published row and your signed-in account. If no available tier fits, revise the workflow or ask for clarification rather than assuming a general YouTube allowance will override the StreamYard constraint. Readers comparing longer-running formats may also find it useful to consider the operational trade-offs in platforms for hosting a 24/7 educational YouTube stream.
Before committing, compare the operating options on the pricing page. When the file and channel are ready, start free — 24-hour trial, no card.
FAQ
Is there a separate StreamYard India plan for prerecorded streaming?
The retrieved StreamYard information documents payment in Indian rupees, but does not document a separate India-only plan tier with its own prerecorded-stream limits. Check the plan name and feature list in your account’s Billing page before relying on a particular row.
How long can a prerecorded video be on StreamYard?
StreamYard Help lists up to 2 hours on Core, 4 hours on Advanced, and 8 hours on Team and Business. These are plan-based video limits; verify that your account has the corresponding plan and that the current help page still shows the same figures.
Does YouTube’s stream-hour behaviour remove the video duration cap?
No. YouTube’s general live-stream behaviour and StreamYard’s maximum prerecorded-video duration are separate constraints. Check the current YouTube Help information for destination and archive behaviour, and follow the StreamYard plan limit for the source video.
How many prerecorded streams can I schedule at once?
The StreamYard Help table lists five on Core, ten on Advanced, and unlimited on Team and Business, with scheduling up to 365 days ahead. Those queue and advance-scheduling limits are separate from the maximum length of each video.