Flickr video limits: 1 GB, 1080p, 3 free playback minutes

Flickr accepts videos up to 1 GB at a maximum of 1080p. Any length can be uploaded, but playback is limited to the first 3 minutes on a free account and the first 10 minutes on Pro, and playback is capped at 30 fps. Photos are up to 200 MB. This is from Flickr Help, read 2026-10-01.

What are Flickr's upload limits?

How do I cut a clip to Flickr's playback window?

Because playback stops at 3 minutes on a free account, trim the video to what viewers can see. Video trim takes start and duration (0.2 to 900 seconds), and its exact precision conforms output width, height and frame rate. It costs $0.02 per job.

curl -X POST https://api.sume.com/v1/video-trim \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUME_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: flickr-trim-001" \
  -d '{
    "video_url": "https://media.sume.com/artifacts/artf_demo/long.mp4",
    "start": 0,
    "duration": 180,
    "precision": "exact",
    "output": { "width": 1920, "height": 1080, "fps": 30 }
  }'

Which frame rate and size should I render?

Playback is capped at 30 fps, so ask for 24, 25 or 30 and skip 60. 1920x1080 is the top size, and it sits inside Timeline's 256 to 2160 range. Timeline 1.0 (POST /v1/timeline-1.0/render) takes output.width and output.height as even integers from 256 to 2160 and output.fps of 24, 25, 30 or 60, or omits fps to match the sources. It needs an Idempotency-Key, accepts only media.sume.com sources, and returns one MP4 at $0.10 per output minute, rounded up. The unbilled POST /v1/timeline-1.0/plan previews the cost first.

curl -X POST https://api.sume.com/v1/timeline-1.0/render \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUME_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: flickr-1080p-001" \
  -d '{
    "audio": { "mode": "silence", "duration_seconds": 180 },
    "output": { "width": 1920, "height": 1080, "fps": 30 },
    "video": [
      { "source_url": "https://media.sume.com/artifacts/artf_demo/shot.mp4",
        "start": 0, "duration": 180, "fit": "cover" }
    ]
  }'

Will it stay under 1 GB?

A three-minute 1080p clip is normally far below 1 GB. Sume's docs give no bitrate field and the probe does not report size, so check the file size yourself. Probe the finished file with Video inspect 1.0. With frames: false it is a probe only, it is unbilled, and it reports width, height, container, fps and duration_seconds. It does not report file size, codec or bitrate, so check those with a local tool before you upload.

Why not upload a longer file anyway?

Flickr says any length can be uploaded, but only the first minutes play. That makes a long upload a waste of your 1 GB cap.