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Hi there!

I love Amara, and have been trying their editor for quite a while, with good results. I only have one question that really bugs me: How on Earth do you make YouTube understand that some lines have to be Italic? 

In one of my clips, there is a song, important to the plot. 

This is what Amara on Demand Handbook has to say:

Caption plot-relevant lyrics

Plot relevant lyrics should be captioned in italics and with musical eighth notes at the start and end of each subtitle.

♪ *Tell me dear Billy,* ♪

So, that's what I did. The problem is, no matter what format I use, or if I use the synchronization, the formatting is not being recognized.

After consulting this page from Google, I have tried every file format there is, with the help from Subtitle Edit. The converted subtitles play just fine, with formatting on each and every player I have... But not on Youtube.

I attach an example of how it looks on YouTube, despite correct formatting of the subtitles.

Has anyone else experienced this? How did you solve it (if you did)?

Many thanks in advance!

Best regards,

Tobias Henricsson