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Hi,

Just finished subtitling to Brazilian Portuguese a YT video called "appropriating morality | how 'the Judeo-Christian tradition' takes false credit [cc]". Went through all the 3 steps (subtitling, synchronizing, revising), clicked on "publish", was sent to a page ("Amara Public Free, this part video is part of Amara Public"). 

But here's the thing: when I click on the "watch on YouTube" button on the lower left corner of the video that appears on the screen, I'm sent to the video's page on YT, but upon selecting the captions options, Brazilian Portuguese doesn't show. Just wondering... is there any further action I have to take now? Or does it take a few hours for Amara to synchronize my work to YT?

However, when I visit the video's YouTube page by clicking the "view on YouTube" icon in the bottom left corner of the screen, I don't see Brazilian Portuguese as an available  caption option. I was wondering if there's anything else I need to do, or if Amara requires a few hours to upload the captions to YouTube.

Hi Deby,

Unless you own the YouTube channel and have set up a direct Amara–YouTube Integration, Amara won't automatically sync or publish the subtitles back to YouTube.

Here's how it usually works and what you can do:

If you don't own the YouTube video: Your subtitles are live and viewable on the Amara Public Workspace. If you want them on the actual YouTube video, you can download the .srt file from your Amara subtitle details page and send it directly to the video owner. 

Additionaly see detailed review  for this .

If you own the video/channel: YouTube disabled community-contributed captions directly on their platform. To get Amara to sync automatically, you need to go to your Amara Account / Workspace

 Settings > Integrations and connect your YouTube channel. Otherwise, you can manually download the .srt or .vtt file from Amara and upload it under the "Subtitles" section in YouTube Studio