Go to your team page by selecting it from the user menu
Click the Settings header menu item
Select Integrations from the sidebar on the left
Under YouTube, click “Add YouTube account”
Select the channels to connect to your team
After your YouTube channels are connected to the team, Amara will:
Import videos automatically from YouTube to Amara
Enable in Settings > Integrations
Import subtitles automatically when you add a video from your YouTube channel to Amara
Export subtitles when marked complete on Amara
Changes made to subtitles on YouTube won't be reflected on Amara and may be overwritten. Use Amara to edit subtitles.
You can customize the actions above on your team’s Integration Settings page.
If you are an administrator of two or more teams, you can choose which teams to use for importing and exporting in Settings > Integrations > “Sync subtitles for videos from these teams.”
Adding Videos
To add a video hosted on YouTube to your team:
Go to your team page > Videos tab
Click the Add Videos button
Enter the URL of the YouTube video
Set video language
Public videos are easiest for Amara users to view and subtitle.
You can also browse the public videos on Amara and click the video card and then click the Add this video to one of your teams link in the dialog box for the video.
Checking for importing and exporting issues
Check your video’s privacy settings on YouTube. Allow embedding on videos you want to add to Amara.
Only completed subtitles will export to the connected host site. Click on the video, then the subtitle language, and check to see if the subtitle is marked as “Complete.”
You can review your subtitle export history to YouTube on the Integrations page or on the Sync History tab for a set of subtitles.
Team Page > Settings Tab > Integrations page:
Team Page > Videos > select video > select subtitle language > Sync History tab
View Sync History for a set of subtitles on an old style task team:
Click video card > select language > click Sync History tab:
Submit a support ticket if you continue to have trouble syncing your subtitles.
Privacy and Special Considerations
YouTube video player:
Videos are hosted on YouTube, so any updates made to the video content on YouTube will be reflected on Amara
YouTube privacy settings for a video determines what it looks like in the video player where the video is embedded
Currently, we do not support re-importing subtitle tracks from YouTube to Amara after the video is added to Amara.
YouTube auto-generated subtitles are not imported to Amara.
Subtitles imported from YouTube will appear on the Subtitle Details page as “imported with video” by “Amara Bot.”
For videos added through Amara Public Workspace (not in your team):
The video is added to the Amara public library
Anyone on Amara will be able to see the video page with the video title, description, and any subtitles
If the video is set to private on the original hosting site, other users will not be able to play it on Amara
For videos added to teams:
If the video visibility in a team is set to Private, only the team members (and members of chosen evaluation teams) are able to see the video, thumbnail, title, description, and subtitle text
If the video visibility is not Private, anyone will be able to access the video and subtitle pages
Owners and administrators of an Amara team can change the visibility of their team and its videos in Team Settings.
A YouTube account can only be connected to one place on Amara. You can connect your YouTube account to your Amara user account or one Amara team but not to multiple users or teams.
Thank you for your contributions to support an inclusive and accessible media ecosystem!
If you have any questions or suggestions, please share your feedback!
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