To enable Amara users to create subtitles for videos on your YouTube channel, connect your channel to your Amara user account:

1. Click your username in the top right corner 

2. Select Account from dropdown menu

3. Scroll down to YouTube Sync

4. Click “Connect to YouTube”

5. Review permissions

6. Log in and choose a YouTube channel to connect

Turn off Youtube Sync by clicking the “Disconnect” button.

After connecting, Amara will import subtitles and video title, description, thumbnail for all:

• Existing public and unlisted videos 

• New videos (added after you connect channel)

We export subtitles for your videos from Amara to your YouTube channel after they are completed and published on Amara.

Changes made to subtitles on YouTube will not update on Amara. Use Amara to edit subtitles.

Adding Videos

If you would like to manually add a video from your YouTube channel, copy and paste the URL in the Subtitle a Video page. Any videos added this way will show on the Videos tab of your account.

Note: To export subtitles to YouTube videos, you must connect YouTube channel to your Amara user account.

Checking for importing and exporting issues

There are a couple of places you can check for any syncing issues and resync any subtitles that did not properly export to YouTube:

1. Username menu > Account > YouTube Sync > Check for Syncing Issues. 

The “Check for syncing issues” link will open a page where you can view errors and attempt to export subtitles.

2. User profile > Videos tab > choose video > choose language > Sync History tab

Submit a support ticket with your Amara username and video URL if you continue to have trouble syncing your subtitles.

Connect YouTube channels to your Amara team:

1. Go to your team page by selecting it from the user menu

2. Click the Settings header menu item

3. Select Integrations from the sidebar on the left

4. Under YouTube, click “Add YouTube account”

5. 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 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 > Management tab

• Got to the Videos section > click Add Videos

• 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 use the “Add Video to Team” feature.

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 check for syncing issues and resync any subtitles that did not export to YouTube on the Integrations page or on the Sync History tab for a set of subtitles.

1. Team Page > Settings Tab > Integrations page:

2. Team Page> Management > Videos > select video > select subtitle language > Sync History tab

View Sync History for a set of subtitles on a Flexible team or in the public video library:

Select video > select language > Sync History tab:

Submit a support ticket if you continue to have trouble syncing your subtitles.

YouTube video player: