Create and export subtitles from Amara to your YouTube channels:
Connect YouTube channels to an Amara user account
Connect YouTube channels to a team (if you are an administrator)
Automatically import subtitles from YouTube to Amara
Confirm subtitle export from Amara to YouTube
Note: This process is similar to the Vimeo integration with Amara.
To enable Amara users to create subtitles for videos on your YouTube channel, connect your channel to your Amara user account:
Click your username in the top right corner
Select Account from dropdown menu
Scroll down to YouTube Sync
Click “Connect to YouTube”
Review permissions
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:
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.
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:
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 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.
Team Page > Settings Tab > Integrations page:
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:
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
When you upload a video through your Account integration or through the Subtitle a Video page:
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
For videos added to Amara from YouTube:
The description will contain “Help us caption & translate this video!” with a link to the video page
Subtitles exported from Amara may contain an end credit in the final subtitle
If you wish to remove credits, you must disconnect your channel from Amara before manually making changes on YouTube
Owners and administrators of an Amara team can change the visibility of their team and its videos in Team Settings.
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.”
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.