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Change your show's YouTube publishing process

Choose whether to publish to YouTube or Listenbox first, and change between them using Pause destination while keeping the same linked playlist.

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Your show keeps one linked YouTube playlist. You can publish to YouTube first and import into Listenbox, or publish through Listenbox and have it upload to YouTube. Changing your publishing process keeps that linkage and the YouTube URLs already recorded for your episodes.

Publish to YouTube first

Publish each recording to the linked playlist on YouTube. Keep the Listenbox desktop app running and connected when you need it to synchronize. It downloads new videos, prepares the playback files on your computer, and imports the episodes into Listenbox.

If you have also connected a YouTube destination, turn on Pause destination and save its settings. The desktop app can then import from the same playlist. Pausing does not disconnect your YouTube account or unlink the playlist.

See Import YouTube videos as a podcast for import requirements and the CLI commands you can use for a manual sync.

Publish through Listenbox first

Connect the show's YouTube destination and authorize access to your YouTube channel. Select the linked playlist, save the required destination settings, and turn off Pause destination. An active destination makes Listenbox the publishing starting point; the desktop app pauses imports for that show.

Upload your next episode to Listenbox, review its YouTube title, description, and visibility, and approve publication. Listenbox uploads it to YouTube and records its YouTube URL. This direction requires the YouTube destination and Google authorization; it does not require the desktop app to remain running. See Managed YouTube publishing for permissions and publication approval.

Change in either direction

Once the desktop app and YouTube destination are both set up, open the show's YouTube destination in the dashboard:

  1. To publish on YouTube first, turn on Pause destination and save.
  2. To publish through Listenbox first, turn off Pause destination and save.

Keep the existing playlist selected. You do not need to disconnect, reconnect, or select it again to change direction. Existing episodes and their known YouTube URLs remain in place, and a later desktop sync recognizes videos that Listenbox has already published to YouTube.

Let any publication already in progress finish before starting the next release in your chosen process. An active destination stops desktop syncing for the show and saves unfinished import progress for when you return to YouTube first.

Choose the process that suits your team. You might move to Listenbox first to avoid keeping a computer running for imports, or return to YouTube first because that is where your team prepares releases. If you return to importing, open the desktop app when synchronization is needed and choose Sync now for an immediate sync.