If YouTube is part of your podcast distribution, there’s now one less step in your publishing routine. With Blubrry Hosting, you can publish video podcast to YouTube directly through your existing publishing workflow. Connect your YouTube channel once, and your video podcast episodes can be delivered to YouTube as part of the normal Blubrry publishing process.
Instead of publishing your episode through Blubrry and then uploading the same video separately to YouTube, you can keep more of your publishing workflow in one place and save yourself an extra step.
Connect Your YouTube Channel
Before publishing a video episode, connect your YouTube channel from the Destinations area of your Blubrry dashboard.
Find YouTube in the list of destinations and select the key icon to connect your account. You’ll only need to complete this setup once.
After that, you can continue publishing episodes through Blubrry as usual. When you publish a video podcast episode, the video can also be delivered to your connected YouTube channel.
Check Your YouTube Delivery
You can also keep an eye on the YouTube version of your episode from within Blubrry.
A YouTube tab appears when editing an episode, and after publishing, the episode information screen will display its YouTube status.
This gives you a quick way to confirm that the video has been delivered successfully.
Publish Audio, Video or Both
Every podcast has a different setup.
You may publish audio only, create a full video podcast or release both audio and video versions of your show. Blubrry Hosting supports each of those approaches.
If video is already part of your production process, connecting YouTube simply adds another destination to the workflow you’re already using.
You can continue preparing and publishing your podcast through Blubrry while making your video available to your audience on YouTube as well.
What About Podcast Stats?
If you publish both audio and video files through Blubrry, those hosted files can still be tracked separately within your existing Blubrry Statistics.
Using clear file names for your audio and video versions can make them easier to identify when reviewing performance.
YouTube analytics remain separate for now. Views, watch time and other YouTube-specific performance information will continue to live within YouTube rather than Blubrry Statistics.
More Options for Video Podcasters
YouTube delivery joins the other ways Blubrry supports podcasters who want to include video in their show.
Earlier this year, Blubrry added support for delivering video podcasts to Apple through HLS, and Blubrry Hosting plans support both audio and video publishing.
The idea is to give you more choices about where and how you publish without making your regular workflow more complicated.
Connect YouTube in Your Blubrry Dashboard
If you’re already publishing video to YouTube — or have been thinking about adding it — head to Destinations in your Blubrry dashboard and connect your channel.
Once connected, you can continue publishing through Blubrry and include YouTube as part of the process.
Connect your channel once, then keep publishing your podcast as usual.
