YouTube has enabled a new feature that allows podcast creators in Spain and other countries, including the Netherlands, Norway, Costa Rica, Chile, Germany, France, Greece, Guatemala and Senegal, to publish their shows on the video platform and YouTube Music. RSS (Really Simple Distribution) is a tool that allows you to distribute content in real time.
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Implementation of this feature began in November last year, when some Android and web YouTube users tested the option to add podcasts via RSS feed. Now, Google has announced that this feature will be available globally.
With this new feature, podcast creators can use YouTube Studio to upload their episodes via an RSS feed. Once the ‘feed’ is submitted to the Google video platform, a video will automatically be created for each episode and a static image will be uploaded to the user’s channel.
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Additionally, when a new section is added to the RSS feed and the Content section is accessed in YouTube Studio, This will be automatically uploaded to the channel and relevant subscribers will be notified.
However, YouTube has stated that this feature will not distribute podcasts to other platforms, but rather They will only be available on YouTube and YouTube Music. Additionally, subscribers will not be informed when previous episodes are added to the channel via RSS, and invalid characters will not be allowed in published podcasts and episodes.
Platform It does not automatically update changes made via the RSS feed. in the program details or in the audio files reuploaded to this section.
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To comply with YouTube’s terms of service, podcasts uploaded to the platform cannot contain ads without prior notice to the platform.
When you first submit the RSS feed to YouTube, selected sections will be uploaded as private videos, so it is recommended that you wait for all sections to load before making them public to avoid problems.
Once all episodes have been uploaded to the RSS feed, you should check the video tab for demonetization or copyright issues to avoid claims or infringements.
*This content was rewritten with the help of artificial intelligence, based on information published by Europa Press, and reviewed by the journalist and editor.
Source: Exame
