Odysee.com is an alternative to Youtube.com as a video content creator. However, Youtube allows access to their application programming interface. Developers at Odysee have created a Youtube channel synchronization tool.
You will obviously want to obtain an Odysee.com account. As of this blog post creation you will need to either obtain LBRY credits or verify your account with a credit card. Once you verify your Odysee account, you will be able to synchronize your Youtube channel.
Next to the right of the search box, you will want to click on the cloud with up arrow icon. Then choose Sync YouTube Channel. Then you can select Choose Channel.
You will see Sync your YouTube channel to Odysee on the next page. You will want to type in your desired Odysee channel name. One warning, you will not be able to change your Odysee channel name once you create it.
Your Odysee channel name will be similar to this.
https://www.odysee.com/@channelname
Then you can choose your channel language from a drop down menu list. You will need to place a check mark in the I want to sync my content to Odysee and the LBRY network and agree to these terms. I have also read and understand how the program works radio button.
You might want to read over their terms of service and how their program works agreements before you proceed. Now you will want to click on Claim Now. Odysee.com requires that you as a Youtube content creator have at least three hundred subscribers and are creating regular content.
This requirement is not heavily enforced. I have read, pun intended, that some Youtube content creators with less than three hundred subscribers have still been able to request or successfully synchronize their channels. Their is a learn more uniform resource locator web page link to an Odysee web page that you may also want to read over.
When you click on Claim Now, you will be taken to either a Google Youtube sign in page or be able to choose your Google Youtube account that is currently already logged into. You will want to log into your Google Youtube account that you have uploaded video content to. Now you will view this LBRY Creator Verification wants to access your Google Account page.
You will see this warning.
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You can click on the Allow button and this will give LBRY access to your Google Youtube account. Your videos from your Google Youtube account will eventually be downloaded and then uploaded to your Odysee.com account. You are limited to four hundred initial videos that will be come synchronized.
After your Youtube channel is synchronized on Odysee, each new video that you upload to Google Youtube will be automatically synchronized. You can click on the Cancel button and you will be taken back to Odysee.com. When your Google Youtube channel is successfully synchronized you will see a Transfer complete message.
If you see an error when synchronizing, you will want to send Odysee support an email message to either help@lbry.com or hello@lbry.com email addresses. There is a common Youtube channel is not eligible to be synced, that you may see. You can send an email message to one of the previous LBRY email addresses if you see this error message.
I received this same error message, even though I had over four thousand subscribers and over four million video views on my Google Youtube channel. I received a response email message the day after I sent Odysee.com support an email message. Three hundred and ninety one videos were successfully synchronized.