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[Guide] How to export VODs from Twitch to our video section

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imgoingtomirage
Joined: 03.07.2010

Hello brothers :f_drink:

This is a short guide on how to export your Twitch VODs to our video section, without using any additional software. Last week, Twitch made some changes and most of applications used for downloading VODs don't work at the moment and it is hard to tell if they will work in the future as they are abandoned projects in most cases that are not longer supported (only small % of streamers use them because they don't need to upload them anywhere). This "improvement" by Twitch also doesn't allow unauthorized downloads, meaning, you most probably won't be able to download a VOD from channel you have no access to.

The only requirement here is to have a verified YouTube account. The guide only explains how to download VODs from your channel.

1. Go to your YouTube channel, log it, go to playlists, add a new private one called e.g. "Twitch_export":

2. Go to Twitch->Settings->Connections and click "Connect" next to a YouTube section:

3. Select your YouTube Google Account from the list and click on it.

4. Authorize Twitch to connect to your YouTube account:

5. Now you can export VODs from Twitch to the YouTube channel by selecting them and clicking "Export" below any of past broadcasts:

Note: if your channel has a 15 min limitation, you will have to fully verify it
Note#2: select privacy as "unlisted", otherwise your subscribers will get notified about new video and it will be visible for everyone

6. Make yourself a cup of coffee or grab an IPA craft beer from your local brewery and wait for the video to get uploaded. Don't worry, you don't have to do anything, Twitch system uploads it for you. If you have notifications turned on on Twitch, you will get an e-mail when the video is available.

Note: for a ~90min VOD it takes around 30min to get uploaded + some additional minutes for YouTube conversion that enables source quality

7. Next step - downloading:
- go to YouTube video manager: https://www.youtube.com/my_videos?o=U
- use the drop down menu to select "Download MP4":

Note: If a stream contains copyright music, it will be impossible to download the VOD using the drop down menu (this option won't be available), you can download the video using browser addons though.

8. Upload your podcast to our servers using our dedicated video upload page

9. Optional step: add the exported video to "Twitch_export" playlist to keep order on your channel:

Your work is done. You have the backup on YouTube, you have the file locally and you can upload it to your video section with lossless quality. Good job mate :f_thumbsup:

Cheerio!


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imgoingtomirage
Joined: 03.07.2010

Twitch added "Download" button under VODs in the Video Manager, so this guide is useless now :)


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