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Using an SFTP dropbox

Generate a Secure Shell (SSH) key pair for an SFTP dropbox The features described in this article are available only to partners who use YouTube’s Content Manager to manage their copyrighted content.

YouTube requires that you connect to your YouTube dropbox using a Secure Shell (SSH) connection. SSH is a network protocol that ensures secure …

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Complete feed samples

Complete feed samples The features described in this article are available only to partners who use YouTube’s Content Manager to manage their copyrighted content.

The sections below provide samples of complete feeds that upload different types of data. Several of the samples also show the status report you’d receive when YouTube processes the feed.

Create …

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XML element definitions

XML element definitions The features described in this article are available only to partners who use YouTube’s Content Manager to manage their copyrighted content.

This article defines each of the supported XML elements in the YouTube Content and Rights Administration feed. The elements are arranged into categories based on the types of objects they relate …

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Appendixes

XML element definitions Complete feed samples Expected metadata fields by asset type The features described in this article are available only to partners who use YouTube’s Content Manager to manage their copyrighted content.

The following lists identify expected metadata fields for each asset type that YouTube supports. Note that YouTube will still process your feed …

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Status reports

Reading status reports The features described in this article are available only to partners who use YouTube’s Content Manager to manage their copyrighted content.

After processing a feed, YouTube posts an XML status report that identifies the actions that YouTube performed when processing the feed and indicates whether each action was processed successfully.

The <Feed> …

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Monetization

Claim videos The features described in this article are available only to partners who use YouTube’s Content Manager to manage their copyrighted content.

A claim links a partner- or user-uploaded video to an asset that the video matches. The claim indicates whether the video matches the audio, video, or audiovisual (audio and video) components of …

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Manage your presence on YouTube

Create YouTube videos The features described in this article are available only to partners who use YouTube’s Content Manager to manage their copyrighted content.

A <video> tag provides metadata about a YouTube video. Whereas the subtags of the <asset> tag identify and describe an asset, the subtags of the <video> tag define data that affects …

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Rights administration and policies

Define rights administration The features described in this article are available only to partners who use YouTube’s Content Manager to manage their copyrighted content.

A <rights_admin> tag is required to set a policy for an asset. It indicates whether the policy will apply to partner-uploaded videos (a usage policy) or user-uploaded videos that match those …

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