Publishing in YouTube Studio: subtitles, chapters and visibility

Prepare before you start

Follow the numbered actions in order and compare your screen or recording with each expected result. Menu names can differ between application versions. Arrows show the order of settings and choices, not a claim that every account offers the same controls.

Step by step · 1–4

1. Action

   Open: Upload video → YouTube Studio → +.

   ✓ After this step you will see

   After this step you will see: YouTube Studio → Account.

2. Action

   Select or set: File → File ✓.

   ✓ After this step you will see

   After this step you will see: Usage rights + File.

3. Action

   Write down: Title → Promise.

   ✓ After this step you will see

   After this step you will see: Title = Promise.

4. Action

   Write down: Description → Description + Sources and licenses.

   ✓ After this step you will see

   After this step you will see: Sources and licenses.

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Step by step · 5–8

5. Action

   Select or set: Audience → Audience ✓.

   ✓ After this step you will see

   After this step you will see: Audience ✓.

6. Action

   Select or set: Language → Language ✓.

   ✓ After this step you will see

   After this step you will see: Subtitles.

7. Action

   Write down: Subtitles → Correct names.

   ✓ After this step you will see

   After this step you will see: Readability.

8. Action

   Write down: Chapters → 00:00 / 3+ / 10 s+.

   ✓ After this step you will see

   After this step you will see: 00:00 · 3+ · 10 s+.

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Step by step · 9–12

9. Action

   Check: Usage rights → Usage rights + File.

   ✓ After this step you will see

   After this step you will see: Usage rights.

10. Action

    Select or set: Visibility → Private.

    ✓ After this step you will see

    After this step you will see: Private.

11. Action

    Test: Preview → Phone application · 100%.

    ✓ After this step you will see

    After this step you will see: Viewer output.

12. Action

    Select or set: Visibility → Public / Scheduled publication.

    ✓ After this step you will see

    After this step you will see: Public.

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Settings · Context

Quick setup · Short test

For a video over two minutes, an example chapter list is 00:00 problem, 00:25 settings, 01:20 test. Play the export and verify those actual moments after editing. Read subtitles as complete sentences; individually plausible words can still be wrong in context.

In Studio, use Create, choose Upload videos and select the final export. Before public or scheduled publication, check the channel, audience, language, thumbnail and rights checks. A completed upload does not always mean the highest-resolution processing has finished.

1. Write down: Title → Promise.
2. Select or set: Language → Language ✓.
3. Check: Usage rights → Usage rights + File.
4. Select or set: Visibility → Public / Scheduled publication.

Before you go live

Keep your existing configuration and original source file first. Change one parameter at a time. Check a short recording or the actual viewer output, rather than relying only on the editor. Restore the recorded baseline if the result gets worse.

1. One change at a time → Baseline.
2. Viewer output → Short test.
3. Results → Backup.

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