Importing Videos from YouTube
Browse your YouTube channel inside PreachKit and import individual videos as sermons with one click.
Once your YouTube channel is connected, you can browse your videos directly inside PreachKit and import any of them as sermons. Each import uses one token from your balance and creates a sermon record with the video's title, date, and thumbnail.
What You'll Learn
- How to open the YouTube video browser
- How to search and browse your uploaded videos
- How to import a single video
Step-by-Step
Open the Import page
Go to Sermons in the sidebar and click Import from YouTube, or navigate to the YouTube sync settings and click Import Past Sermons. This opens the YouTube import page.
Your channel's videos appear as a browsable list with thumbnails and dates Browse and search your videos
Your videos load from your channel automatically. Each card shows the video thumbnail, title, publish date, and duration.
Use the Search bar to filter by title or description. Search filters your already-loaded videos without making additional requests — type to narrow down, clear the field to see all loaded videos.
If you have many videos, click Load More Videos at the bottom to fetch the next page of results.
Check your token balance
Your remaining token balance appears near the top of the page. Each video you import costs one token.
Videos that have already been imported show an Already Imported label and cannot be selected again.
Select and import a video
For a single video import, click the video card to select it (it will highlight in orange), then click Import Selected (1). PreachKit queues the import and processes it in the background.
Selected videos are highlighted in orange — the button shows how many you have chosen Once the import finishes, the video appears as a sermon in your Sermons list with the YouTube title and date. PreachKit also downloads the transcript if one is available on the video.
If you want to import several videos at once rather than one at a time, use the Batch Import feature — see /guide/youtube/batch-import.
Common Questions
Why are some videos missing from the list? Only public and unlisted videos are visible. Private videos on your YouTube channel are not accessible. Also, if you just uploaded a video, click Load More Videos or wait a few minutes for YouTube to make it available via its API.
How long does the import take? Individual imports are quick — usually under a minute. If the video has a YouTube transcript available, PreachKit fetches and attaches it automatically.
What information carries over from YouTube? The sermon record gets the video's title, publish date, thumbnail, duration, and transcript (if available). You can edit the title and all other fields after importing.
What if I run out of tokens during import? The import will stop. Tokens are not charged for videos that were not processed. You can purchase additional tokens and continue from where you left off.
What's Next?
To import multiple videos in one go, see /guide/youtube/batch-import. To have new uploads added automatically, see /guide/youtube/auto-sync.