How to get my video to automatically play on my youtube channel?

Question

So i just made a youtube channel and every time i go to other peoples channels i see that one of their video is in the channel and you can click play. If you don't get what I'm saying look at my youtube channel www.youtube.com/bluejellybeaner it only says videos 4 but i want one of my videos to be big and on my profile playing. Does that make sense? I don't know how to do it can anyone help?

Answer 1

QUESTION # 1:



You have to be a YouTube "partner", which more-or-less means you are either

a film / video creator or producer, an artist (musician, singer, comedian, actor),

a media company, an advertiser, a broadcaster, a person of great significance

(like President Barack Obama) or somebody with a special project or mission

(like Shawn Ahmed and his Uncultured Project for the children of Bangladesh).

http://youtube.com/UnculturedProject



But that is not enough to become a "partner". YouTube has even more criteria:

-- You create your own original videos (meaning videos nobody else has done)

-- The content is 100% yours (there aren't any elements that belong to others)

-- You own all of the implied copyrights

-- Your videos are viewed by thousands

-- You upload videos on a regular basis

-- The videos are suitable for all viewers

-- You are a resident in one of the 23 countries where YouTube has local sites

-- You can prove you are 18+ years old.



Generally, YouTube will not consider you unless you've got some combination

of "subscribers" and "videos" that when multiplied together can easily surpass

10,000 channel views. Thus, you would need, for example, something like 800

subscribers and 20 videos or maybe 500 subs and 30 vids -- as well as a total

view count of considerably over 250,000.



Only after you have met all those conditions and been "approved" by YouTube,

they will give you all the special tools and codes which will enable you to have:

-- an 875x75px banner for your channel, 875x150 if you're "corporate" branded

-- a mini-banner beside each played video

-- your channel-page video on "auto-play" ◄

-- "special" videos more than 10:59 long

-- automatic higher quality to your videos

-- unique skins/sizes for the video player

-- an unlimited choice for video thumbails

-- extra boxes: links, bulletins, contacts

-- another picture for your "connect" box

-- option of animated GIF for background

-- being at the very top of search results

-- the possibility of earning "ad revenue"

-- the light-bulb "watch at night" feature if your "account type" is as a "director"

-- a "More From" section which overrides the regular "Related Videos" section

and featuring only your uploaded videos.



If you wish to know more, go to the top righthand corner of any YouTube page,

click "Help", and type "partner" in the searchbox. Or click on either link below:

http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=12632

http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/search.py?query=partner&ctx=en%3Asearchbox&client=&hl=&cx=&cof=&adkw=&search_type=hc_help



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QUESTION # 2:



It's relatively simple choosing which video you would like as the

"featured" video on your channel page:



1 -- click on "ACCOUNT", alongside the ▼ at the top of a page

(you'll see a new page with black titles & lots of blue sub-titles)



2 -- click on "EDIT CHANNEL", the 2nd blue title to the far right

(you'll get 3 different blue sub-titles including "Channel Design")



3 -- click on "CHANNEL DESIGN"

(you'll get a new page with nine colour combinations at the top)

The very next set of parameters asks about your featured video.



4 -- click on "FEATURED VIDEO"

(the bullets immediately below will become brighter and prompt

you to choose either your most recent video or any other video)



5 -- click a BULLET

(if you choose "Video URL", you will get a new rectangular field

prompting you to copy-&-paste the complete URL of that video)



6 -- paste your VIDEO URL

(you have to afterwards make sure your change will take effect)



7 -- click on "UPDATE CHANNEL"

(it will be on the stripe just above the nine colour combinations)



If you want to double-check it for yourself, here is the complete

URL address of YouTube's "Help" reference, followed by its link:



www . google . com / support / youtube / bin / answer . py ? hl = en & answer = 97392

http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=97392



Believe it or not: You can actually change that "Featured Video"

from right here inside of Yahoo! Answers by clicking on my link

below, which will bring you right to YOUR VERY OWN channel

set-up. (YouTube may prompt you to "sign in" first):



http://www.youtube.com/my_profile_theme



Be aware that it can sometimes take YouTube up to 6 hours to

properly update your channel page.



I hope that my step-by-step answer is somewhat helpful to you.

Answer 2

Go here while logged in on your Youtube account:



http://www.youtube.com/my_profile_theme



Then look for "Featured Video" and check it if it's not. You can then choose which video you want to be featured (At the top of your channel)



I hope this helped :)

Answer 3

if you go to your design it will have an option to show the video at the top of your page. you can then either enter a link to a youtube video or you can select show newest video (the newest video that you have made). If you want it to auto play without clicking play on the video you have to be a youtube partner which means that you have thousands of subscribers watching you.

Answer 4

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