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You do not have to download a video or a podcast to your computer first and then upload it to Aelano. Copy one link, paste it in, and Aelano turns it into study material you can listen to with subtitles, tap words in to look them up, and save in My Words & Sentences.
Situations where this helps:
Open Aelano and go to the Home page, where you will see the upload panel at the bottom. Tap "Import from Link" and a link input box appears, with the hint "Supports YouTube, Bilibili, podcasts".
Video platforms
Podcast platforms
Some platforms place their own restrictions on content (paid content, region locks, and copyrighted material, for example), and Aelano cannot import content like that.
Tap "Share" in an app such as YouTube, Bilibili, or Apple Podcasts, and the link you get will work. You can also copy the link straight from your browser's address bar.
Open the Aelano Home page, go to "Import from Link", and paste the link into the input box. Aelano recognizes which platform the link came from and shows you the type it detected. If the link is malformed or is not supported, it tells you.
Aelano decides what to do next based on the link type:
Short videos usually take under a minute to transcribe. An episode over 30 minutes — a long podcast or a long video — can take anywhere from a couple of minutes to several minutes. You can go do something else in the meantime; when transcription finishes, the content appears in your library.
I pasted a link and it says "unsupported link". Why?
There are a few possible reasons: the link comes from a platform that is not integrated yet, the link points to paid or private content, or the link format is nonstandard. Try the standard link you get from the platform's official app via "Share" — that is usually more reliable.
Why is subtitle generation so slow for a YouTube video?
The longer the video, the longer transcription takes. For anything over 30 minutes, start it and go do something else. It will show up in your library once it is done.
Is imported content visible only to me?
Yes. Content imported from a link belongs to your own library. It does not appear among the public content sources, and other users cannot see it.
Does subscribing to a channel automatically download its whole back catalog?
No. After you subscribe, Aelano does not transcribe all the past content at once. It generates subtitles for an episode when you actually want to study that episode. That way it does not waste your points.