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The default "Subscriptions" feed on the YouTube homepage shows all of the activity of the people that I am subscribed to on YouTube or have in circles on Google+. However, I'm most interested in new videos that the people I subscribe to (either on YouTube or by circling on Google+) create and post (neglecting comments or sharing other people's videos - what you see when you check the "show uploads only" checkbox on the YouTube homepage). However, being able to bring anything off of the YouTube homepage and into Google Reader as an RSS feed would be good.

Is there a way to do this?

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You can get RSS feed by username, something like this:

http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/users/<username>/newsubscriptionvideos

Example:

http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/users/google/newsubscriptionvideos.

How to get Youtube username:

  1. Go to youtube.com
  2. Click on the arrow next to your username at the top right of the screen.
  3. Click Channel under My Account.
  4. Enter the username you'd like by typing it into the text field provided.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Choose your privacy settings from the options provided.
  7. Click All Done!

Source: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/05/feed-for-youtube-subscriptions.html

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How might I get my user name? My profile goes to my Google+ profile, so does that make my user name that sequence of numbers, because when I tried that, I get a page with the error message "Exception message unavailable". – Thomas Owens Oct 20 '12 at 12:10
You have asked about Youtube or Google+. I've answered about Youtube. – Vukašin Manojlović Oct 20 '12 at 12:13
I'm asking how I get my RSS feed by username. I don't know what my user name is so I can get my subscriptions. – Thomas Owens Oct 20 '12 at 12:15
Username is Youtube username. So, in you case is ThomasO610. For Google+ use GPlusRSS. – Vukašin Manojlović Oct 20 '12 at 12:18
Oh. That's not intuitive at all. I thought my YouTube user name went away when I merged it with my Google+ account, so I was trying with the URL numbers to my G+ profile page. This appears to be what I was looking for. – Thomas Owens Oct 20 '12 at 12:21
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