If the Select window doesn’t automatically appear when you launch the application, just drag the video into the Handbrake window or click the “Open Source” button in the top left corner. Now that you have downloaded the video and subtitle files, you can use Handbrake, a free and open source transcoder, to combine them. Combine and burn subtitles into the video If you aren’t logged into the account for the video, you can also use 4K Video Downloader or YouTube-DL to download existing subtitles:įor YouTube-DL, the basic command for downloading subtitles along with the video looks like this: If you’re logged into the YouTube Account for the video, you can download from the Subtitles/CC tab on the Classic Creator Studio dashboard. YouTube videos sometimes already have subtitles that you can download. If you aren’t creating your own subtitles, you can also download existing subtitles from YouTube. Check back here for a YouTube-DL tutorial in the near future! 3. you use it by typing commands in Terminal or Command Prompt). Youtube-dl YouTube-dl is a command-line tool (i.e. The 4K Video Downloader interface.įor YouTube-DL, the basic command to download a video looks like this: If you aren’t logged into the YouTube account for the video, you can download your video using tools like the free 4K Video Downloader or YouTube-DL (open-source).
If you are logged into the YouTube account for the video, you can download it from your Studio dashboard: You will be creating the hard-subtitled video offline, so you will need to work with an offline video file or download the video. This series of short 1-minute videos from Amara demonstrates how to use the platform.Įxport the subtitles as an SRT file from Amara when you’re done. We recommend a free online subtitling platform developed by the Participatory Culture Foundation called Amara. To create the subtitles for a YouTube video, it helps to have a user-friendly interface. Combine and burn subtitles into the video.(Optional: Download existing subtitles).How to create burned-in subtitles using free and easy toolsįollow along below, or jump to a section: Burned-in subtitles are part of the video image, and can’t be turned on or off.
This “hard subtitle” method is useful when you want your subtitles to be unchangeable and always display, no matter where you are uploading or using it. The other method is to permanently write or “burn” subtitles into the video image itself. “Soft subtitles” are separate from the video image and can be turned on and off. This “soft subtitle” method is what allows users to turn subtitles on/off, or choose from multiple subtitles for the same video on players like YouTube. a SRT file) that “plays” along with your video. One method is to use a separate text file (e.g. There are basically two ways to display subtitles in your videos.
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