This will download your selection(usually an. Although the service does seem to be continually improving, YouTubes transcription is notoriously (and sometimes hilariously) imperfect. Automatic transcription is built directly into the service, and can be edited in the Video Manager.
Optionally, you could install it manually, either from the above VideoLan link, or from the developer's repository on GitHub:
The package is called vlc-plugin-sub which you can find either in Software Manager or you can install the package from the command line ( Ctrl+ Alt+ t) with the command: sudo apt install vlc-plugin-sub. VLC has an extension called VLSub which allows you to download and add subtitles to your videos. VLSub - A VLC extension for adding subtitles to videos Mkvmerge -o outputfile.mkv inputfile.mp4 subtitle.srt Now, use MKVToolNix (has GUI) or HandBrake to add subtitles to video.Įxample: (command line version) sudo apt-get install mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui Just hit Export, and your final output video will be produced in just a few. Add subtitles to your video and use the Kapwing editor to automatically translate them into another language. I use Gaupol (link to install) to reduce that: (Tools menu - Adjust Durations)ġ3. Upload the video you want to translate or paste a link if its already online Add Subtitles and Translate.
There might be significant overlap among sentences. for ex.srt (.srt is not available in step 9)ġ2. click in the language of interest, translated in step 10 click in Actions, now you can choose the desired format. click up left in "Autotranslate" and then to the right "save changes" (important):ġ1. To the right side click on "Create New subtitles or CC":ĩ and 10. to the right side click ADD, blue square with arrow:Ĩ. Having your video opened (important - step 5), click on Transcriptions on the left side, and on the right side click ADD LANGUAGE blue button:ħ. To the left side, click on Videos, and select your video.Ħ. In "Advanced settings" tab - "Video language" define the original (if you want to translate, the original may have to be english):ĥ. YouTube creates subtitles for the original language of the video and translates, but the translation is only from English to other languages, the opposite is apparently not available (step 9-10).Ģ. Maybe this workaround, uploading to YouTube, is useful for someone.