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Closed Caption .vtt edit in Stream
Love the closed caption creation on upload but how do I edit the .Vtt file created to correct our acronyms and accent? TIA
So it would be as follows...
- After the autogenerated caption file is created and shows the transcript mode on the video.
- Edit the video
- Options section > Captions > "Download file"
- Open up the .VTT file downloaded in a text editor, make corrections, etc.
- Go back and edit the video > Options > Captions
- Uncheck the "autogenerate a caption file" check box.
- "Upload a caption" file button.
- Upload your edited .VTT file.
We'll then use your new custom caption file for the transcript mode and deep search.
NOTE: We'll be adding ability to edit the transcript direclty in Stream in the future as I know the above isn't intuitive or easy.
Hi,
I've managed to be able to download the automated .vtt file for my captions however, it's now asking me for an App to open this - can you suggest which App is best?
Thank you
Marc Mroz
Microsoft
MicrosoftJennifer Bill - Sorry I missed your question on this thread till now. You can edit the .VTT file in any text editor. Notepad, Notepad++, Textpad, etc.
Marc MrozHi I auto generated my captions and then downloaded and edited the file in Word. I removed the 'auto generated' tick, but when I try to upload it says the file type is not supported. Do you need to put it into an editor to change the file type back to a .vtt? I tried adding .vtt on the end of the file name but this doesn't work
You'll need to save the file as a text file first (.txt) then change the extension to .vtt Ruhurl
David Van Leeuwen Thanks I will give that a try - just by resaving .vtt?
- Marc Mroz
djreit - Our inline transcript editor only lets you change the text at each time code, it doesn't let you change the time codes themselves. To do that you'd have to download the VTT file, edit it in your own text editor (it's just a simple text file), and then re-upload it to the video in Stream. (Uncheck autogenate a caption file, and then click the upload a caption link to upload your manually edited VTT file).
