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This is a sample subtitle copy text.
The example above will display the sentence 'This is sample caption text' as the first caption at the 1 hour, 15 minute, and 5 second mark in the video.
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Go to 'File' and select 'Save As…'. Here you can set the file type to use the SubRip extension (or srt - a popular text format for videos with subtitles).
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Enter the file name with the '.srt' extension. For example: 'phu de.srt'. The extension at the end of the name is used to establish the file type.
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Click 'Save As Type' and select 'All Files'. This menu is located below the file name field. The 'All Files' option will allow the extension to take effect instead of just plain text.
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Click the 'Encoding' menu and select 'UTF-8'. SubRip files will not work properly if you do not set this encoding option. Once completed, click 'Save'.
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Go to 'Video Manager' on YouTube. Log in to your YouTube account and click 'My Channel > Video Manager' to see the list of uploaded videos.
You can also access Video Manager by clicking the account icon and selecting 'Creator Studio > Video Manager'.
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Click the 'Edit' drop-down arrow and select 'Subtitles and CC'. The 'Edit' button with menu is usually located next to the video you want to add subtitles to. The subtitle management interface will open.
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Click 'Add New Subtitles' and select 'Upload a File'. A menu will pop up for you to choose the type of file to upload.
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Select 'Subtitle File' from the pop-up menu. A window will open for you to select the file to upload.
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Browse for the file you created and select 'Upload'. The subtitles will be taken from the .srt file and inserted into the timeline and subtitle transcript.
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Adjust subtitles. You can edit changes to the text in the caption transcript, or click and drag the bars on either side of the caption on the timeline to fine-tune the timestamps.
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Publish videos. Click 'Publish' to upload subtitles to the video.
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Go to 'Video Manager' on YouTube. Log in to your YouTube account and click 'My Channel > Video Manager' to see the list of uploaded videos.
You can also access Video Manager by clicking the account icon and selecting 'Creator Studio > Video Manager'.
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Click the 'Edit' drop-down arrow and select 'Subtitles and CC'. The 'Edit' button with menu is usually located next to the video you want to add subtitles to. The subtitle management interface will open.
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Click 'Add New Subtitles' and select 'Transcribe and auto-sync'. A text area will appear next to the video for you to enter subtitles.
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Select subtitle language.
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Copy the audio from the video into the text area. Re-enter everything you hear into the text area to the right of the video. You don't need to worry about timing.
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Click 'Set Timings'. YouTube will automatically sync what you write to the time in the video.
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Align the time. Auto-synchronized subtitles will appear on the timeline. Click and drag the bars on either side of the subtitles to align the content to match the time.
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Post videos. Once completed, click 'Publish' to upload subtitles to the video.
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Select videos to contribute. Visit a video uploaded by someone else.
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Click the 'Settings' gear icon. This button displays in the video player, once you click it the video options menu will appear.
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Click 'Subtitles/CC' and select 'Add subtitles or CC'. You will be redirected to the subtitle editing interface.
Important note: not all users allow others to contribute subtitles. If the owner has disabled this feature, there will be no 'Add Subtitles or CC' option, meaning you cannot contribute.
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Select subtitle language.
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Play the video and pause when you want to enter subtitles. The playback feature can be used to listen to the spoken sentence before entering subtitles in the text area to the right of the video.
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Adjust subtitles. As you type, subtitles will be inserted into the timeline at the position where the video paused. Click and drag the bars on either side of the subtitles to change the length of the content.
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Submit subtitles. Click 'Submit for review' to submit your subtitles for the video's owners to view.
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Complete the sending process. You will be asked if the subtitles are complete. If you select 'No', another contributor can continue editing the subtitles where you left off before the finished version is sent to the video owner. If you select 'Yes', it means the subtitles will be sent for review. Once selected, click 'Submit' to complete your contribution.