diff --git a/docs/google-drive-subtitles.md b/docs/google-drive-subtitles.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..21bcd400 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/google-drive-subtitles.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Adding subtitles to Google Drive +================================ + + 1. Upload your video to Google Drive + 2. Right click the video in Google Drive and click Manage caption tracks + 3. Click Add new captions or transcripts + 4. Upload a supported subtitle file + * I have verified that Google Drive will accept .srt and .vtt subtitles. It + might accept others as well, but I have not tested them. + +Once you have uploaded your subtitles, they should be available the next time +the video is refreshed by CyTube (either restart it or delete the playlist item +and add it again). On the video you should see a speech bubble icon in the +controls, which will pop up a menu of available subtitle tracks. + +## Limitations ## + + * Google Drive converts the subtitles you upload into a custom format which + loses some information from the original captions. For example, annotations + for who is speaking are not preserved. + * As far as I know, Google Drive is not able to automatically detect when + subtitle tracks are embedded within the video file. You must upload the + subtitles separately (there are plenty of tools to extract + captions/subtitles from MKV and MP4 files).