Subtitles and youtube

Darlisa

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Jul 22, 2020 02:13

Are subtitles embedded into the video? If so, how does that work when uploaded to youtube? If I or my viewers add additional language subtitles, can the ones from PD be turned off on youtube so that viewers can see their language version?

StevenG

Contributor Joined: Jan 14, 2014 14:04 Messages: 513 Offline

Jul 22, 2020 08:21

Subtitles can be set up as optional when you're outputting a DVD or BluRay disc.

I don't know that they can be set to turn off and on when you output your video for YouTube.

Warry

Senior Contributor Location: The Netherlands Joined: Oct 13, 2014 11:42 Messages: 853 Offline

Jul 22, 2020 12:48

Best is to submit the video to Youtube WITHOUT the subtitles. And to separatly upload the .SRT file (which can be exported from PD). You can have multiple subtitles files per video. It is also possible to write subtitles using YouTube Studio.
Suggest that you look around a bit in what is possible in Youtube (and be amazed :

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Maliek

Senior Contributor Location: San Antonio, Texas USA Joined: Nov 10, 2012 12:01 Messages: 851 Offline

Jul 22, 2020 14:42

I concur with Warry. Create the subtitles in PD and then export the SRT file. Remove the subtitles from the video and then upload the SRT file to YouTube.

I actually use a service called REV.com to create the SRT file and then I upload it to YouTube. REV.com costs about $1 per minute of video. MIght be kind of pricey for some but it saves me a lot of time so it is worth it to me. Subscribe to PowerDirector University on YouTube.

Subscribe to PDU Mobile on YouTube.

Darlisa

Newbie Joined: Jul 20, 2020 00:36 Messages: 20 Offline

Jul 22, 2020 17:29

Thanks everyone. What I've been doing is uploading to youtube and then manually adding in the subtitles. I was just concerned that adding the subtitles in PD and producing the video with the subtitles would affect using other language subtitles on youtube. If I can add them, export, and delete, that would help tremendously.

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optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Jul 22, 2020 19:42

If it's easier to use the Subtitle Room in PD, you can certainly export the subtitles so there won't be any attached to your produced videos. I think you'd want to use these two settings:

Darlisa

Newbie Joined: Jul 20, 2020 00:36 Messages: 20 Offline

Jul 22, 2020 22:14

Quote If it's easier to use the Subtitle Room in PD, you can certainly export the subtitles so there won't be any attached to your produced videos. I think you'd want to use these two settings:

Thank you!