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Hello,
I am looking to use the subtitles included in youtube which I see is possible from the demo. However, in the demo I do not see a way to toggle them on and off. Is this possible?
Thank you
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Hi Michael,
If you mean the demo on this page (the second video), then you can use the button in the bottom right corner of the video box (it looks like three horizontal stripes) during the playback. It will open a small drop-down list where you can select the language of the subtitles or turn them off.
Thanks,
EduardDoesn’t the second video use external vtt subtitles? I’m looking to use the subtitles from youtube and be able to toggle those on and off without using an external vtt file.
Hi Michael,
The YouTube API, unfortunately, doesn’t allow us to control the YouTube subtitles via our player and downloading them is not very easy.
Thanks,
EduardThank you!
I just installed the updated to the latest release. Can you give a little bit more information about how to enable this feature?
Hi Michael,
It will be released today and will work automatically. That means that when a YouTube video has subtitles available, they can be immediately set in FV Player. However, if you use custom VTT subtitles, then the subtitles from YT won’t be loaded.
Thanks,
Eduard
Hi Michael,
Here is a demo where you can see how it will work – https://foliovision.com/player/demos/youtube-subtitles.
Thanks,
EduardIs there a parameter that I need to add to the shortcode for the youtube subtitles to work? The subtitles menu appears to be hidden in the css by default. I tried toggling the subtitles settings on and off in both the shortcode and global options, but no luck. Would it be possible to include an example of the shortcode you used on the demo or let me know of any additional settings that need to be enabled? Thank you for your help with this!
Hi Michael,
As I said, loading the YouTube subtitles is a built in feature and doesn’t require any other settings or shortcode parameters. All it should take is to update the FV Player Pro plugin to version 0.8.24 and make sure you are using the Beta mode.
Thanks,
EduardHello,
Thank you so much for your patience with this. I was able to get the subtitles to show from youtube but it only works when the subtitles are set to show in the individual video settings in youtube.
My question is when a video does have subtitles but is not defaulted to show them in youtube, is there a way to still pull them through the fv player? This page demonstrates what I’m talking about: https://www.stage13.com/video-testing/
The top video has subtitles but they are not defaulted to on in youtube. The second video has the subtitles defaulted to on. Ideally I would like the video to play without subtitles but have the menu show and give visitors the option to turn them on. Hope this makes sense, thank you so much for your help!
Hi Michael,
Thanks for pointing this out. The difference between these two videos is that the first one has auto-generated subtitles and the second one has a regular subtitle file attached. Therefore the default setting is not a factor here.
Auto-generated subtitles work differently, but we haven’t analyzed them yet. We might do so in the future, though.
Thanks,
Eduard
