How to download closed captions (subtitles) from YouTube videos

[SWAT4Hitman47]

It says the video have no subs, but it does have subs..

[Neria116]

I did it!! Thanks!! :D

[aplushawol]

why now i can't download the closed caption. that said too many warning.

[mujdat1001]

Thank you very much.

[stendhalization]

it worked like a week ago but its stopped working for me. It displays a really long error messae and says "the video has no subtitles" :(

Please fix it? D':

[BackuZel]

Mulheres Apaixonadas - Clara & Rafaela (English Subtitles) -  I have sent you a link to it via mail. The link to close caption that will not downloab. thanks

[AiiMrsKimHJl]

it doesn't work, help me >,<

[sasal60]

Does not work anymore

[dfallentears]

seems like it doesnt work anymore. it says "the video doesnt have subtitles."

[1986Anya1]

i tried but it doesn't work. It says that the video doesn't have subtitles. What should I do?

[gloveryy]

@1986Anya1 me too..helppp...!! it says the video doesn't have sub..but the video its CC..

[ardnyk22]

it doesnt work. help please?

[puteribeast]

it doesnt work anymore. any help?

[Suicune34]

It doesn`t work anymoar helps >.>

[salsastage]

it doesn't work anymore, i used this for about a couple week ago and succeed, why it won't work anymore? i really need this, and need you to answer soon, please? :(

[1Lanavis1]

It no longer works. Not even for this video.

[ultraneonoirnatihero]

It doesn't work for transcribed audio, and the site says it does. Did Youtube change something again in their infrastructure that interferes with the transcribed audio download?

[ivan7425]

still not working

[charmiene17]

Ohmygod. This has been so helpful. Thank you! :-)

[MeghaShyama]

thanks a lot sir . . but now the site doesn't let you download the video . . ive downloaded the subtitles but what to do next?

HELP!

[Sazad93]

@MeghaShyama if you have google chrome or firefox, look for extensions/addon such as ultimate youtube downloader for chrome or chrome youtube downloader. dont know any for firefox but you should look up youtube addons on google if you cant find any yourself. make sure it an official site that your downloding from.

[VinhHien1710]

Thank you so much , i love you !!!

[danbahaushe]

thanks man! It really works on my sg s2

[dragoula]

Thank you man! Cheers

[Cristiano070Beckham]

Thank you a lot my brother ,, I appreciate your efforts -_-

[437pike]

all i see is the download button. no flv or mp4

[KurenaiTenka]

@437pike They removed the video download bit, it says so on the main page's updates. It just downloads the .srt now!

[OLISARS]

@437pike than use another page to download it xd



[jasladera1]

thank you so much!! :)

[incompletious]

Thanx bro!!!!!

[SuperBestvid]

i have problem..help me plss..i have lots of video that i downloaded b4 using downloadhelper without the subs...only know after watching this i try to download the srt from the same video but when i try to play it..it doesnt work..what was wrong?i already put it on the same folder and same name...y?

[DrownedBeliefs]

This worked for me, so I appreciate it. Really not difficult to use, either, I just followed the link and did it myself!

[wgassper]

Thanks man.. Thanks.. :))

[JMG9519]

Wow, this actually works.

Thank you so much!

[bexa7010]

Thanks! very useful!

[iiviiL1384910]

i change the settings of the caption..change the font and background..but when i download the srt file it doesn't follow the new settings that i made...it still the default settings.what can i do?

[GumihoLes]

Use Google2SRT. It's really simple and easy to rip the subtittles from youtube video

[gjenthy]

stupid mike link, i tried to rip using this website, totally cant read my flv format, waste video info.

[emilyflamenco09]

I downloaded the .srt file, and I have the .mp4 file of the video I want the closed captions for (it is a public domain video). But I don't know how to link the two files so that the closed captions show up on the video. What steps do I need to take to do so?

Thanks!

[Detetiv400]

Doesn't work now.... wth? I put in the long url & leave everything as is & click download & it just doesn't do anything. I get a white screen & it stopped loading... It was just working yesterday.

[kooljay999]

Thanks Very Much..Works !!!!!!!!!!!!

[claustr0ph0bic]

Thaaaaank you loads! :)

[TocadoDragao]

Amazing! thanks!!!

[NurHidayat96]

I can't download from video ID: 2aujNtSkxbg why it happened? I enabled Javascript, and selected the correct encoding but when I click download, it redirects to an empty page! :( help me..

[xiejiahong]

Awesome. It helps me a lot to learn from Yale's courses. Thanks..

[297998]

Is it possible to fix the script so it is possible again to download transcribed Subtitles? The script does not work on this video-URL for example: EcuK9RcbIws ? Thanks.

[297998]

The Tool "Google2SRT" and the Firefoxaddon "CacheViewer" combined are providing a nice workaround, by the way =).

[soopawhoops]

thank you so much, i needed that for a presentation - and by the way you did a nice choice with the music ;)

[lucaspequente]

thank you very much!!

[SuperWarioCementleg]

I used this to rip the subtitles to "Meet the Medic" in all languages, then i put everything in a Matroska-container.

[alexiskravor]

Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DakotaSagePika]

Is there a way to also get the annotations?

[nikhiljo]

Does it work only with .flv files? What if I want to convert the flv to mpeg (to burn a dvd)? Can the subtitles be retained in the mpeg?

[donzv]

Managed to download the subtitles just fine, but unfortunately Opera drops the file extension (and adds .torrent for whatever reason), so I don't know which format the subtitles are in. To what should I change the extension manually?

[Stonos22]

@donzv .srt

[8338wolf]

@donzv wondering if once you download the video and burn onto dvd could the closed captioning be turned on and off by the remote control. Otherwise it is really not considered closed captioned.

[alex1212a]

Works Perfectly. I uploaded a video to YouTube (117 MB) in the morning. At 10pm, video auto-transcriber was done with the video. I used your program to 'download' what YouTube SRT-file equivalent of the video; now we can 'edit' that file and 'resend' it to YouTube (or Google Video, or even Google-Docs). This is a tremendous HELP (BIG THANKS). I just hope with ALL the 'new' changes with youtube frontend (& possibly backend) we can still use your efforts. Again THANK YOU.

[WillxJem]

Splendid indeed - works perfectly! Thank you so so so much :) :)

[teeyeek]

cool! thanks alot.

[candidating]

why it doesn't work?

[xoxochitra]

thanks for the site and vid, but it still won't work. i already select all ISO, but still won't work. what shld i do?

[Stonos22]

@xoxochitra What doesn't work? Are you sure the video you're using uses closed captions and not annotations?

[xoxochitra]

yes,but still the subt doesn't exist

[shenniechen]

Many thanks! After few days trying to find the way to download youtube subtitles, I find this is work for me.

Many thanks and God bless you :)

[toudoku]

nice work. Thx vm! But east asian encoding seems to cause problems on the page. Only scrambled txt is displayed for the subtitle track selection.

cf.: imageshack.us/photo/my-images/­545/clipboard01gb.jpg/

[gizzli666]

GREAT, THANKS,BRILLIANT,WHAT MORE CAN I SAY.

[azodnemocir]

that helped me a lot thanks!



[cutitcs]

Thanks man for this video tutorial, you save me ! All the best !

[neo7th]

I used your website and I am happy with the service :--) Thanks

[Bacheegs4U]

very nice tutorial and site! :) thank you!

[stopwarstartmetal]

Splendid! xD thank you very much..

[bychane]

This website dosen't work any more?

[evertonmartins]

that's great!! it works perfeclty!!!

but I have question: I use to download videos from YT in .mp4 format (I use and browser extension to do it). Is it possible to do it downloading videos in .mp4 format!??!

thanks!!

[samadagha]

Howcome I don't get the link to download the video itself... I can download the subtitles with no problem but ther eis no bonus....? :-( and when I use another tool to download the video and name it the same as the subtitle file, it doesn't show up on the video :-(( 

[honeysabai]

This is absolutely useful! Thanks!!!

[dutratube]

Thanks a lot for your effort. Very helpful !

[abc987tx]

You know youtube-caption-downloader Firefox add-on ?



[abc987tx]

You know youtube-caption-downloader add-on for FireFox ?

[philsantos13]

A big thank you :)

[aktungmak]

thankyou very much!

[stralsundpatriot]

thanks so much for your splendid hint!!

[mariorengifo1986]

muchas gracias from colombia!!!!!!! save my day after struggling with sub processors

[Meir2u]

PS It's a video on Google video

[Stonos22]

@Meir2u Only videos from YouTube are supported. Sorry.

[Meir2u]

Hi! I get the error message: "Could not get the id of the video." How do I proceed?

[skyline308]

Thanks so much for this, it really helped^^

[miasha1990]

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH !

[aimarisse]

I was able to download it. but is their a way to sync the video and subtitle?

[miasha1990]

@aimarisse yes. you can use Any Video Converter or Freemake Video Converters. they allow u to burn the subtitles to the video and u can preview what it may look like before you burn the subtitles to the video . I knw on Ant Video Conerters website they give a written tutorial on how to do so .

[simson99w]

Nice tools~~ Thank you~~

[JavaXu]

Thanks for the tutorial and the works! But when I click the button "Select the closed-caption!", there is nothing happened! Why? PS: I do follow your steps.

[Stonos22]

@JavaXu Which web browser are you using?

[JavaXu]

@Stonos22 Chromium and Firefox.

[JavaXu]

@Stonos22 Chromium and Firefox.

[HassanTariq89]

It really helped me thank you very much

[chanakyakc]

thank u for ur effort

[TheMistAnchorite]

thank you man for this video, really thanks i rated it, and i want to subscribe but it doesnt allow me

[fnlilly]

Works! Thank you for this video.

[eritaonmove]

thanks for the tutorial,,, it's helping me....

[nandedian]

nice tutorial

thanks

[DimitriDimitris]

thanks man!

[serdefotons]

my friend!

this work like a sharm to translation!

many thx!!

[DongHaeluvie]

Hey, I don't seem to be able to download the video via the CC ripper site. Is there anywhere else that I can hit 2 birds with a stone? Thanks.

[mirex951]

Working just fine, thank you!

[alex1212a]

Is there a way to automate caption download, perhaps using curl, and your web-form?

[V3rmundr]

Thanks! Great video

[kix021403]

Very helpful thanks!

[TheKimm48]

hello, i already copied the url (after it was in sync with the video) n pasted it in the box, but the box (video information) didn't appear?? y is dat??

[pedersenlasse]

This is great, thanks alot :)

[titanzhoubao]

Sir, can you download close captions from Hulu, or ABC News?

[extraContrabando]

thank you. :D

[rifter0x0000]

Thanks for the site. It looked like it was not working for a video I wanted to get the subtitles for, but it seems like the uploader used "annotations" instead.  Is there a way to get those?

[Stonos22]

@rifter0x0000 Sorry, as far as I know, it's not possible.

[TimGameTV]

thank you very much!

[nycbayb718]

Hi well I downloaded the subtitles but i cant download the video, help plz :)

[AhmedsFarooq]

Hi dear! How can I download you tube video with closed captions.

If I don't want to download video and closed captions separately.As you show above.

I want to download video as the subtitles are permanantly inserted on the video.

Thank

[cmia1290]

@AhmedsFarooq

Did the author answer you already, I also want to download some videos with the subtitles that is permanently inserted to the video not separately. If he answer you please let me know how to do it, please.

[GnIceFalcon]

Thx! :D

[princesscc30]

tnx this was helpful

[krishna486]

thnx,its wrking

[MyTMTH]

efxaristo ;)

[wpoltronieri43]

Hi, how can I download the only the subtitles of a video on Youtube that are visible after played the key on the "CC" - Close Capton? There are two options after this icon is activated, transcribing audio - Beta, or translate subtitles - Beta. These features greatly facilitate the lives of those who want to use the videos for learning, culture and leisure, for breaking the language barrier. Well, I'm in wait and hopefully someone knows how to do really.

[Stonos22]

@wpoltronieri43 If you want to use the transcribed subtitles select "English (Transcribed)" as the language. If you want to translate the subtitles, select the language you want to translate to from the "Translate to" list.

[butz0705]

thnk u so much..so helpful..i'm now able to download the cc :))

[hoangnhanbt2]

THAT GREAT, THANK FOR SHARING

[Taiknight99]

Thank for the upload ^_^

[937yang]

its not working.., can you help me? the url id not found...

[Stonos22]

@937yang That's strange. It's working fine here :-/

[TheDutchPaul]

Are you italian? Thanks!

[Stonos22]

@TheDutchPaul No, I'm from Greece.

[korkahyan]

thanks an awful lot! perfect =)



[ichimoku1134]

perfect!! thanks a lot!

[deepak234598]

i 'm getting same subtitle files for different parts of the same movie...help plz..

[Stonos22]

@deepak234598 Link to the video please?

[neuroticchik]

Thank you very much. I'm using KMPlayer and it worked perfectly with it. 

[bowz3332]

Thank you it work for me :D

[ginger9002]

hello!! its not working!!!!!!!! please help me!!! please!! thank u!!

[Stonos22]

@ginger9002 What isn't working?

[ginger9002]

@Stonos22 the website you gave is not working... please help me!!!!!!!

[Stonos22]

@ginger9002 What's wrong with it?

[ginger9002]

@Stonos22 when i copy and paste the link, the webpage will just jam and it says there's an error! please help me!

[chance3349]

Yeah, I tried VLC and it worked.

[chance3349]

Hi, I downloaded .mp4 video first and then followed your procedure. However, the subtitle didn't come in the video. Can you help? Thanks.

[Stonos22]

@chance3349 Which media player are you using? Try Media Player Classic or VLC.

[suhaibothman]

Great . Thanks

[sevenyachts]

great video thanks

[GorgeousGeorge108]

Great stuff, mate! Thanks a gazillion! (Your voice is great. Are you from one of the Nordic lands?)

[atetzkee]

Thank you sooo much..it worked for me..a great big help..thank you! =)

[clyffe347]

Thank you Stonos22 for very helpful instructions. Now I need further help.

I downloaded 9 video movie segments in .flv using "YouTube Downloader". Then I downloaded in .srt the subtitles for each, using the website you recommended. How do I combine the video files and the subtitle files together to burn a DVD to play on my TV. Thanks.

[Stonos22]

@clyffe347 You will have to merge the FLVs into one video (Google for "merge flv") and then merge the subtitles (srt submerge seems to be a good tool to do this, but I haven't tried it). You will then have to download a program that can convert the video to a format that DVD players can understand. ConvertXToDVD is a good program to do that, which allows you to import subtitles, but it is not free.

[samnto1]

Thanks mate!

[missf08]

help me please! when i tried to download the video with cc using the that site it wont work. yes i can download only the srt. format and i can't acces the flv. format because the Download video box won't appear just the subtitle box ..hope you understand what i'm saying.:(

[Stonos22]

@missf08 Google broke the download feature with an update, and unfortunately I had to remove the feature. You will have to find another way to download the videos. I personally recommend the "YouTube Video Download" userscript.

[missf08]

@Stonos22 thank you so much :)

[farouk450]

It works many Thanks

[ArtemRomanov]

Could you make so, that sub and vid name is the same (based on youtube name)?

[Stonos22]

@ArtemRomanov I suppose I could. Stay tuned for an update.

[lilwarrior89]

why is my one different then ur site? it doesnt show everyhtin only the download bit not the video bit like the one shows urs so wats wrong wiv this?

[Stonos22]

@lilwarrior89 Google broke the download feature with an update, and unfortunately I had to remove the feature. You will have to find another way to download the videos. I personally recommend the "YouTube Video Download" userscript.

[ArtemRomanov]

I want to download playlist. Is it possible?

[Stonos22]

@ArtemRomanov Currently no.

[wuzumaki]

Thank you a lot! This really helped me out a lot!

[Stonos22]

Just a heads-up: Transcribed subtitles can now be downloaded again.

[tvswnet]

Mike, your voice is great (Stop that! :-)) and so is your video--thanks very much for posting it. I've been a teacher for 2 decades, and I appreciate your approach...effective. Also, I've had a quick trip down memory lane...just over 2 decades ago I visited your country...wow, I can't believe it has been that long. Best wishes to you and yours from Colorado.

[Stonos22]

@tvswnet You're welcome. Thanks for your kind words! :)

[Eskuppe]

thanks mate, working perfectly