
The caption track is returned in its original format unless the request specifies a value for the tfmt parameter and in its original language unless the request specifies a value for the tlang parameter. instructions from Google: Make captions automatically appear for an embedded video by adding &ccloadpolicy1 to the videos embed. When updating a caption track, you can change the track's draft status, upload a new caption file for the track, or both. Note that the API response does not contain the actual captions and that the captions.download method provides the ability to retrieve a caption track. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright.

The API supports the following methods for captions resources: list Retrieve a list of caption tracks that are associated with a specified video. My issue is that, since the VTT file was synced with timestamps of the original video and after muxing the subtitles using MKVToolnix they. youtube-dl -f 137+140 -i -merge-output-format mkv myyoutubevideoURL -postprocessor-args '-ss 0:0:45 -to 0:40:40'. A caption track is associated with exactly one YouTube video. Then I merge the video and subs using MKVToolNix. Way that caption IDs are generated and, as part of that change, is assigning new caption IDsĪ caption resource represents a YouTube caption track. If you’re logged into the YouTube Account for the video, you can download from the Subtitles/CC tab on the Classic Creator Studio dashboard.

Note: On August 5, 2022, YouTube announced that it has changed the How do I download videos from YouTube with subtitles / captions I'd tried by using youtube-dl, with -write-srt -str-lang flags but I always get: WARNING: video has no closed captions.
