Add caption tracks to your video files

SubRip (.srt) example

SubViewer (.sbv) example

These file formats are typically used for closed captions for broadcast content (TV and movies) and support either of these standards: 

• CEA-608
• EBU-STL

Drive tries to display the captions from these files as if they were on a TV – with the same styling, colour and positioning.

1. On your computer, sign in to drive.google.com.
2. Click the video that you want to add captions to.
3. Click More   Manage caption tracks.
4. Click Add new caption tracks.
5. Click Select file and choose a caption or transcript file.
6. Choose the language for the captions and a name for the track.
7. Click Upload.

1. On your computer, sign in to drive.google.com.
2. Click the video file with caption tracks that you want to edit.
3. Click More Manage caption tracks.
4. Click the caption track that you want to edit.
5. Click Edit.
6. You can edit its name and language. You can also turn on or off the track for the video.
7. Click Save.

1. On your computer, sign in to drive.google.com.
2. Click the video file with caption tracks that you want to delete.
3. Click More Manage caption tracks.
4. Next to the caption track that you want to delete, click Delete .
5. Click Delete.

1. On your computer, sign in to drive.google.com.
2. Open the video with the caption track that you want to translate.
3. At the bottom right, click Settings .
4. At the bottom of the language list, click Auto-translate.
5. Select a language from the list.

• In the correct format. The file types listed under basic, advanced and broadcast file types on this page are supported.
• Not too large. The caption file must be less than 2 MB.
• Not longer than the video. If the file is longer than the video, the video won't be able to auto-sync.