This guide explains how to add subtitles to the media in your Infomaniak VOD space.

Preamble

• The subtitles of your videos are not destructive to the video itself; it is not altered, it is simply a *.srt file loaded by the Player.
• You can manage the automatic start of subtitles from the Player itself (tab #1).

Manage subtitles

To access a media file in the VOD space:

1. Click here to access the management of your VOD/AOD on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the product concerned:
   
3. Click on Media in the left sidebar menu.
4. Click on Media Management in the left sidebar menu.
5. Click on the media concerned:
   
6. Click on the Edit button:
   
7. Click on the Subtitles tab.
8. Click on the Add a language button to choose one of the 3 subtitle generation methods:
   

A. Manual subtitle creation

With this subtitling mode, you manually enter each of the texts that should be displayed at the specified timecode, and this for each of the languages:

B. Import a subtitle file

You can import a file of type SubRip (*.srt) or SubViewer (*.sbv and *.sub) to enhance your video with subtitles prepared in advance in a separate file:

The toggle switch button allows you to enable or disable the publication of subtitles on the Player; this allows you to verify that the content is correct before publishing and sharing the video.

C. Automatically generate subtitles

You can create subtitles directly from the audio available on your media. The texts are generated using artificial intelligence (AI, or equivalent).

Automatically translate subtitles

When subtitling exists, you can add an additional language in the same place by having the text automatically translated (specify the current language):
This will generate the appropriate subtitling in the desired language:

Actions on a subtitle

Click on the action menu ⋮ located to the right of a subtitle language to get additional options such as duplication or automatic translation:

Automatically subtitle new videos

The Root folder or subfolders in your VOD space can have rules executed upon any new media addition within them. One of these rules instructs to automatically generate subtitles using the C method above. To set up this rule:

1. Click here to access the management of your VOD/AOD on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the product in question.
3. Click on Media in the left sidebar menu.
4. Click on Media Management in the left sidebar menu.
5. Click on Configure on the page of the Root folder or the folder of your choice:
   
6. Click on the Media Processing tab.
7. Ensure that the processing is not set to be inherited from the Parent folder (or configure the Parent folder directly) and then save the changes if necessary (point 10 below).
8. Enable text generation.
9. Configure what should be generated (subtitles, video title, summary/description, as well as any translations depending on the visitor's language).
10. Save the changes: