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

Introduction

• The subtitles for your videos are non-destructive; the video itself is not altered. It is simply a .srt file uploaded by the Player.
• You can manage the automatic start of subtitles from the Player itself (tab #1).

Managing Subtitles

To access a media file in the VOD space:

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

A. Create subtitles manually

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

B. Import a subtitle file

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

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

C. Generate subtitles automatically

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

Translate subtitles automatically

When subtitles already exist, 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 subtitles in the desired language:

Actions on a subtitle

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

Automatically subtitle new videos

The Root folder or subfolders within your VOD space can have rules that are executed whenever new media is added. One of these rules can instruct the system to automatically generate subtitles using the C method described above. To set up this rule:

1. Click here to access the management of your VOD/AOD in the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the product in question.
3. Click on Media in the left-hand menu.
4. Click on Media Management in the left-hand menu.
5. Click on Configure on the Root folder page or the folder of your choice:
   
6. Click on the Media Processing tab.
7. Make sure that the processing settings are not configured 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 based on the visitor's language).
10. Save the changes: