Add Subtitles to Videos via API
Use the Bannerbear REST API or SDKs to add subtitles to videos
Subtitles
With the Bannerbear API it is easy to add subtitles to videos in your app or script.
Simply send a JSON payload of text, external file urls and other attributes to our API and we do the rest. There are also official libraries in Node, Ruby and PHP to make integration even faster.
API ReferenceHelp Articles
Knowledge Base articles on how to add subtitles to videos via API
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- How do I create a video with subtitles?
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