How to turn on closed captions

paul.dubepg · October 1, 2019, 2:07am

Is there a way to turn on closed captions for videos? I can’t seem to figure it out.

user_95f53b7185f71fb · October 1, 2019, 10:08am

Hi there! Are you talking about Youtube videos? There should be a CC button in the player control bar when they are available for a specific video.

paul.dubepg · October 1, 2019, 7:47pm

Yes for youtube videos but there isn’t a CC button in the video when I watch it on watch2gether. Only when I watch it in youtube (the subtitles are auto-generated for what it’s worth)

user_95f53b7185f71fb · October 1, 2019, 8:06pm

Thanks for clarifying that. There seems to be a difference between auto generated and user generated subtitles and how YouTube’s Player handles them. I’ll check if auto generated CCs can be enabled on Watch2Gether!

user_feeb42ad264952a · September 21, 2020, 11:13am

Any update on this? I’m experiencing the same thing. The closed-caption feature from Youtube (auto-generated subtitle) is not available.

user_95f53b7185f71fb · September 24, 2020, 3:32pm

The player API from Youtube is a bit limited when it comes to closed captions. But i’ll have a second look to check if that can be improved!

user_f17490774c94d43 · October 20, 2020, 4:18pm

What about Vimeo videos?

user_aaf9be7ecf7d3a6 · January 15, 2021, 4:08pm

Any update? post must be at least 20 chars