HeyItsPrescott Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Hi there, I'm experimenting with uploading .mp4 videos directly to Squarespace rather than embedding YouTube/Vimeo videos. It works fine but there doesn't seem to be any way to add a caption file, and the video player doesn't include closed caption options when you click on the little gear icon. When I look at the code, it seems that Squarespace includes a <div class="plyr__captions"></div> for captions, but it's empty. I thought I'd try uploading a caption file to Squarespace's CDN and then use a code block with <video> and <track> tags to create a player (thusly: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/Audio_and_video_delivery/Adding_captions_and_subtitles_to_HTML5_video) but before I go about reinventing the wheel ... does anyone have experience with adding subtitles/captions to an uploaded (not embedded) video in Squarespace? Thanks in advance, Prescott paul2009 1 Link to comment
Solution paul2009 Posted October 20, 2022 Solution Share Posted October 20, 2022 6 hours ago, HeyItsPrescott said: I'm experimenting with uploading .mp4 videos directly to Squarespace. It works fine but there doesn't seem to be any way to add a caption file, and the video player doesn't include closed caption options when you click on the little gear icon. Squarespace-hosted videos are fairly new, with new features added iteratively. A captioning feature has not been added yet. HeyItsPrescott 1 About: SQSP User for 17 yrs. Circle Leader since 2017. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: Founder of SF Digital, building Squarespace Extensions to supercharge your commerce website. Content: Links in my posts may refer to SF Digital products or may be affiliate links. If my advice helped, you can thank me by clicking one of the feedback emojis below. I love coffee too. Link to comment
SchoolHabits Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Hi CPiu94 - I'm wondering if you were ever able to add captions to your videos? Did that HTML code work? I'm building a course in SS, and need my videos to have captions - were you able to figure this out? If so, would you mind telling me how? Thank you so much. I'm totally stuck. Link to comment
paul2009 Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 (edited) On 10/20/2022 at 7:35 AM, paul2009 said: captioning feature has not been added yet. Captioning is not currently possible on Squarespace-hosted videos. You may want to look at Vimeo as an alternative if you require captioning. Edited September 10 by paul2009 SchoolHabits 1 About: SQSP User for 17 yrs. Circle Leader since 2017. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: Founder of SF Digital, building Squarespace Extensions to supercharge your commerce website. Content: Links in my posts may refer to SF Digital products or may be affiliate links. If my advice helped, you can thank me by clicking one of the feedback emojis below. I love coffee too. Link to comment
Rachie Posted November 6 Share Posted November 6 when will captions and subtitles be available on squarespace? I'm hoping soon as I'm about to launch my online course and it'll be such a help, do you know any time frame when this will be available or do we need to opt for a different platform Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment