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 me: I'm Paul, a SQSP user for over 18 yrs and a Circle Leader since 2017. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: Founder of SF.DIGITAL, providing high quality original extensions to supercharge your Squarespace website. Content: Views and opinions are my own. Links in my posts may refer to my own SF.DIGITAL products or may be affiliate links. Forum advice is completely free. You can thank me by selecting a feedback emoji below. Buying a coffee is optional. Book paid help with domains: Connect a GoDaddy domain. Connect a Squarespace Domain. Domain assistance. Link to comment
SchoolHabits Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 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, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 (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, 2023 by paul2009 SchoolHabits 1 About me: I'm Paul, a SQSP user for over 18 yrs and a Circle Leader since 2017. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: Founder of SF.DIGITAL, providing high quality original extensions to supercharge your Squarespace website. Content: Views and opinions are my own. Links in my posts may refer to my own SF.DIGITAL products or may be affiliate links. Forum advice is completely free. You can thank me by selecting a feedback emoji below. Buying a coffee is optional. Book paid help with domains: Connect a GoDaddy domain. Connect a Squarespace Domain. Domain assistance. Link to comment
Rachie Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 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 jaisequoia 1 Link to comment
Peacecloud_Ltd Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) I've faced a similar issue myself. Best solution I can think of is to use the built in Transcribe feature on Microsoft Word, set the Microphone setting on your PC to Stereo MIx and then play the videos into it, it then uploads the audio only to OneDrive and transcribes it within about a minute or so (for a 2 minute video). I've tested this on a couple of my online courses and this seems to work quite well as I can then paste the transcript into the HTML page holding the video, it isn't captions but seems to be the next best thing. Edited January 26 by Peacecloud_Ltd Link to comment
RDIGITAL Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Hello - curious if there are any updates of SS offering closed captioning with uploaded videos - or if there is a CSS code solve? I am building out an online course and my client wants to purchase the Pro Plan for Digital Products - but without a closed caption setting - SquareSpace is skipping a critical step for fair accessibility. Would hope this is something they are prioritizing. Any updates? THANK YOU! Link to comment
RDIGITAL Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Hello! Following up again re: Closed Captioning. My client purchased the Pro Plan for Digital Products and we are deep in an Online Course creation. Does anyone have a lead on when SS will be rolling out closed captioning for videos uploaded natively to the platform? Again feels like a big miss / BIG opportunity for digital content and online courses and technically without it, SS is not meeting Accessibility Standards for Online Courses. Any intel here? Link to comment
RDIGITAL Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Hello! Following up again re: Closed Captioning. My client purchased the Pro Plan for Digital Products and we are deep in a video-heavy Online Course creation. We bought the Pro Plan because of the ability to host unlimited video natively on the platform. Does anyone have a lead on when SS will be rolling out closed captioning for videos uploaded natively to the platform? Again feels like a big miss / BIG opportunity for digital content and online courses and technically without it, SS is not meeting Accessibility Standards for Online Courses. Any intel here? Link to comment
paul2009 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 1 hour ago, RDIGITAL said: Does anyone have a lead on when SS will be rolling out closed captioning for videos uploaded natively to the platform? No announcements have been made. The situation is currently the same as posted above. About me: I'm Paul, a SQSP user for over 18 yrs and a Circle Leader since 2017. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: Founder of SF.DIGITAL, providing high quality original extensions to supercharge your Squarespace website. Content: Views and opinions are my own. Links in my posts may refer to my own SF.DIGITAL products or may be affiliate links. Forum advice is completely free. You can thank me by selecting a feedback emoji below. Buying a coffee is optional. Book paid help with domains: Connect a GoDaddy domain. Connect a Squarespace Domain. Domain assistance. Link to comment
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