How to Add Captions to YouTube Live via API

How it works. One method of adding captions to a live stream takes to captioner’s text stream and embeds closed captioning onto a video stream using an API token. This method is simpler and more cost-effective than using a virtual encoder, but may not be as accurately aligned with the video. The resulting stream may […]

How to Add Captions to YouTube Live

How it works. One method of adding captions to a live stream takes to captioner’s text stream and embeds closed captioning into a video source stream using a virtual encoder. This method yields the best results for properly aligning captions with the video but requires more equipment to set up than other methods, like using […]