National Wildfire Coordinating Group

How to Add Closed Caption to Video Files

1. After downloading and opening the video file, click on the captioning bubble icon at the bottom left.

A rocky mountain forest

2. Click on "Choose subtitle file".

A rocky mountain forest

3. Navigate to the location where you have downloaded the .srt caption file, choose the file, and select OK.

Birds eye view of a smoke rising above trees in a forest

4. Play the video and the captioning will appear.

A dirt road in through wildland forest.
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2023-03-28