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    • Welcome to VideoDB Docs
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      • Video Indexing Guide
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      • How Accurate is Your Search?
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      • Callback Details
      • Ref: Subtitle Styles
      • Language Support
      • Guide: Subtitles
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      • Dubbing - Replace Soundtrack with New Audio
      • VideoDB x TwelveLabs: Real-Time Video Understanding
      • Beep curse words in real-time
      • Remove Unwanted Content from videos
      • Instant Clips of Your Favorite Characters
      • Insert Dynamic Ads in real-time
      • Adding Brand Elements with VideoDB
      • Eleven Labs x VideoDB: Adding AI Generated voiceovers to silent footage
      • Elevating Trailers with Automated Narration
      • Add Intro/Outro to Videos
      • Audio overlay + Video + Timeline
      • Building Dynamic Video Streams with VideoDB: Integrating Custom Data and APIs
      • AI Generated Ad Films for Product Videography: Wellsaid, Open AI & VideoDB
      • Fun with Keyword Search
      • AWS Rekognition and VideoDB - Effortlessly Remove Inappropriate Content from Video
      • Overlay a Word-Counter on Video Stream
      • Generate Automated Video Outputs with Text Prompts | DALL-E + ElevenLabs + OpenAI + VideoDB
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      • Scene-Level Metadata: Smarter Video Search & Retrieval
      • Advanced Visual Search Pipelines
      • Playground for Scene Extractions
      • Deep Dive into Prompt Engineering : Mastering Video Scene Indexing
    • Multimodal Search
      • Multimodal Search: Quickstart
      • Conference Slide Scraper with VideoDB
    • Real‑Time Video Pipeline
      • Automated Traffic Violation Reporter
    • Meeting Recording SDK
    • Generative Media Quickstart
      • Generative Media Pricing
    • AI Video Editing Automation SDK
      • Fit & Position: Aspect Ratio Control
      • Trimming vs Timing: Two Independent Timelines
      • Advanced Clip Control: The Composition Layer
      • Caption & Subtitles: Auto-Generated Speech Synchronization
      • Notebooks
    • Transcoding Quickstart
    • director-light
      Director - Video Agent Framework
      • Agent Creation Playbook
      • How I Built a CRM-integrated Sales Assistant Agent in 1 Hour
      • Make Your Video Sound Studio Quality with Voice Cloning
      • Setup Director Locally
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      • llama
        LlamaIndex VideoDB Retriever
      • PromptClip: Use Power of LLM to Create Clips
      • StreamRAG: Connect ChatGPT to VideoDB
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      Zapier Integration
      • Auto-Dub Videos & Save to Google Drive
      • Create & Add Intelligent Video Highlights to Notion
      • Create GenAI Video Engine - Notion Ideas to Youtube
      • Automatically Detect Profanity in Videos with AI - Update on Slack
      • Generate and Store YouTube Video Summaries in Notion
      • Automate Subtitle Generation for Video Libraries
      • Solve customers queries with Video Answers
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      N8N Workflows
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        Automate Subtitle Generation for Video Libraries
      • Automate Interview Evaluations with AI
      • Turn Meeting Recordings into Actionable Summaries
      • Auto-Sync Sales Calls to HubSpot CRM with AI
      • Instant Notion Summaries for Your Youtube Playlist
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      VideoDB MCP Server
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      • Building Intelligent Machines
        • Part 1 - Define Intelligence
        • Part 2 - Observe and Respond
        • Part 3 - Training a Model
      • Society of Machines
        • Society of Machines
        • Autonomy - Do we have the choice?
        • Emergence - An Intelligence of the collective
      • From Language Models to World Models: The Next Frontier in AI
      • The Future Series
      • How VideoDB Solves Complex Visual Analysis Tasks
    • videodb
      Building World's First Video Database
      • Multimedia: From MP3/MP4 to the Future with VideoDB
      • Dynamic Video Streams
      • Why do we need a Video Database Now?
      • What's a Video Database ?
      • Enhancing AI-Driven Multimedia Applications
      • Misalignment of Today's Web
      • Beyond Traditional Video Infrastructure
      • Research Grants
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        Internship: Build the Future of AI-Powered Video Infrastructure
      • Ashutosh Trivedi
        • Playlists
        • Talks - Solving Logical Puzzles with Natural Language Processing - PyCon India 2015
      • Ashish
      • Shivani Desai
      • Gaurav Tyagi
      • Rohit Garg
      • VideoDB Acquires Devzery: Expanding Our AI Infra Stack with Developer-First Testing Automation
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Automate Subtitle Generation for Video Libraries

Automate Subtitle Generation for Video Libraries

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Goal:
This workflow takes video URLs, uploads them to VideoDB, indexes spoken content, adds subtitle overlays directly to the video, and saves the subtitled videos to Google Drive. It creates professional subtitle overlays that are permanently embedded in the video.
The workflow is useful for creating accessible video content with professional subtitle styling that works across all platforms, unlike platform-specific auto-generated subtitles.

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Prerequisites:
N8N Instance: Running N8N automation platform (cloud or self-hosted)
VideoDB API Key: Obtain from VideoDB Console
VideoDB N8N Node: Install the custom node in your N8N instance
Google Drive Account: With API access for file uploads
Video URLs: Access to video content that needs subtitles
Main Workflow Steps:
Step 1: Video Input and Upload
Form trigger collects YouTube video URL for subtitle processing
Upload video content to VideoDB for processing
Wait for upload completion before proceeding
Step 2: Spoken Content Indexing
Monitor upload status via HTTP request polling
Index spoken words from the video content
Generate timestamped transcript for subtitle creation
Step 3: Subtitle Generation and Overlay
Use VideoDB subtitle operation to add subtitle overlays
Create professional subtitle styling embedded in video
Process video with precisely timed subtitle overlays
Step 4: Google Drive Storage
Download subtitled video from VideoDB
Upload subtitled video to Google Drive folder
Store video with subtitles permanently embedded
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Conclusion:
This workflow creates professional subtitled videos with embedded subtitle overlays, making content accessible across all platforms while maintaining consistent subtitle styling and timing.
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