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Dubbing - Replace Soundtrack with New Audio
🎬 Overview
VideoDB makes video dubbing incredibly simple with AI-powered translation and voice synthesis. With just one function call, you can dub your videos into multiple languages while preserving the original speaking style and timing.
No need for complex audio editing, timeline manipulation, or third-party tools. VideoDB’s coll.dub_video() handles everything automatically.
🔧 Prerequisites
Ensure you have VideoDB installed in your environment:
!pip install videodb
You’ll also need a VideoDB API key, which can be obtained from the . (Free for first 50 uploads, no credit card required! 🎉)
🌐 Connect to VideoDB
Connect to VideoDB using your API key:
import videodb
import os
from getpass import getpass
# Prompt user for API key securely
api_key = getpass("Please enter your VideoDB API Key: ")
os.environ["VIDEO_DB_API_KEY"] = api_key
conn = videodb.connect()
coll = conn.get_collection()
print("✅ Connected to VideoDB")
📺 Upload Your Video
Upload the video you want to dub. For this example, we’ll use an English video:
# Upload the original video (English)
video_url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e3GPea1Tyg"
video = coll.upload(url=video_url)
print(f"✅ Video uploaded: {video.id}")
Preview the Original
video.play()
🎯 Dub Your Video
Here’s where the magic happens! Dub your video into any supported language with a single function call:
# Dub the video into Hindi
dubbed_video = coll.dub_video(
video_id=video.id,
language_code="hi" # Hindi
)
print(f"✅ Video dubbed successfully: {dubbed_video.id}")
That’s it! VideoDB automatically dubbed.
▶️ View the Dubbed Video
Generate and play your dubbed video:
dubbed_video.play()
🌍 Supported Languages
VideoDB supports dubbing into many languages. Simply change the language_code parameter:
Language
Code
Language
Code
Spanish
es
Japanese
ja
French
fr
Korean
ko
German
de
Chinese (Simplified)
zh
Italian
it
Arabic
ar
Portuguese
pt
Russian
ru
Hindi
hi
… and more!
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Example: Dub into Spanish
# Dub the same video into Spanish
spanish_dubbed = coll.dub_video(
video_id=video.id,
language_code="es" # Spanish
)
print(f"✅ Spanish version created: {spanish_dubbed.id}")
# Play the Spanish version
spanish_dubbed.play()
💡 Use Cases
🎉 Wrap-up
With VideoDB’s coll.dub_video(), video dubbing is as simple as querying a database. No complex audio editing, no timeline manipulation - just one function call to create professional multilingual content.
Start dubbing your videos today and reach audiences worldwide! 🌍✨
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