This video and the following article demonstrate how to edit captions using Kaltura's built-in caption editor.
About this session
- Instructor: Beth Lynn Nolen
- Duration: 2 minutes 59 seconds
- Audience: IU instructors, staff, and students
Kaltura: Editing captions using the Kaltura Caption Editor
Description of the video:
[music] In this video, I'll be demonstrating how to edit captions in Kaltura's caption editor. To get started, you'll first want to make sure you're logged in to Kaltura at kaltura.iu.edu. Once you're logged in, to access your uploaded videos, in the upper right corner of the Kaltura site, click on your name. In the menu that appears, click on My Media. The My Media page will load. From here, you'll want to click on the title of the media you want to edit captions for. Once the media loads, to access the caption editor, underneath the media player, click on Actions, then in the menu that appears, click on Caption and Enrich. A table containing all the caption tracks available for the media file you're working with will appear. The fidelity of the caption file is indicated by the "service" category. If the service category lists "professional," those captions were completed by a human. If the service category lists "machine," those captions were completed mechanically. To make edits to the captions, click the Edit icon to the far right of the row for the captions you want to edit. The caption editor will load. On the left side of the screen your captions are displayed, and on the right is a small video player that you can use to preview your captions. To edit a specific caption, hover over the caption you want to edit, and then click in the text box to activate it. Once you see the blinking cursor in the caption, you can make edits to the text displayed. To edit a caption's timestamp, again, you'll want to hover over the caption, then click in the timestamp field and make changes to the timecode. If this results in overlapping captions, Kaltura will highlight the overlapping captions. If you want to search for specific text, at the top of the caption listing, click the Search in Captions field, then type the text you want to search for and press Enter to search for the text. To find and replace text in captions, in the search field, type the text you want to replace. Then, in the Replace with field, type the text you'd like to substitute for the term in the search field and click the Replace button to the right of the Replace with field. For videos with multiple speakers, you'll want the captions to indicate who's speaking at what time. To do this, first, select the captions you want to add a speaker to. Next, in the Add speaker to selected items field, type the name for your speaker. Finally, click the Add button to the right of the speaker field to add a speaker to the selected captions. When you've completed making edits to your captions, click the Save button near the upper right side of the Kaltura window to save your changes. [music]- In this video, I'll be demonstrating how to edit captions in Kaltura's caption editor.
- To get started, you'll first want to make sure you're logged in to Kaltura at https://kaltura.iu.edu. Once you're logged in, to access your uploaded videos, in the upper right corner of the Kaltura site, click on your name. In the menu that appears, click on My Media.
- The My Media page will load. From here, you'll want to click on the title of the media you want to edit captions for.
- Once the media loads, to access the caption editor, underneath the media player, click on Actions, then in the menu that appears, click on Caption and Enrich. A table containing all the caption tracks available for the media file you're working with will appear.
- The fidelity of the caption file is indicated by the "service" category. If the service category lists "professional," those captions were completed by a human. If the service category lists "machine," those captions were completed mechanically.
- To make edits to the captions, click the Edit icon to the far right of the row for the captions you want to edit.
- The caption editor will load. On the left side of the screen your captions are displayed, and on the right is a small video player that you can use to preview your captions.
- To edit a specific caption, hover over the caption you want to edit, and then click in the text box to activate it. Once you see the blinking cursor in the caption, you can make edits to the text displayed.
- To edit a caption's timestamp, again, you'll want to hover over the caption, then click in the timestamp field and make changes to the timecode. If this results in overlapping captions, Kaltura will highlight the overlapping captions.
- If you want to search for specific text, at the top of the caption listing, click in the Search in Captions field, then type the text you want to search for and press Enter to search for the text.
- To find and replace text in captions, in the search field, type the text you want to replace —then, in the Replace with field, type the text you'd like to substitute for the term in the search field and click the Replace button to the right of the Replace with field.
- For videos with multiple speakers, you'll want the captions to indicate who's speaking at what time. To do this, first, select the captions you want to add a speaker to. Next, in the Add speaker to selected items field, type the name for your speaker. Finally, click the Add button to the right of the speaker field to add a speaker to the selected captions.
- When you've completed making edits to your captions, click the Save button near the upper right side of the Kaltura window to save your changes.
For more information on editing captions in Kaltura, view the IU Knowledge Base article Download or edit captions or transcripts in Kaltura.