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Looking for a DubTab alternative?Looking for a DubTab alternative? WatchTranslate translates video as subtitles you can keep, works in Android and iPhone apps and charges per minute in points.
LLPlayer alternative: AI subtitles on a Mac, a phone or in the browserLLPlayer runs on Windows and asks for a runtime and Whisper models before the first subtitle. Here WatchTranslate, LLPlayer, PotPlayer and Subtitle Edit are compared from each project's own pages.
PotPlayer alternative: what else gives you AI subtitles?Looking for a PotPlayer alternative on a Mac or a phone, or one that translates subtitles without picking engines? Compare WatchTranslate, PotPlayer, VLC and Windows Live Captions from their makers' own pages.
Need a Subtitle Edit alternative just to watch a video?Used Subtitle Edit only to translate a film you want to watch? Compare it with WatchTranslate, which writes and translates subtitles while the video plays, with no API key or model to download, and exports SRT or VTT.
Dualsub vs WatchTranslate: which one for dual subtitles?Dualsub now works on YouTube only. WatchTranslate also shows dual subtitles on X, Bilibili and local files, creates subtitles from the audio when a video has none, and runs on Android and iPhone.
Trancy alternative: WatchTranslate or Trancy for foreign videos?Trancy is built for studying with YouTube and streaming captions. WatchTranslate makes subtitles from the audio on YouTube, X, Bilibili and local files, and runs on Android and iPhone.
Bilibili subtitles not showing? Why, and how to get themMany Bilibili videos show no subtitles because there is no subtitle track, any track stays hidden until you sign in to Bilibili, or the Chinese on screen is burned in. Here is how to tell which case you have, and how to get subtitles anyway.
Bilibili vs Bilibili.tv: which one has English subtitles?bilibili.com is Bilibili's Chinese site; bilibili.tv (Bstation) is its international site with its own catalogue. Here is what each offers in English, and how to get English subtitles on either one with WatchTranslate.
Does X auto-translate videos too?X's Grok auto-translate turns foreign posts into your language, but a video keeps its original audio. Here is what X translates, what it leaves alone, and how to get English subtitles on the video too.
Export Bilibili subtitles to SRT, in English or bilingualMake subtitles for a Bilibili video in your browser, from its speech or its own track, then save them as an SRT or WebVTT file: original, translated or bilingual. Tested on bilibili.com with a 25-line English and Chinese SRT.
Can Google Translate translate YouTube videos?Google Translate works on text, pages and documents, not on what is said in a video. Here is what Google's own tools do on YouTube, and how to get English subtitles on the player even when the video has no captions.
How do I translate a saved Twitter video from X?Already have the video from an X post as a file? Open it in the WatchTranslate local player: subtitles are made from the speech and translated as it plays, two languages on screen. No upload to an editor.