AI-powered video captioning — transcribe speech, optimize/translate subtitles, and burn them into video via the stable VideoCaptioner backend. Free ASR and translation included.

cli anything videocaptioner AI powered video captioning tool. Transcribe speech → optimize subtitles → translate → burn into video. Installation Prerequisites: Python 3.10 3.12 ( videocaptioner 1.4.1 requires =3.10,<3.13 ) videocaptioner must be installed ( pip install videocaptioner ) FFmpeg required for video synthesis Usage Basic Commands REPL Mode When invoked without a subcommand, the CLI enters an interactive REPL session: Command Groups transcribe — Speech to subtitles bijian (default): Free, Chinese & English, no setup whisper api : All languages, requires whisper api key subtitle — Optimize and translate Three steps: Split → Optimize → Translate Bing/Google translators are free 38 target languages supported (BCP 47 codes) synthesize — Burn subtitles into video Mirrors the stable backend synthesize surface Subtitle look is controlled by the subtitle asset/backend version, not extra harness flags review script checks subtitle/script drift before the final export Lower max script diff ratio when copy accuracy matters more than resilience process — Full pipeline review — Consistency check and preview Detects subtitle/script drift before a hard burn Can render a single review frame instead of producing a full final video styles — List style presets Reports whether the installed backend exposes preset styling support config — Manage settings download — Download online video JSON Output All commands support json for machine readable output: Backend Notes The upstream backend currently requires Python =3.10,<3.13 ; prefer Python 3.12 for matrix runs. Advanced synthesize time style flags are backend version dependent. Use styles to check whether the installed backend exposes them. Compatibility flags such as layout , render mode , style , style override , and font file should be treated as non stable unless styles and the installed backend confirm they are supported. Target Languages BCP 47 codes: zh Hans zh Hant en ja ko fr de es ru pt it ar th vi id and 23 more.

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