{"id":13127,"date":"2012-07-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/resources\/jw-player\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T21:50:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T21:50:23","slug":"jw-player","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/resources\/jw-player\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add JW Player Subtitles and Captions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-dark alignfull p-post-header has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background is-style-dark--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);background-image:url(&#039;\/wp-content\/themes\/core\/assets\/media\/backgrounds\/hero-wave-resources.svg&#039;);background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-ghost is-style-reversed is-style-ghost--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/resource-library\">Resource Library<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aligngrid\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-008400e6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:800px\"><div style=\"padding-bottom:0;padding-top:0;\" class=\"is-style-category wp-block-tribe-terms\"><ul class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__list\"><li class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__term\"><span class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__link t-category\">Captioning<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n<h1 style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-title\">How to Add JW Player Subtitles and Captions<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.jwplayer.com\/platform\/docs\/vdh-learn-about-captions\">Access This Resource<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-x-small is-style-x-small--3\" id=\"h-how-to-add-captions-and-subtitles-to-jw-player-videos\">How to Add Captions and Subtitles to JW Player videos<br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To display closed captions and subtitles on JW Player videos, you\u2019ll need to update the video embed code on your website. Upload a caption file to your website\u2019s file repository, and make a note of the URL.<br><br>In your website\u2019s HTML editor, locate the code for the desired video and add a track tag between the playlist brackets. Reference the appropriate caption file URL, and your video will now display a CC symbol among the controls.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.jwplayer.com\/platform\/docs\/vdh-learn-about-captions\">REad on JW player support<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/08-12-2015-jw-player-embed-code-1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Screenshot of the JW Embed code\" class=\"wp-image-9734\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s what it looks like to add captions to JW Player video code:<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image tribe-embed is--youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"\n\tdata-id=\"2br1Knlkom4\">\n\t<div class=\"tribe-embed__inner\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"play-button\" aria-label=\"Play Video\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=480 height=360\t\tclass=\"tribe-embed__thumbnail\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/2br1Knlkom4\/hqdefault.jpg\"\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/2br1Knlkom4\/mqdefault.jpg 320w,https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/2br1Knlkom4\/hqdefault.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw,480px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\t\t<template id=tribe-embed-embed-html-2br1Knlkom4\">\n\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2br1Knlkom4?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/template>\n\t\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-x-small is-style-x-small--4\" id=\"h-why-add-captions-in-jw-player\">Why add captions in JW Player?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>JW Player offers significant customization options for caption formatting, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>font<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>text color<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>caption size<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>font and background opacity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>background color<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>styling (i.e. dropshadow, raised, embossed)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-x-small is-style-x-small--5\" id=\"h-what-caption-format-does-jw-player-require\">What caption format does JW Player require?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since JW Player is an HTML player, it supports closed captions in WebVTT format. SRT files are also accepted, but WebVTT is preferable for its customization and display options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/blog\/caption-format-acronyms-explained\/\">learn more about caption formats<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-x-small is-style-x-small--6\" id=\"h-how-to-use-the-html-track-element\">How to use the HTML track element?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<code>track<\/code>&nbsp;element can be used to add timed-text data enhancements like subtitles, closed captions, audio description, and chapter markers to your video. 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