Panopto: Edit Closed Captions with Panopto Video Editor

Summary

How to edit closed captions or upload closed captions to your Panopto video.

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Overview

This article details how to edit closed captions in your Panopto video.

Instructions

Edit Closed Captions

  1. Within the Panopto video interface, find the video for which you want to edit captions
     
  2. Click the Edit button. This opens the Panopto video editor.
    Panopto video player with the Edit (pencil) icon highlighted above the video, which the user selects to open the Panopto editor for editing closed captions.
     
  3. Click the Captions tab on the left side of the screen. This opens the Closed Captions area of the video editor.
    Panopto video editor showing the Captions tab selected on the left, where the user edits and reviews closed captions aligned with the video timeline.
     
  4. There are three ways to edit closed captions within the Panopto video editor interface.
    1. Click directly on the text you want to edit and type in your correction. Once you are finished, click anywhere outside of that text box to stop editing.
      Panopto video editor Captions tab showing a caption line selected and highlighted, where the user clicks directly in the text to edit the caption and types corrections.
       
    2. You can also click the three dots to the right of the caption and click Edit to open a window where you can make changes to the time stamps of the captions. Click Save when you are finished.
      Panopto video editor Captions tab showing the three‑dot menu next to a caption, where the user selects Edit to adjust the caption text or timing and clicks Save to apply changes.
       
    3. You can also click Import captions and select Replace with automatic captions or Upload or request captions. Supported caption file types are .srt, .ashx, .vtt, and .dxfp.
      Panopto video editor Captions tab showing the Import captions menu expanded, where the user chooses Replace with automatic captions or Upload or request captions to add or replace caption files.

       
  5. Once you have finished editing the closed captions, be sure to click the Apply button in the top right area of the screen for your changes to take effect.
    Panopto editor toolbar highlighting the Apply button used to save caption edits.

Details

Details

Article ID: 134088
Created
Fri 7/2/21 1:41 PM
Modified
Thu 4/16/26 10:04 PM
Environment
Panopto