Title: video caption
Last modified: September 21, 2021

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# video caption

 *  Resolved [rainbow15](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainbow15/)
 * (@rainbow15)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/video-caption/)
 * Hi! i uploaded a few videos with no background sounds or with only instrumental
   music. i did add descriptions & captions in media library. the checklist is still
   suggesting to add captions for these videos.
    is it ok to just ignore the checklist?
   thank you! 🙂

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 *  [Luckyna San](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luckynasan/)
 * (@luckynasan)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/video-caption/#post-14895337)
 * [@rainbow15](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainbow15/) Hi there! Thanks
   for opening your topic. Adding captions is considered a best practice to help
   readers better understand your story. The checklist should not suggest adding
   captions for videos without audio tracks, and warnings should be resolved on 
   the checklist once you’ve made suggested updates.
 * To confirm, you’ve added the descriptions and captions to the media thumbnail
   the checklist is referring to, but the checklist still shows the message. Is 
   that correct?
 * If possible, could you share a screenshot or screen recording of the issue? You
   can use services like [JumpShare](https://jumpshare.com/) or [Recordit](https://recordit.co/)
   to share.
 *  Thread Starter [rainbow15](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainbow15/)
 * (@rainbow15)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/video-caption/#post-14895501)
 * hi Luckyna! yes that’s correct. here are a couple of screenshots- [https://jumpshare.com/b/LAJybyVbyZ7X3EP0s2rP](https://jumpshare.com/b/LAJybyVbyZ7X3EP0s2rP)
 *  Plugin Author [Pascal Birchler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swissspidy/)
 * (@swissspidy)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/video-caption/#post-14895560)
 * Unfortunately the WordPress media modal is not the right place to configure video
   captions.
 * Video captions as described by the checklist refers to the “Caption and Subtitles”
   panel in the editor when inserting a video:
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/i.imgur.com/3xuLuMx.png?ssl=1)
 * There you can upload a `.vtt` file (in the [WebVTT](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebVTT_API)
   format) containing subtitles for the video.
 * These subtitles will then be displayed when viewing your story, much like when
   watching a subtitled movie.
 * You can use a service like [https://www.vtt-creator.com/](https://www.vtt-creator.com/)
   to create such a VTT file for your videos and then upload the resulting file 
   in the editor.
 * Granted, it sounds a bit complex, but it really helps improving the experience
   for your viewers. We plan to eventually make things easier and more automated
   in the future though.
 *  Thread Starter [rainbow15](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainbow15/)
 * (@rainbow15)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/video-caption/#post-14895713)
 * thank you Pascal! i think it would be nice to have an option to indicate the 
   videos only have background music, or no sound, so we could just add text to 
   the video slide, since we won’t have caption files to upload.
 *  Plugin Author [Pascal Birchler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swissspidy/)
 * (@swissspidy)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/video-caption/#post-14895728)
 * We already try to detect videos with no sound at all & hide the checklist message
   for those.
 * People would still benefit from captions for videos with only background music,
   even if the subtitle just says “(piano music)”.
 * But it’s definitely a good suggestion to give you as a creator an option for 
   this, I’ll make a note of it! In the meantime, feel free to ignore the checklist
   message in that case.
 *  Thread Starter [rainbow15](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainbow15/)
 * (@rainbow15)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/video-caption/#post-14895836)
 * Thank you so much Pascal! 🙂 I do appreciate all the smart and wonderful features
   this plugin has already! It’s actually really fun to use, I had to tell myself
   to stop and move on to other tasks! 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Pascal Birchler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swissspidy/)
 * (@swissspidy)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/video-caption/#post-14898176)
 * That is so great to hear, thank you so much for your feedback! I’m sure our team
   will be delighted to hear this. 🙂 I promise we’ll work hard to make the editor
   even better and more fun to use.
 * If you have a spare moment, could you perhaps consider [leaving a review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/web-stories/reviews/#new-post)
   with your feedback? That would be greatly appreciated.
 *  Thread Starter [rainbow15](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainbow15/)
 * (@rainbow15)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/video-caption/#post-14899184)
 * just did! best wishes!! 🙂

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