Add subtitles to YouTube videos and save them to Google Drive with VideoDB
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What this workflow does
This workflow has 16 nodes and runs when someone submits an n8n form (“YouTube Video URL to Dub”). Along the way it connects Google Drive and Videodb (community).
How it runs
Trigger: When someone submits an n8n form (“YouTube Video URL to Dub”).
- Upload Video to VideoDB (Video Db): upload
- Wait: pauses before continuing
- Poll Upload Status (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- Is Upload Complete (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Index Spoken Words (Video Db): index spoken words
- Wait: pauses before continuing
- Poll Indexing Status (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- Is Indexing Complete (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Add Subtitle to Video (Video Db): add subtitle
- Generate Download Job (Video Db): download
…plus 5 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
We can't fully verify this one: it relies on 1 community package, and n8n 3.0 turns unverified community packages off by default (N8N_UNVERIFIED_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false).
- Check that @videodb/n8n-nodes-videodb is verified or supports 3.0 (used in Upload Video to VideoDB, Generate Download Job, Index Spoken Words).
Nodes used (6)
- Video Db
@videodb/n8n-nodes-videodb.videoDb - Wait
n8n-nodes-base.wait - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - n8n Form Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.formTrigger - Google Drive
n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive
From the author
This n8n template demonstrates how to generate subtitle overlays for YouTube videos and save the final files to Google Drive. It is useful when you want accessible video outputs without manually editing captions in a video editor. Who’s it for Content…