Add burned-in video captions with forms and the Video Subtitle API
Ready for 3.0Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This workflow has 10 nodes and runs when someone submits an n8n form (“Add burned-in captions to a video”). It uses only n8n's built-in nodes. It also calls video-subtitle-transcript-api1.p.rapidapi.com over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: When someone submits an n8n form (“Add burned-in captions to a video”).
- Settings (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 5 fields: video_url, preset, language…
- Create captioning job (HTTP Request): calls video-subtitle-transcript-api1.p.rapidapi.com (POST)
- Wait: waits 15 seconds
- Get job (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API (GET)
- Finished? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Show download links (n8n Form): shows the next form page
- Download video (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- Failed? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Show error (n8n Form): shows the next form page
HTTP calls to: video-subtitle-transcript-api1.p.rapidapi.com
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.
Nodes used (6)
- n8n Form Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.formTrigger - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - Wait
n8n-nodes-base.wait - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - n8n Form
n8n-nodes-base.form
From the author
Quick overview Turn any video into an MP4 with captions burned in. A form takes a video URL, one of 12 caption styles (including karaoke fill and word pop) and a language, and the workflow returns download links for the captioned video and its SRT. How it…