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Downsub Subtitle Transcri

✨ AI-Powered
👥 1K+ users
📦 v1.7.0
💾 247KiB
📅 2026-06-15
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Overview

Download YouTube, Viki, iQIYI & Netflix subtitles in one click — SRT, VTT, or TXT — translate them to 100+ languages, and show the translation right on the video.

DownSub adds a clean "Download" button right where you need it: next to YouTube's share/save bar, inside the Viki / Netflix player control bar, or in the iQIYI action row. No URL copy-paste, no third-party sites.

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SUPPORTED SITES
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• YouTube (youtube.com, youtu.be) — full caption library + auto-translated
• Viki (viki.com) — all fan-translated languages on every episode
• iQIYI International (iq.com) — every official subtitle language (English, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, Chinese SC/TC, Indonesian, Malay, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, …)
• Netflix (netflix.com) — every subtitle & CC track on the title (start playback once so the player loads them)

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FREE FEATURES
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• Download subtitles in SRT, VTT, plain text, or text-with-timestamps
• YouTube: auto-translate to 100+ languages via YouTube's own translation engine — never costs credits
• Viki: download every fan-translated language available on the episode
• iQIYI: download every official subtitle track (per-episode), no region lock for free tracks
• Netflix: download any subtitle / CC track on the title you're watching
• Full transcript panel with click-to-seek timestamps and live search
• Dual subtitles: show two languages stacked on the player at once — perfect for language learners (works on YouTube, Viki, iQIYI, and Netflix)
• Copy transcript to clipboard for notes, blogs, or LLM prompts
• Smart filename: video title + language + format
• Strip non-speech tags ([Music], [Applause], (laughs)…) for clean reading
• Dark / light theme that follows YouTube's appearance
• UI available in 20 languages: English, Tiếng Việt, 日本語, 한국어, 中文 (简体 / 繁體), Español, Français, Deutsch, Português, Русский, Bahasa Indonesia, ไทย, العربية, हिन्दी, Italiano, Türkçe, Nederlands, Polski, Filipino

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PRO FEATURES (with DownSub account)
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• Auto-download every video you open — pick your preferred subtitle language once in Settings, then never click again. The file lands in Downloads while you watch.
• AI Summary — bullet points with timestamps in your preferred language. Pick a style: timeline, key points, action items, technical, educational, movie/novel (with optional spoiler-free mode). Works on YouTube, Viki, iQIYI, and Netflix.
• Translate subtitles (Viki / iQIYI / Netflix) — pick any target language, then choose your engine: on-device translation (free, no credits, powered by Chrome's built-in translator) or DownSub AI for higher quality. These sites have no native auto-translate like YouTube.
• Show subtitles on the video — overlay the chosen track (original or translated) directly on the Viki / iQIYI / Netflix player; translate once and keep watching (the result is reused, so re-showing never re-charges)
• Comments analysis (YouTube) — sentiment breakdown, top topics with quotes, and highlighted top comments
• Coming soon: audio → subtitle, playlist batch download

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WHO IT'S FOR
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• Language learners watching K-dramas, C-dramas, and Asian shows on Viki, iQIYI, or Netflix — translate the subtitle and show it (or both languages) right on the player
• Language learners who want bilingual captions or translated transcripts on YouTube
• Students & researchers turning lectures into searchable notes
• Content creators repurposing YouTube content into blogs / scripts
• Anyone who hates wading through 30-minute videos for 2 minutes of insight
• Archive-builders who want a subtitle copy of every video they watch — set Auto-download once and let it run in the background

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PRIVACY
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DownSub only requests access to youtube.com, viki.com (+ api.viki.io), iq.com (+ iqiyi.com), netflix.com (+ nflxvideo.net for subtitle files), and downsub.com — no <all_urls>, no tracking, no ads. Your subtitles are downloaded straight from YouTube / Viki / iQIYI / Netflix to your machine, and on-device translation runs entirely in your browser (no credits, no upload). AI summary and AI translation run on DownSub's own servers; nothing is shared with third parties.

DownSub is a first-party extension from the team behind downsub.com.

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SUPPORT
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Got a question, bug report, or feature request? Open the "Support" tab at the top of this page and post it there — we read every message and reply within 24 hours. For anything else, visit https://downsub.com.

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Privacy Practices

Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

🔐 Security Analysis

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