Podstrcc

Podstr translates video subtitles to any language using AI models (Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek and others). Works directly in your browser — no server needed, no account required.

HOW IT WORKS

Install the extension
Open a video with subtitles on YouTube, ARTE, Plex, Filmzie or other sites
A language picker appears above the video — choose your language
Subtitles appear over the video while you watch
SUPPORTED PLATFORMS • YouTube — manual CC subtitles (auto-generated ASR are filtered out) • ARTE, Filmzie — HLS subtitle streams • Plex — media streaming with subtitles • Any site with HLS video and .vtt subtitles — enable per site in popup

FEATURES • 30 translation languages — Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and more • Multiple AI models — choose by quality and price. Free models available • Smart cache — translated subtitles are saved locally and load instantly on repeat viewing • Shared cache — if someone already translated an episode, you get it for free • Progress bar — watch the video while translation runs in background • Keyboard shortcut (B) — toggle subtitles on/off • Subtitle styling — adjust size, color, background, position • Works offline after first translation — cached subtitles need no internet

YOUR API KEY, YOUR CONTROL Podstr uses the OpenRouter API. You bring your own API key — it stays on your device, never leaves your browser. Typical cost: $0.005–0.05 per episode depending on the model.

Get a free API key at openrouter.ai/keys

PRIVACY • Your API key is stored locally in chrome.storage.local — never synced or sent to any server • No tracking, no analytics, no ads • Subtitle text is sent only to the AI provider you choose • Open source: github.com/aveleazer/podstr

PERMISSIONS • "Read and change all your data on all websites" — needed to intercept subtitle streams from any video CDN and inject the subtitle overlay • "activeTab" — needed to detect the current page and activate the picker

13 interface languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish.

Website: podstr.cc Support: hello@podstr.cc