Captions, languages and dubbing
Dub a clip into another language
Make a translated copy of a clip with a new voice and captions: voice options, languages and how many hours it uses.
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Dubbing makes a copy of a clip in another language. Reeltopus translates what's said, records it in a new voice, mixes it with the original sound and adds captions in the new language. This article covers how to start a dub, the voice options, the languages and how it's charged.
Start a dub
- Open a clip in the editor.
- Go to the Export & post tab and find Dub into another language.
- Pick a Language.
- Pick a Voice and what happens to the Original voice (see below).
- Press Dub into and the language name, for example Dub into Spanish.
You can also ask in the Chat tab, like "make a Spanish version". Chat doesn't start the dub. It shows a button, Set up the Spanish dub, that opens the dub panel so you can check the cost and start it yourself.
If you don't see Dub into another language, dubbing isn't available on your account right now. Owners, admins and editors can dub clips.
Voice options
A ready-made voice. Pick one of four voices: George (warm, mature male), Sarah (clear, confident female), Brian (deep, calm male) or Jessica (bright, expressive female).
The speaker's own voice. Reeltopus clones the voice of each person who speaks in the clip, and the dub speaks in their voice. Before you can start, tick the box to confirm you have the permission of everyone who speaks in the clip to clone their voice. The cloned voices are deleted when the dub is done.
The original voice
- Keep it faintly underneath. The original speech stays, quietly, under the new voice.
- Remove it. The original speech goes quiet under the new voice. Music and room sound stay in the pauses.
How it's charged
A dub uses 10 minutes of hours for every minute of the clip, measured on the clip as exported, after cuts and silence removal.
| Clip length | Hours used |
|---|---|
| 15 seconds | 2 min 30 s |
| 30 seconds | 5 min |
| 60 seconds | 10 min |
The panel shows the exact amount next to the button before you start, like "Uses 5 min of your hours". You need that much in your balance. The hours are held when the dub starts. If the dub fails, every one of them goes back to your balance. Dubbing is on every plan. See Hours and usage.
What happens next
The dub appears in the clip list under the original, marked with an arrow and the language. While it works, a progress bar shows three steps: Translating, Recording the voice and Mixing the sound.
When the dub is ready, its MP4 export starts by itself. It exports at up to 1080p. Once it's ready you can export it again at a higher resolution, if your plan includes it.
If a dub of that language already exists for the clip, the panel shows Open the Spanish dub (or the language you picked) instead of starting a new one.
Editing a dubbed clip
A dubbed clip's words and timing are fixed to the new voice. You can't trim it, cut words, remove silences or change emphasis. To change those, edit the original clip and dub it again.
Transcript fixes don't change existing dubs either. Fix the original, then dub again.
Languages
You can dub into 32 languages: Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.
The clip's own language isn't offered, since there's nothing to translate.
If a dub fails
The dubbed clip shows the reason, and your hours are refunded. You can start the same language again from the original clip.
For questions, email support@reeltopus.com. We reply within one business day (Monday to Friday).