Add subtitles to YouTube videos and save them to Google Drive with VideoDB


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 creators publishing educational or social content Teams improving accessibility and watch-time performance Agencies preparing client-ready subtitled assets

Good to know

Subtitle quality depends on audio clarity and speaker overlap. Make sure your VideoDB account has enough balance before running this workflow. Track usage rates at console.videodb.io/dashboard/usage.

How it works

A form trigger receives a YouTube URL. n8n uploads the source video to VideoDB. VideoDB indexes speech and creates timestamped transcript data. A subtitle node renders subtitle overlays into the video output. n8n downloads and stores the subtitled file in Google Drive.