ClipIt Languages
Subtitles and dubbing for video clips
ClipIt translates a recording’s captions once. Every clip you cut afterwards carries those subtitles, trimmed to its own range — so you pay per recording, not per clip. For audiences who need to hear it rather than read it, any exported clip can also be delivered as dubbed audio.
Translate the recording once, not every clip
Caption translation is attached to the source recording. When you cut a range, ClipIt trims the translated captions to that range. Four clips in Spanish from one English episode do not mean four full translation jobs — they share the recording-level translation you already paid for in translated minutes.
That inheritance is the part most “add subtitles to a clip” tools skip. They treat each export as a new job: pick a file, pick a language, wait, pay again. ClipIt already holds a transcript of the source. Translating that transcript once is enough for every later cut, because a clip here is still a pair of timestamps on that source — the captions come along when you export or download .srt.
The original language stays. Translation adds a track; it does not replace the words that were actually said. You can still review the source captions against the picture before you send anyone a translated file.
Subtitles or dubbing: which your audience needs
| Translated subtitles | Dubbed audio | |
|---|---|---|
| Best when | Silent viewing, accessibility, on-screen reading is fine | The audience needs to hear the message |
| Unit of work | Whole recording, then inherit on clips | Per exported clip |
| What you get | Caption tracks / .srt for the range | An audio file (not an alternate track on a clipped Mux asset) |
| Cost shape | Included translated minutes on paid plans | Small monthly taster, then metered credit |
What it costs
Worked example: a 60-minute English episode, four clips, captions in Spanish and Portuguese. You translate the recording twice (two languages × 60 source minutes = 120 translated minutes). The four clips inherit trimmed captions — they do not multiply the translation bill. If you later cut a fifth clip from the same episode, it already has both languages.
Creator includes 200 translated minutes a month, matched to its 200 source minutes, so that 60-minute episode in two languages uses 120 of the 200. Pro and Business scale the same way. Free includes none: attaching a per-language cost to a $0 plan is an abuse farm waiting to happen.
Dubbing is a different meter. Paid plans include a small monthly taster (a few minutes — enough to hear what the result sounds like). Dubbing one 90-second clip into Spanish uses 2 dubbed minutes, or $2.00 from prepaid credit once the taster is gone. Dubbing the whole 60-minute source would cost far more than a Creator subscription; that is why ClipIt only offers dub on an exported clip, never on the tape you uploaded. Exact allowances live on Pricing.
What you get, and what you don’t
Translated captions become selectable text tracks on the recording and, after you cut a range, a rebased .srt for that range. They are not burned into the pixels of the MP4. If you need burned-in titles for a platform that strips sidecar files, that is a different rendering pipeline — ClipIt does not pretend Mux will do it today.
Dubbing produces a downloadable .m4a for that clip version. It is not attached as a selectable alternate audio track on the clipped export — Mux refuses alternate audio on clipped assets. Say that up front so nobody pays expecting an in-player language switch on the MP4. The original audio stays; the dubbed file is a separate delivery.
Exports still expire after seven days. The translated captions on the source recording do not. Re-export the same range later and the inherited subtitles are still there.
Which languages work
You pick a target from the language list in the product. Valid BCP 47 codes are accepted; the video provider decides what it can actually produce and reports when it cannot. If a language fails, the job says so — you are not left with a silent spinner.
Source transcription already covers the languages Mux generates captions for (English, Spanish, and the other stable set, plus automatic detection). Translation is a second step on top of that track. Premium captions with speaker labels are a quality upgrade on the source transcript, not a substitute for choosing a target language.
Questions
How do I get a clip with Spanish subtitles from an English recording?
Upload the English file, wait until it is ready, translate captions to Spanish on the recording, cut the clip, then download .srt or export. Same pattern for other language pairs the provider supports. You do not re-translate for the second clip.
Is caption translation free?
Free accounts do not include translation. Paid plans include translated minutes matched to the idea that every source minute can be translated once per allowance period — details on pricing.
Why isn’t the dub on the MP4’s audio menu?
Because every export here is a clipped Mux asset, and Mux will not attach an extra audio track to one of those. The dub is a file you can send beside the video, not a language picker inside it.
Can I burn the subtitles into the video?
No. Captions stay as a track or an .srt. Platforms that strip sidecar files need a different renderer; this product does not pretend to be that renderer.