<p>You can select and copy subtitles on youtube. If you have your subs in a common format, you can upload them to youtube with the video and your subtitles will be applied according to the internal timecode in the subtitles-file. Then, when playing back the video, you can select and copy the subs.</p>

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2020-07-31T09:13:14.580Z
2020-07-31T09:13:14.580Z
Florian Claaßen
<p>I'm on Windows 7 and have video files with external or built-in (not hard-coded) subtitles. When watching the videos, I'd like to be able to somehow copy the currently shown text to the clipboard.</p>
<p>Do you know any video player that can do this?</p>

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Is there a player that allows copying currently shown susbtitles to the clipboard?
Max Smith
# Is there a player that allows copying currently shown susbtitles to the clipboard?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-07-30)

I'm on Windows 7 and have video files with external or built-in (not hard-coded) subtitles. When watching the videos, I'd like to be able to somehow copy the currently shown text to the clipboard.

Do you know any video player that can do this?

**Tags:** subtitles, video-player


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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-07-31. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

You can select and copy subtitles on youtube. If you have your subs in a common format, you can upload them to youtube with the video and your subtitles will be applied according to the internal timecode in the subtitles-file. Then, when playing back the video, you can select and copy the subs.


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