tscaps blog

Notes on burned subtitles, browser-side video editing, and the engine that powers tscaps.

How to Add Captions Behind a Person in Your Video

Add the text behind person effect to your video captions automatically. No masking, no layers, no keyframes. Drop a video, pick a template, export.

Rasterizing animated HTML+CSS into video frames, in the browser

Rasterizing animated HTML+CSS into video frames in the browser. Five measured stages on a caption clip, from a naive per-frame loop to sprite sheets and state deduplication.

How to burn subtitles into a video: VLC, HandBrake, FFmpeg, or your browser

Four ways to burn subtitles into a video: VLC, HandBrake, FFmpeg, or a browser tool with no install and no upload. Steps and gotchas for each.

SRT to MP4: what that conversion means and three ways to do it

An SRT is text, so 'SRT to MP4' means merging it with a video. Three ways to do it (one with no upload or signup), plus the reverse, MP4 to SRT.

How to add captions to TikTok, Reels, and Shorts

Three ways to caption short-form video: platform-native tools, generic online caption apps, or a browser editor that burns styled captions into your MP4.

Free subtitle generator with no watermark: the shortlist

Most 'free' subtitle generators add a watermark. Here are the ones that don't, why most tools stamp one on, and how to caption a video without one.