Subtitles

Every subtitle (including fan subs) that was uploaded to the original VLIVE site has been archived. They are available in two formats: .vtt and .srt.

To find whether subtitles exist for a video, use /video/{videoSeq} or /post/{postId} and look for the captions field. If captions does not exist, then there are no subtitles for the video.

{
    country: "ES",
    fanName: "",
    file_name: "288383/288383.auto.es_ES.vtt",
    label: "Español",
    language: "es",
    locale: "es_ES",
    source: "https://resources-rmcnmv.pstatic.net/globalv/c/read/v2/VOD_ALPHA/2022_07_26/d14e9dfd-0ca9-11ed-bc92-ca0665afad55-1658815901895_es_ES_auto.vtt",
    type: "auto"
}

The original source of the subtitles from the VLIVE CDN is included in the VLIVE Archive API because it is still accessible and you may use that as a mirror if you wish. Alternatively, it may be more convenient to use the provided file_name as it is structured in a format ideal for archiving. The filename contains all the essential metadata on the subtitles itself, including the videoSeq, type of subtitles, and language.

There are two ways to obtain the full URL from the provided file_name.

1. Use the subtitle subdomain: https://subtitle.vlivearchive.com/files/{file_name} For example https://subtitle.vlivearchive.com/files/288383/288383.cp.en_US.vtt

2. Use the /subtitles path on the main site. That is, https://vlivearchive.com/subtitles/{file_name} For example https://vlivearchive.com/subtitles/288383/288383.cp.en_US.vtt

To obtain the corresponding SRT file, simply replace the .vtt extension with .srt. For example, the above two links become

1. https://subtitle.vlivearchive.com/files/288383/288383.cp.en_US.srt

2. https://vlivearchive.com/subtitles/288383/288383.cp.en_US.srt

Under the hood, only the vtt file is actually stored (as this is the original file format used on the website and supplied by the CDN) and srt files are dynamically generated/converted when requested.

Note: The field subtitles has been deprecated and the data contained within it is stale and no longer usable.