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Add burned-in subtitles to Google Drive videos with Shotstack

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Google Drive. 10 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

10 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 4Service 5

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1New video in the folderGoogle Drive triggerStarts it
  2. 2Let Shotstack read the fileGoogle DriveService
  3. 3Shotstack: burn in the captionsShotstackService
  4. 4Wait 10 secondsWaitLogic
  5. 5Check the renderShotstackService
  6. 6Is it done?IfLogic
  7. 7Download itHttp RequestService
  8. 8Did it fail?IfLogic
  9. 9Save the captioned copyGoogle DriveService
  10. 10Stop and say whyStop And ErrorLogic

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
10, with 2 branches, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 10 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 10 steps before you point it at anything that matters.