# Generate SRT and VTT subtitles from media URLs with Gladia: n8n workflow

> Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Google Drive. 11 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-srt-and-vtt-subtitles-from-media-urls-with-gladia (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Generate SRT and VTT subtitles from media URLs with Gladia

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Google Drive. 11 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**11 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 5 Service 5

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

- 1 **When Subtitle Requested** Form trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Set Polling Config** Set *Logic*
- 3 **Submit Media to Gladia** Http Request *Service*
- 4 **Wait Between Polls** Wait *Logic*
- 5 **Report Subtitle Failure** Form *Service*
- 6 **Fetch Transcription Result** Http Request *Service*
- 7 **Route by Status** Switch *Logic*
- 8 **Build Subtitle Files** Code *Logic*
- 9 **Upload Subtitles to Drive** Google Drive *Service*
- 10 **Compose Download Reply** Code *Logic*
- 11 **Show Download Links** Form *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone submitting a form
- **Steps:** 11, with 1 branch, 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 someone submitting a form.

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. 11 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 11 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fgenerate-srt-and-vtt-subtitles-from-media-urls-with-gladia)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Drive#library)

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