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Caption Styling / WEBVTT

Is there any easy way to change WEBVTT Caption Styling of all videos on JW Platform?

I already checked article below,
but is this option only work with embed code?

>Styling Captions for FCC Compliance
>https://support.jwplayer.com/customer/portal/articles/1482067-styling-captions-for-fcc-compliance

What I would like to do is....
* backgroundOpacity to 0 (transparent)
* edgeStyle to dropshadow

At present, our web site is using Single-Line Embed like below
because it is easiest way to insert video for all user who write articles.
It don't think that every staff have enough IT knowledge to write precise code for opacity and dropshadow.

<script src="//content.jwplatform.com/players/MEDIAID-PLAYERID.js"> </script>

Also I have about 100 videos on the JW platform and
I am wondering the way of Caption Styling without replace every embed code.

4 Community Answers

k...

Best Answer 

Actually, what I did not notice is exist of command-line tools. Below is working perfect for me! Many thanks!!

clack call /players/update "{'player_key': u'XXXXXXXX', 'captions': u'outline'}"

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Donni

JW Player Support Agent  
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There currently isn’t a way to apply that specific type of styling to a specific player or captions track via the platform API. If you are only using single-line embeds you are limited to using WebVTT Cue Styling and updating the VTTs or using the /players/update to use a block or outline styling.

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k...

User  
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Thank you for the answer.
Could you teach me the way of using /players/update? If it is possible to switch to outline styling, I think it will be working for us.

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Donni

JW Player Support Agent  
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The platform API quite powerful so I would advise you to partner with a developer. While there is a command-line tool that makes it easy to perform a change via the API the system is designed for web developers or those with prior knowledge in development.

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k...

Best Answer  User  
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Actually, what I did not notice is exist of command-line tools. Below is working perfect for me! Many thanks!!

clack call /players/update "{'player_key': u'XXXXXXXX', 'captions': u'outline'}"

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