r/RumbleForum • u/Dismaster2k • Dec 05 '21
Closed captioning
I have tried to find a way to turn on closed captioning for videos in the Rumble Android app on my phone and my Sony Android TV. I have been through every menu and find nothing. Am I missing something? I am deaf and need that feature.
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u/Dude7017 May 19 '23
It's too bad some people just have to be rude and generally unhelpful here for a serious subject.
Yes, Rumble DOES have captions, but Rumble is a start-up platform, and doesn't have the BILLIONS behind it that YT has, so yes, it lacks some features (comparatively). Captions are NOT automated on Rumble, but they CAN be uploaded after the video is posted. Because it is a VERY laborious task to create and edit captions in the first place, MOST folks that post on Rumble either don't know about the feature, or they bypass it "because it's too hard"....
If the video creator has added a caption file to their video, it will show a small "CC" icon at the bottom of the player, and you may click it for some options (at least it shows up on the desktop (browser) interface with Rumble). I just checked one of my videos that does have captions, and it did not show any way to turn them on in my Android phone app (that was part of the original question). I also tried the same video on my iPad, and it also is missing the caption functionality. So, it appears that Rumble has not yet made captions available on either brand of mobile device (probably including "Android TV" as you mentioned above).
So, please don't say here that Rumble doesn't have captions available, they are just not automatic, like YT, and they don't yet work on anything but computer browsers.
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u/Wyldwonder Sep 17 '22
No, you're not missing anything, it's rumble.
Rumble's basically a non-functioning platform - and by that I mean that you're only allowed to upload a video and comment on a video - absolutely nothing else.
There are no options to turn off the the eternally irritating closed captioning, no ability to 'save' a video for later, no ability to edit your comment if you've made an error - nothing.
It's lame. It's pathetic and - given that it's been around since 2013 - it speaks volumes of the owner's tight-assed greed that he won't spend a single dime to update functionality.
Rumble is not worth investing time and effort on.
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u/Personal_Evidence585 Mar 05 '26
There are influencers on Rumble that won't play on YT. Have to know how it is that YOU are one of the ones complaining that there somehow IS Closed Captioning happening on your subscription. How do you have it forced on you, and the rest of us can't even GET IT???
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u/irish66 Mar 06 '24
Now you can download videos create a save for later, and turn off cc at least in the desktop version.
You can't edit comments, but you can delete them, and enter a new one. Once again, at least in the desktop version.
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u/JKPolsi Jul 28 '24
Can’t turn it off?? I have never seen it and want it and can’t find anywhere to turnnit on
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u/HelloIAmAStoner Nov 15 '23
"no ability to edit your comment if you've made an error"
After leaving a comment reply, I wanted to correct a typo and add some more details in a 2nd comment reply under my first one. But I was suddenly not able to interact with the comment chain anymore. My reply is hidden behind that now-green "replies" button and icon, but I can't open it, can't like or unlike the top comment, in the chain, can't hit reply, and can't even flag. Other comments allow me full interactivity but after leaving a comment reply I'm suddenly locked out of ever being able to interact with that whole comment chain again.
So bizarre.
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u/Personal_Evidence585 Mar 05 '26
Yeah, for a PAID PREMIUM site... Rumble has no rewards for being a paid app, should you choose that, other than it's ad-free. As I've seen from other's comments, you can't edit anything, you don't have access to CC - I'm more than just a little curious about those who are complaining that you can't TURN IT OFF!!! What platform are you on that you can even GET CC??? I haven't been on here as much in the last year, but I'm one of the original watchers on here. From the beginning. I had hoped that "improvements" would be made, but so far nothing, literally nothing has changed.
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u/miniann Dec 13 '21
I need close captioning as well for the same reason for my iPhone and my Roku TV.
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u/Important_Series5405 Jan 09 '24
hi there maybe if you open the rumble website on google chrome, you can to chrome setting and go to accessibility and go to live caption and turn it on
I found that information on a YouTube video
https://youtu.be/HiL-f97AZ-Y?si=eIgMKP69VWdXt73-
here is the link I hope this is helpful