How to export a video

Open a completed video project, expand the project settings below the player, and open Export & Downloads.

Choose a format

• MP3 — audio only. Use this if you’re delivering an audio-described narration track without the original video.
• MP4 — the original video with the audio description mix applied.

If your project’s source was a YouTube URL, MP3 and MP4 export aren’t available — YouTube-sourced projects support SRT export only, because the original video file isn’t stored. See Export formats for the full breakdown.

Choose a quality level

Select Low, Medium, or High. Quality affects the encoded file — its size and how long processing takes — not the credit cost, which is charged per minute of video at a single rate. See Plans and credit costs.

Don’t export a cheap draft just to check the narration. A draft export costs the same per minute as the real one. To hear the voice, timing, and mix before committing, prepare the narration preview instead — it costs about half as much per minute, and the export then reuses the audio it rendered. Export at Low quality only when you need to inspect the encoded video itself, such as burned-in captions.

Check the narration settings

The export panel shows the narration voice, speed, and placement it will use.

To change the voice, the speed, how far the original audio drops under narration, whether long lines overlap or pause the video, or the timing of an individual line, select Change — or see Tune the narration. Voice and speed can be set on any plan; hearing a preview and adjusting individual lines require a paid plan.

If you prepared a narration preview on that tab, this export reuses the audio you already rendered rather than charging for it again.

Burn in captions (optional)

If you want captions visible in the exported video itself, turn on the burned-in captions/subtitles option before exporting the MP4. This is separate from the SRT download below — burned-in captions become part of the video image and can’t be turned off by the viewer.

Download a separate SRT file

An SRT subtitle file is always available as a free, separate download regardless of your MP3/MP4 export choices or plan. Use it if you want a standalone subtitle file to upload alongside your video elsewhere, or if your project is YouTube-sourced and MP3/MP4 export isn’t available to you.

Download your export

Once processing finishes, download the file from the export panel. For details on how long files remain available and format specifics, see Export formats.

To publish a watch link instead of downloading a file, see Share a video. You can do both.