Reddit Video Transcript

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Reddit Video Transcript converts one public Reddit video post into detected-language text, timestamped segments, post metadata, and an optional translated transcript.

• The required input is one public Reddit video-post URL; profiles, private posts, non-video posts, uploads, and cross-platform links are outside this Actor's scope.
• A successful submission yields one 22-field record linking the conversation in the audio to its subreddit post, timing, author, and available votes or comments.
• Users may choose among 133 translation targets; the additional event is charged only for an end-to-end translated segment list.
• Before media download, the platform precheck resolves the submitted post and confirms Reddit as the extractor.

Run a one-result test · View API For a minimal FREE-tier run, keep the Reddit example filled into the form. The transcript event is $0.42 and starting the default 8 GB Actor is $0.008; compute use varies. Spanish adds $0.12 after complete translation.

What does Reddit Video Transcript do?

Reddit Video Transcript turns speech from one public Reddit video post into detected-language text and ordered HH:MM:SS.mmm segments. When exposed, post metadata can include title, description, creator, duration, thumbnail, publishing time, audio attribution, and engagement counts.

translate requests a separate language version of the Reddit clip. Recognition stays intact in transcript, and the translated phrases preserve its sequence and time ranges. Failed partial work is omitted.

It does not discover subreddit posts, enter private communities, read messages or comments, follow users, label speakers, monitor live feeds, download the MP4, or emit subtitle files. One public post URL is processed per invocation.

How do I run Reddit Video Transcript?

1. Open Reddit Video Transcript on Apify.
2. Copy the canonical URL of one public Reddit video post and paste it into Video URL.
3. Pick a Translate target when another language is required; otherwise keep the selector empty.
4. Click Start and wait for media preparation and speech recognition to finish.
5. Inspect the Dataset result for community slang, nullable counters, and timestamp quality before export.

Start with a Reddit video post containing clear dialogue. The current input schema pre-fills this public URL:

{
  "video_url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/1cl9h0u/the_insurance_claim_will_be_interesting/",
  "translate": "spanish"
}

That input remains the full job scope and produces at most one Dataset item. Moderation, deletion, or community privacy changes can make the same permalink unavailable later.

What data does Reddit Video Transcript return?

The Actor writes one successful result to the default Dataset. Its 22-field contract is nullable where Reddit omits a value.

Group	Dataset fields	Meaning
Processing	processor, processed_at	Actor URL and UTC processing time
Reddit video post	platform, title, description, thumbnail, published_at	Source identity, text, image, and publishing time
Creator	author, author_id, author_url	Creator details exposed for the media
Media	duration, audio_title, audio_artist	Source-reported length and audio attribution
Engagement	view_count, like_count, shares_count, dislike_count, comment_count	Reddit counters exposed for the post; unsupported or hidden values remain nullable
Labels	categories, tags	Source-provided classifications when available
Speech	transcript, translation	Original timestamped transcript and optional translated version

This abbreviated response uses the same Reddit video-and-Spanish scenario. Values omitted by Reddit remain null, zero, or empty; the Actor does not invent them.

{
  "processor": "https://apify.com/truefetch/reddit-video-transcript?fpr=aiagentapi",
  "processed_at": "2026-07-21T12:48:04+00:00",
  "platform": "Reddit",
  "title": "The insurance claim will be interesting",
  "description": null,
  "author": "darrenpauli",
  "duration": 53,
  "like_count": 23088,
  "dislike_count": 0,
  "comment_count": 505,
  "transcript": {
    "language": "English",
    "text": "What are we up to today? We are here today on set with Channel 7.",
    "segments": [
      {
        "start": "00:00:00.000",
        "end": "00:00:11.589",
        "text": "What are we up to today? We are here today on set with Channel 7."
      }
    ]
  },
  "translation": {
    "language": "Spanish",
    "text": "¿Qué vamos a hacer hoy? Hoy estamos aquí en el set con Channel 7.",
    "segments": [
      {
        "start": "00:00:00.000",
        "end": "00:00:11.589",
        "text": "¿Qué vamos a hacer hoy? Hoy estamos aquí en el set con Channel 7."
      }
    ]
  }
}

This 22-field record does not promise the Reddit video file, private community data, a summary, confidence scores, speaker names, SRT/VTT output, OCR text, or individual-word timing.

What inputs can I configure?

Input	Type	Required	Behavior
video_url	string	Yes	One public Reddit video-post URL.
translate	string enum	No	One of 133 target-language values. Empty means no translation.

video_url must be a public Reddit permalink whose post contains downloadable video. The input contract intentionally omits account cookies, credentials, file uploads, subreddit search, usernames, date windows, and URL arrays.

Target values use lowercase names, including spanish, french, arabic, japanese, chinese (simplified), and chinese (traditional). The optional object sits beside the source transcript rather than replacing it.

What platforms and markets does Reddit Video Transcript cover?

This Reddit-only Actor is tested with a canonical /r/{community}/comments/{id}/{slug}/ URL containing native video. Reddit's help documents the Images & Video post type and the Share control for linking a specific post.

Private communities, removed or deleted posts, comments, subreddit pages, user profiles, text-only posts, external pages without downloadable video, and restricted links are not promised.

Speech language is detected from audio. Review generated text and translation for names, slang, accents, community terminology, and code-switching.

Process only content you are authorized to use and review the current Reddit User Agreement for the intended workflow.

Why use Reddit Video Transcript?

Verified capability	Practical benefit
Reddit-specific platform validation	Reject unrelated platform links before transcription begins.
Spoken Reddit video converted to text and intervals	Find the claim, joke, reaction, or explanation and return to its approximate place in the clip.
Permalink context carried with the speech	Keep subreddit-facing title, author, thumbnail, date, duration, and exposed counters attached.
A translated reading with original timing	Compare community content across languages without discarding the detected wording.
One post-shaped object	Send a known Reddit video into moderation research, editorial analysis, or an AI pipeline without batch semantics.

Reddit can remove a post or alter what anonymous visitors see. Audio recognition can also confuse usernames, memes, overlapping speakers, music, or niche vocabulary, so verify important quotations against the clip.

Who is Reddit Video Transcript for?

The Actor serves developers, moderators, social teams, journalists, researchers, and AI builders with a specific public video post. Typical uses include searching dialogue, comparing speech with titles, drafting translations, and supplying timed text downstream.

Use another Actor to search Reddit, enumerate a community, collect discussion threads, access restricted content, save media, read text inside frames, prepare legal copy, watch live content, or process another platform.

How can I use Reddit Video Transcript through the API or MCP?

The callable name is truefetch/reddit-video-transcript. Short clips can use the synchronous Dataset route; resilient automation should create a run, poll its state, and fetch the item later. Apify warns that the client response may time out before the underlying run stops.

curl -L "https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/truefetch~reddit-video-transcript/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "video_url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/1cl9h0u/the_insurance_claim_will_be_interesting/",
    "translate": "spanish"
  }'

Apify's hosted MCP server can expose only this Actor to a compatible client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=truefetch/reddit-video-transcript",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Expose the tool, then call truefetch/reddit-video-transcript with the permalink and spanish. Use the Apify MCP guide to configure authorization and the Actor API page for language-specific clients.

How much does Reddit Video Transcript cost?

The bill contains start and usage events plus successful transcript and optional translation events. Local metadata prices appear below; verify the live pricing page again before scaling scheduled subreddit workflows.

Billed event	FREE	BRONZE	SILVER	GOLD	PLATINUM	DIAMOND	Billing unit
Actor start	$0.001	$0.001	$0.001	$0.001	$0.001	$0.001	One event per allocated GB, minimum one
Actor usage	$0.00001	$0.00001	$0.00001	$0.00001	$0.00001	$0.00001	Runtime, proxy, and storage usage unit
Transcript	$0.42000	$0.40600	$0.39200	$0.37800	$0.37800	$0.37800	One successful timestamped transcript
Translation	$0.12000	$0.11600	$0.11200	$0.10800	$0.10800	$0.10800	One complete translated transcript when requested

FREE-tier fixed arithmetic is eight start units at $0.001 plus one $0.42000 transcript, totaling $0.428 before usage. If Spanish completes, its $0.12000 event brings that subtotal to $0.548. Apply maxTotalChargeUsd when repeated Reddit jobs need a ceiling.

How does Reddit Video Transcript compare with alternatives?

Option	Best fit	Trade-off
Reddit Video Transcript	Extracting dialogue from one selected public video permalink	It does not search communities or return the media asset
General Reddit scraper	Finding posts, subreddits, authors, and comment threads	Audio-to-text output may be unavailable
Universal transcription Actor	Mixing uploaded files with links from different sites	The form is not tailored to Reddit permalinks
Human transcription	Approving consequential quotes or interpreting difficult audio	Requires manual timing and longer turnaround

Choose this Actor after locating the exact Reddit video whose audio matters. Video To Text handles uploads and other sites, while Best Video Downloader is appropriate when words and time ranges are not the required artifact.

What are the limits and troubleshooting steps?

Symptom or limit	What it means	Next step
The Actor rejects the platform	The URL does not resolve as a supported Reddit video post	Copy the canonical /r/.../comments/.../ post URL
Video information cannot be retrieved	The post is private, expired, deleted, restricted, or temporarily unavailable	Confirm the URL opens publicly and retry with the canonical link
The media has no usable speech	The post is silent, music-only, missing audio, or too noisy to recognize	Try a public Reddit clip with clearly audible words
Metadata is empty or duration is 0	Reddit omitted that author, audio, timing, date, or engagement value	Preserve the schema's nullable representation instead of estimating it
Translation is absent	At least one source segment could not be translated	Keep the recognized transcript and retry later; partial translation is not billed
A synchronous API call returns HTTP 408	The HTTP wait ended while the Actor was still processing	Switch to an asynchronous run and fetch the Dataset on completion

Timing is phrase-level and ordered, not a per-word alignment. A support request should include the run ID, a minimal public Reddit permalink, expected behavior, and visible error—never an API token or private post.

Frequently asked questions

Can it process a private community or removed post?

No. The input has no credential or cookie field. Use one publicly accessible Reddit video-post URL.

Can it crawl a creator profile or Reddit video feed?

No. The production contract is one specific Reddit video post per run, not discovery or batch crawling.

Does it use existing Reddit captions?

Recognition operates on the audio stream rather than Reddit captions. The result is JSON text and segments, not OCR from the video frame or a subtitle download.

What happens when a Reddit video contains only music?

A silent or music-only Reddit video can legitimately produce no detected speech; choose audible dialogue for a nonempty result.

Why are likes, comments, audio attribution, or creator ID empty?

Those values depend on what Reddit exposes for that exact post. The Dataset keeps them nullable instead of inventing a value.

Is translation billed if one segment fails?

No. Charging waits until the target-language object contains every translated segment.

Can I use segment timestamps as finished subtitles?

Treat them as navigation ranges or a subtitle draft. Exact word cues and final caption formatting require another review step.

Can I schedule the same Reddit video URL repeatedly?

Yes. Save the permalink as scheduled input, with the understanding that each run is billed separately and Reddit may later remove or restrict the post.

Related TrueFetch Actors

• Reddit Community Post focuses on post discovery and community metadata when spoken audio is not the only goal.
• Reddit Post Search finds relevant Reddit posts before a specific video URL is selected for transcription.
• Video To Text accepts files and non-Reddit media links through a broader transcription contract.

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Local schema, extractor behavior, metadata pricing, and official documentation links were checked on July 21, 2026. Reddit controls future post availability and exposed fields.

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