Podstr — AI Subtitle Translation

No subtitles in your language? The extension translates them in real time — with context, not line by line.

As of June 2026, Podstr — AI Subtitle Translation has 120 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 1 reviews in the Education category.

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Version
0.8.0
Manifest V3
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension 2 version updates.

History

11 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

129.1263-3.1200000000000045Apr 1, 2026Jun 9, 2026
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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
Apr 1, 202680.6.1
Apr 17, 202660.6.1
Apr 22, 2026310.7.0
Apr 27, 2026410.7.0
May 4, 2026420.7.0
May 10, 2026520.7.0
May 15, 2026640.7.0
May 21, 2026750.7.0
May 28, 2026930.8.0
Jun 4, 20261105.0010.8.0
Jun 9, 20261135.0010.8.0
Now1205.0010.8.0

Changelog

  • May 21, 2026
    description
    Podstr translates video subtitles to any language using AI models (Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek and others). Works directly in your browser — no server needed, no account required.
    
    HOW IT WORKS
    
    Install the extension
    Open a video with subtitles on a supported site
    A language picker appears above the video — choose your language
    Subtitles appear over the video while you watch
    SUPPORTED PLATFORMS • YouTube — manual CC subtitles (auto-generated ASR filtered out) • BBC iPlayer — series and documentaries (TTML) • ARTE — European cinema and documentaries • RaiPlay — Italian RAI TV (SRT) • Plex, Filmzie — media streaming • Any site with HLS/.vtt/.srt/.ttml subtitles — enable per site in popup
    
    FEATURES • 30 translation languages • Multiple AI models — choose by quality and price. Free models available • Translation cost displayed on the video after each translation • Auto-retry — skipped lines are retranslated automatically • Smart cache — translated subtitles load instantly on repeat viewing • Shared cache — if someone already translated an episode, you get it free • Progress bar — watch while translation runs in background • Keyboard shortcut (B) — toggle subtitles on/off • Subtitle styling — size, color, background, position • Works offline after first translation
    
    YOUR API KEY, YOUR CONTROL Podstr uses the OpenRouter API. You bring your own API key — it stays on your device, never leaves your browser. Typical cost: $0.005–0.05 per episode depending on the model.
    
    Get a free API key at openrouter.ai/keys
    
    PRIVACY • API key stored locally — never synced or sent to any server • No tracking, no analytics, no ads • Subtitle text sent only to the AI provider you choose • Open source: github.com/aveleazer/podstr
    
    PERMISSIONS • "Read and change all your data on all websites" — needed to intercept subtitle streams from video CDNs and inject the overlay • "activeTab" — needed to detect the current page and activate the picker
    
    13 interface languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish.
    
    Website: podstr.cc Support: [email protected]
    Podstr translates video subtitles to any language using AI models - Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek and others. Works directly in your browser, no server needed, no account required.
    
    HOW IT WORKS
    
    1. Install the extension
    2. Open a video with subtitles in your browser
    3. A language picker appears above the video - choose your language
    4. Subtitles appear over the video while you watch
    
    WHERE IT WORKS
    
    Podstr works with players that expose subtitle tracks in standard formats:
    
    - HLS streams (.vtt segments in .m3u8): ARTE, Filmzie, Plex and more
    - TTML via player API: Netflix, BBC iPlayer and more
    - Direct .srt files: RaiPlay and more
    - Native HTML5 <track> elements: RTS Planeta, Vimeo, YouTube and more
    
    We don't guarantee any specific platform. Streaming sites update their players, formats and APIs often, and something that worked last month may stop working tomorrow. We try to keep up.
    
    If Podstr doesn't work on a player you'd like to use - or stops working somewhere it used to - email us at [email protected].
    
    FEATURES
    
    Translation:
    - 30 target languages
    - Multiple AI models - free models available, paid models from ~$0.005 per episode
    - Translation cost shown after each translation
    - Auto-retry for lines the model skipped
    
    Cache:
    - Local cache - translated subtitles load instantly on repeat viewing
    - Shared cache - if someone already translated an episode, you get it free
    - Works offline after first translation
    
    While watching:
    - Progress bar while translation runs in background
    - Keyboard shortcut (B) - toggle subtitles on/off
    - Adjust size, color, background, position
    
    YOUR API KEY, YOUR CONTROL
    
    Podstr uses the OpenRouter API. You bring your own key - it stays on your device, never leaves your browser. Typical cost: $0.005-0.05 per episode depending on the model.
    
    Get a free API key at openrouter.ai/keys
    
    PRIVACY
    
    - API key stored locally - never synced or sent to any server
    - No tracking, no analytics, no ads
    - Subtitle text sent only to the AI provider you choose
    - Open source: github.com/aveleazer/podstr
    
    PERMISSIONS
    
    - "Read and change all your data on all websites" - needed to read subtitle streams from video CDNs and show the overlay
    - "activeTab" - needed to detect the current page and activate the picker
    
    13 interface languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish.
    
    Website: podstr.cc
    Support: [email protected]
  • May 21, 2026
    short_description
    AI subtitle translation — TV shows, movies, videos
    No subtitles in your language? The extension translates them in real time — with context, not line by line.
  • May 21, 2026
    name
    podstr.cc
    Podstr — AI Subtitle Translation
  • Apr 17, 2026
    description
    Podstr translates video subtitles to any language using AI models (Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek and others). Works directly in your browser — no server needed, no account required.
    
    HOW IT WORKS
    
    Install the extension Open a video with subtitles on YouTube, BBC iPlayer, ARTE, Plex, Filmzie or other sites A language picker appears above the video — choose your language Subtitles appear over the video while you watch
    
    SUPPORTED PLATFORMS • YouTube — manual CC subtitles (auto-generated ASR are filtered out) • BBC iPlayer — BBC series and documentaries • ARTE, Filmzie — HLS subtitle streams • Plex — media streaming with subtitles • Any site with HLS video and .vtt/.ttml subtitles — enable per site in popup
    
    FEATURES • 30 translation languages — Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and more • Multiple AI models — choose by quality and price. Free models available • Translation cost — see how much each translation costs right on the video • Slow model warning — picker warns if the selected model may be slow • Smart cache — translated subtitles are saved locally and load instantly on repeat viewing • Shared cache — if someone already translated an episode, you get it for free • Progress bar — watch the video while translation runs in background • Keyboard shortcut (B) — toggle subtitles on/off • Subtitle styling — adjust size, color, background, position • Works offline after first translation — cached subtitles need no internet
    
    YOUR API KEY, YOUR CONTROL Podstr uses the OpenRouter API. You bring your own API key — it stays on your device, never leaves your browser. Typical cost: $0.005–0.05 per episode depending on the model.
    
    Get a free API key at openrouter.ai/keys
    
    PRIVACY • Your API key is stored locally in chrome.storage.local — never synced or sent to any server • No tracking, no analytics, no ads • Subtitle text is sent only to the AI provider you choose • Open source: github.com/aveleazer/podstr
    
    PERMISSIONS • "Read and change all your data on all websites" — needed to intercept subtitle streams from any video CDN and inject the subtitle overlay • "activeTab" — needed to detect the current page and activate the picker
    
    13 interface languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish.
    
    Website: podstr.cc Support: [email protected]
    Podstr translates video subtitles to any language using AI models (Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek and others). Works directly in your browser — no server needed, no account required.
    
    HOW IT WORKS
    
    Install the extension
    Open a video with subtitles on a supported site
    A language picker appears above the video — choose your language
    Subtitles appear over the video while you watch
    SUPPORTED PLATFORMS • YouTube — manual CC subtitles (auto-generated ASR filtered out) • BBC iPlayer — series and documentaries (TTML) • ARTE — European cinema and documentaries • RaiPlay — Italian RAI TV (SRT) • Plex, Filmzie — media streaming • Any site with HLS/.vtt/.srt/.ttml subtitles — enable per site in popup
    
    FEATURES • 30 translation languages • Multiple AI models — choose by quality and price. Free models available • Translation cost displayed on the video after each translation • Auto-retry — skipped lines are retranslated automatically • Smart cache — translated subtitles load instantly on repeat viewing • Shared cache — if someone already translated an episode, you get it free • Progress bar — watch while translation runs in background • Keyboard shortcut (B) — toggle subtitles on/off • Subtitle styling — size, color, background, position • Works offline after first translation
    
    YOUR API KEY, YOUR CONTROL Podstr uses the OpenRouter API. You bring your own API key — it stays on your device, never leaves your browser. Typical cost: $0.005–0.05 per episode depending on the model.
    
    Get a free API key at openrouter.ai/keys
    
    PRIVACY • API key stored locally — never synced or sent to any server • No tracking, no analytics, no ads • Subtitle text sent only to the AI provider you choose • Open source: github.com/aveleazer/podstr
    
    PERMISSIONS • "Read and change all your data on all websites" — needed to intercept subtitle streams from video CDNs and inject the overlay • "activeTab" — needed to detect the current page and activate the picker
    
    13 interface languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish.
    
    Website: podstr.cc Support: [email protected]

Permissions & access

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https://*/*

Screenshots

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About

Podstr translates video subtitles to any language using AI models - Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek and others. Works directly in your browser, no server needed, no account required.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Install the extension
2. Open a video with subtitles in your browser
3. A language picker appears above the video - choose your language
4. Subtitles appear over the video while you watch

WHERE IT WORKS

Podstr works with players that expose subtitle tracks in standard formats:

- HLS streams (.vtt segments in .m3u8): ARTE, Filmzie, Plex and more
- TTML via player API: Netflix, BBC iPlayer and more
- Direct .srt files: RaiPlay and more
- Native HTML5 <track> elements: RTS Planeta, Vimeo, YouTube and more

We don't guarantee any specific platform. Streaming sites update their players, formats and APIs often, and something that worked last month may stop working tomorrow. We try to keep up.

If Podstr doesn't work on a player you'd like to use - or stops working somewhere it used to - email us at [email protected].

FEATURES

Translation:
- 30 target languages
- Multiple AI models - free models available, paid models from ~$0.005 per episode
- Translation cost shown after each translation
- Auto-retry for lines the model skipped

Cache:
- Local cache - translated subtitles load instantly on repeat viewing
- Shared cache - if someone already translated an episode, you get it free
- Works offline after first translation

While watching:
- Progress bar while translation runs in background
- Keyboard shortcut (B) - toggle subtitles on/off
- Adjust size, color, background, position

YOUR API KEY, YOUR CONTROL

Podstr uses the OpenRouter API. You bring your own key - it stays on your device, never leaves your browser. Typical cost: $0.005-0.05 per episode depending on the model.

Get a free API key at openrouter.ai/keys

PRIVACY

- API key stored locally - never synced or sent to any server
- No tracking, no analytics, no ads
- Subtitle text sent only to the AI provider you choose
- Open source: github.com/aveleazer/podstr

PERMISSIONS

- "Read and change all your data on all websites" - needed to read subtitle streams from video CDNs and show the overlay
- "activeTab" - needed to detect the current page and activate the picker

13 interface languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish.

Website: podstr.cc
Support: [email protected]

Technical

Version
0.8.0
Manifest
V3
Size
183KiB
Min Chrome
116
Languages
12
Featured
No

Metadata

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Developer ID
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Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Mar 17, 2026
Last Updated (Store)
May 20, 2026
Last Scraped
Jun 9, 2026
Website

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