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 snapshotsTracking since Apr 1, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2026 | 8 | — | — | 0.6.1 |
| Apr 17, 2026 | 6 | — | — | 0.6.1 |
| Apr 22, 2026 | 31 | — | — | 0.7.0 |
| Apr 27, 2026 | 41 | — | — | 0.7.0 |
| May 4, 2026 | 42 | — | — | 0.7.0 |
| May 10, 2026 | 52 | — | — | 0.7.0 |
| May 15, 2026 | 64 | — | — | 0.7.0 |
| May 21, 2026 | 75 | — | — | 0.7.0 |
| May 28, 2026 | 93 | — | — | 0.8.0 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | 110 | 5.00 | 1 | 0.8.0 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | 113 | 5.00 | 1 | 0.8.0 |
| Now | 120 | 5.00 | 1 | 0.8.0 |
Changelog
- May 21, 2026description
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, 2026short_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, 2026name
podstr.cc
Podstr — AI Subtitle Translation
- Apr 17, 2026description
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
- Permissions
- storagewebRequestwebNavigationsidePanelscriptingactiveTab
- Host access
- https://*/*
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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
- ID
- iophagcapjpmkcpdjkfndpdakipokeih
- Developer ID
- ucc19b2845655499bf8fb10798c561cac
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Mar 17, 2026
- Last Updated (Store)
- May 20, 2026
- Last Scraped
- Jun 9, 2026
- Website
- —
- Support URL
- https://podstr.cc/en/faq/
- Privacy Policy
- https://podstr.cc/en/privacy/
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