How to disable video transcripts by default?

jramnai · May 10, 2021, 9:18am

You can set it to false by default on the below-mentioned loc:

edx/edx-platform/blob/open-release/koa.master/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module/video_xfields.py#L127


    help=_("The default transcript for the video, from the Default Timed Transcript field on the Basic tab. "
           "This transcript should be in English. You don't have to change this setting."),
    display_name=_("Default Timed Transcript"),
    scope=Scope.settings,
    default=""
)
show_captions = Boolean(
    help=_("Specify whether the transcripts appear with the video by default."),
    display_name=_("Show Transcript"),
    scope=Scope.settings,
    default=True
)
# Data format: {'de': 'german_translation', 'uk': 'ukrainian_translation'}
transcripts = Dict(
    help=_("Add transcripts in different languages."
           " Click below to specify a language and upload an .srt transcript file for that language."),
    display_name=_("Transcript Languages"),
    scope=Scope.settings,
    default={}
)
transcript_language = String(

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How to disable video transcripts by default?

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