Facebook Video Transcription from a Link
Paste the link of a public Facebook video, reel or Live replay and get its speech as text with timestamps; for videos in private groups or friends-only posts, download your own video and upload the file.
Public facebook.com and fb.watch links · or upload the downloaded MP4
Public videos and Live replays by link
Good evening, and thanks for joining us live.
Tonight we start with your questions on housing.
Click or drag & drop to upload your audio or videoTap to upload your audio or video
MP3, MP4, M4A, MOV, MKV, WEBM, AVI, WAV, FLAC, AAC, OGG, OPUS, WMA, WMV
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Why People Transcribe Facebook Videos
Published Live broadcasts are removed after 30 days. A transcript keeps the words, searchable, long after the replay is gone.
Facebook can auto-generate captions for Page videos. An SRT you edited yourself spells names right and works on every other platform too.
Journalists and agencies keep a written record of what was said in a public video, with the time of every line.
Facebook and Transcripts at a Glance
What Facebook offers for captions, and which videos a link can reach.
Facts checked 7 November 2026, against the Facebook and Meta Business Help Centers
- Video format
- Since June 2025 videos are shared as reels, of any length
- Live broadcasts
- Up to 8 hours; a published Live is removed after 30 days
- Auto captions
- Page videos: auto-generated and editable, or upload an .srt; profile videos: .srt upload only
- Viewers
- Captions show automatically with sound off, or via Settings → Media → Always Show Captions
- Private groups and friends-only posts
- Visible only to members or friends, so their links can’t be imported
- Your own video
- Download a Live as MP4 from your Page or Meta Business Suite, then upload it
Before You Paste a Facebook Link
Facebook links fail for three predictable reasons.
Audience
The post has to be public
Videos in private groups and posts shared with friends need a login and can’t be fetched. Download your own video and upload it instead.
Live
Act within 30 days
A published Live is removed after 30 days. Transcribe the replay, or download the MP4, before then.
Link
Use the video’s own link
Copy the link of the video or reel itself, not of the Page or the group feed it appears in.
How to Transcribe a Facebook Video
From link or file to editable text in three steps.
Open the video or reel, tap Share → Copy link. fb.watch short links work too.
Choose Paste a link and the language. Turn on speaker recognition for interviews and panels.
Download TXT or DOCX to read, or SRT to upload as captions to Facebook or any other platform.