What are the steps to transcribe a Facebook video?
The file of the video from Facebook is the input, and the engine reads it as it is: no conversion, no link, and no account.
Facebook, step by step
How to transcribe a Facebook video
How to transcribe a Facebook video: the steps that take the video from Facebook and turn it into text, with the export that comes back. Free $0, 3 files a day.
3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short
Facebook is not part of the upload: the engine reads a file and not a page. The engine reads the file once, and the whole text comes back. The free plan is $0 with 3 files a day, and one file may be 30 minutes.
How to transcribe a Facebook video, step by step
- 1
Open the Reels
Open your profile, go to the Reels of it and find the video of the live broadcast.
- 2
Press Download video
Open the video in the full screen view and press the Download video button.
- 3
Find the Live tab
On a Page the live broadcasts are in the Videos tab, and on the web they are in the Live tab.
- 4
Export and send it on
Take TXT for a plain text, SRT or VTT when the video from Facebook has to become a subtitled video, and DOCX for a review on Pro.
- 5
Name the file before you send it
Give the file of the video from Facebook a name that says what is inside it: the name travels with the export and saves a search later.
What comes back from the engine
- TXT
One segment per line, the way a person wrote it down. It is the format to paste into a ticket, a chat or a document.
- TXT, CSV
The start and the end time of every segment, and the speakers named separately when you ask for it.
- SRT, VTT
SRT and VTT with the time of every line, so the recording can carry its own subtitles.
- Markdown, DOCX
The transcript is edited through the API and exported as Markdown for a wiki, or as DOCX for a review.
How Facebook stores the file, and what it says about it
| What | What the platform says |
|---|---|
| Where the file is | You can download your Facebook live videos to your computer after the stream has ended, if you have not deleted the video. |
| What can go wrong | A new live broadcast can be replayed, downloaded or shared for 30 days, and after the notice about the old ones you have 90 days to take them. |
| Length of one file | up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro |
| Free plan | $0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card |
The case
What the recording does not give you
What the video from Facebook does not give you is a text you can search, quote or hand over. One word of a decision, three weeks later, and the answer is in a sound file that has to be played from the start. The file of the video from Facebook goes to our own engine and comes back as a text with the time of every sentence.
Tips
Name the file of the video from Facebook after the meeting, not after the day.
Facebook gives the file, but the name of the file is yours to choose.
Check the length of the video from Facebook before the upload: 30 minutes is the limit of one file.
Over 30 minutes on the free plan a file has to be cut before sending; Pro has no minute limit.
Set the language of the video from Facebook yourself when you know it, or leave it on automatic detection.
Questions about how to transcribe a Facebook video
What do I need before I transcribe a Facebook video?
Bring the video from Facebook to your disk and upload it here; our own engine returns the text with the time of every line.
Do I need an account to transcribe a Facebook video?
Our own engine reads the video from Facebook and keeps the time of every segment, so the work ends with a document.
What is in the file after I transcribe a Facebook video?
Send the video from Facebook to the widget and the text comes back as a document, with the speakers on request.
Is there a faster way to transcribe a Facebook video?
There is one step before the engine: the file of the video from Facebook has to be on your own disk.
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Sources
- FFacebook help: save your live video to your computer (read 2026-10-24)facebook.com · checked
- AMeta newsroom: the storage policy of the live videos (read 2026-10-24)about.fb.com · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
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