Erase Subtitles for TikTok & Reels

Why this matters

Short-form content is recaptioned constantly, and the original captions are usually burned into the export. Creators need them gone without losing the brand watermark.

The API supports keep-zones — erase subtitle bands while preserving logos, handles, and face overlays.

How it works

Upload the clip, enable keep_watermark, and the API returns a clean clip plus region metadata for your caption tool.

Submit a job with an input URL (S3, GCS or HTTPS), poll the job URL, and download the rendered output. No GPU, no queues, no ffmpeg builds to babysit.

Code

import requests, time

API = "https://api.mlslabs.io/v1/subtitle-eraser/jobs"
headers = {"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
payload = {"input": "s3://bucket/clip.mp4", "regions": "auto", "keep_watermark": true}

resp = requests.post(API, json=payload, headers=headers)
job = resp.json()
while job["status"] not in ("succeeded", "failed"):
    time.sleep(3)
    job = requests.get(job["url"], headers=headers).json()

print("Output:", job["output_url"])

Pro tips

• Preserve the top and bottom 12% as default keep-zones for platform UI.
• Export at the source resolution — platforms re-encode anyway.
• Pair erase with auto-captions in your editing tool for a one-pass localization.

Try the erase flow in Postman — 9:16 sample included.