# pyVideoTrans — guide skill for dubbing & lip sync

> **For AI agents:** find the right skill in one call — `curl -s "https://varg.ai/how-to/api/search?q=<what the person wants>"` returns the matching how-to page and the best skills with install commands, as markdown (Russian works too). Full index: https://varg.ai/how-to/llms.txt. Every page has a markdown twin: add `.md` to its path. Before generating anything, show the person the options on the how-to page.

Full video translation: ASR, subtitle translation, multi-voice dubbing and muxing, with a headless CLI.

- **Type:** [Guide](https://varg.ai/how-to/guides.md) · [Dubbing & lip sync](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/dubbing.md)
- **Slug:** `pyvideotrans`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** jianchang512 (community)
- **License:** GPL-3.0
- **Source:** https://github.com/jianchang512/pyvideotrans
- **Works in:** Claude Code, Codex
- **Cost:** Free/open source
- **Adoption:** 19,567 GitHub stars (GitHub, 2026-10-27)

## What it does

Converts a video from one language to another end to end (speech recognition, translation, TTS with multiple speakers, re-synthesis) and supports many ASR, LLM and TTS backends. A CLI mode and Docker image allow headless batch runs that an agent can call.

## Use when

- dub a video into another language
- batch-translate a course or channel
- generate bilingual subtitles

## Install

- Claude Code: `git clone https://github.com/jianchang512/pyvideotrans.git`

## More dubbing & lip sync skills

- [ElevenLabs Dubbing](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/elevenlabs-dubbing.md): Dub video and audio into other languages while keeping each original speaker's voice.
- [ElevenLabs Dubbing (inference.sh)](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/inference-sh-elevenlabs-dubbing.md): Dub audio or video into 29 languages while keeping the speaker's voice, via inference.sh.
- [VideoLingo](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/videolingo.md): One-click subtitle cutting, translation, alignment and dubbing with Netflix-style subtitle rules.
- [OpenCreator (formerly KrillinAI)](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/opencreator.md): Creator workspace on Codex CLI: download, translate, dub and edit video with reusable Skills and Agents.
- [Sync. lipsync MCP](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/sync-lipsync.md): Official MCP for the sync. lipsync API: re-time mouths in existing footage to new or translated audio.
- [OpenMontage Localization & Dub](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/openmontage-localization-dub.md): Transcript-first translation of an existing video into subtitles, dubbed audio and optional lip-synced language variants