Viewing HTML5 video with captions offline

Question

I am trying to implement an HTML5 video player for viewing local videos using a local HTML file, and I would like to have VTT captions and subtitles capability.

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Answer 1

Long story short, you're pretty much SOL unless you either a) put the VTT files on a public server with cross-origin headers, or b) add a simple web server to your project to serve the files.

If you want to make this work offline and not monkey with Chrome flags, option B is probably your best bet. It would require an installation of some kind, but there are countless ways to set up a simple webserver across platforms.