---
title: "Enable Smart Captions and Smart Cropping for Sardius EMLA Encoders"
url: "https://support.sardius.media/knowledge-base/enable-smart-cropping-and-smart-captions-for-sardius-emla-encoders"
category: "Sardius EMLA Encoder"
updated: 2026-08-20
summary: "Learn how to enable Smart Captions and Smart Cropping with Inference using your Sardius EMLA Encoder."
---

# Enable Smart Captions and Smart Cropping for Sardius EMLA Encoders

> **Note:** **Note:** Smart Captions and Smart Cropping are Premium Features. To enable these for your Sardius EMLA Encoder, please reach out to your Account Manager.

### **Smart Captions**

Smart Captions will transcribe your source audio and present English captions to your audience when you are using Sardius Entrypoint. 

_**This feature is only available for HTTP Push Templates.**_

To enable Smart Captions for your Entrypoint stream, edit your HTTP Push Template and select from the options below.

![templateSmartCaptions](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/1e87aab99f4717b2.png)

- Smart Captions: Toggle on to use Captions
- Profanity Filter:
  - Disabled: This is the default option. This will not filter out offensive words.
  - Censor: Replace offensive words with asterisks
  - Drop: Remove offensive words from subtitles. 
- Align Captions with Video:
  - If enabled, the video will be delayed to be in sync with the displayed captions.
  - If disabled, the captions will appear as they are generated. Captions will be behind roughly one full HLS segment. 

> **Note:** **Note:** Only English audio is supported at this time. Translations are not available.

### **Smart Cropping**

Smart Cropping will take your horizontal video source and utilize AI to crop and pan for a vertical output such as TikTok or Instagram.

_**This feature is only available for RTMP Outputs.**_

To enable Smart Cropping for your RTMP stream, edit your RTMP Template and toggle "Smart Captions" on.

![templateSmartCropping](https://support.sardius.media/kb-media/37b54eea49222683.png)

> **Note:** **Note:** We also recommend changing the rendition to a vertical resolution, such as 720x1080 to match your output's specifications.