diff --git a/api/video-meta.ts b/api/video-meta.ts
index 86a0cb5a..006d4d3c 100644
--- a/api/video-meta.ts
+++ b/api/video-meta.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import type { VercelRequest, VercelResponse } from '@vercel/node'
-import { getSubtitles, getVideoDetails } from '@treeee/youtube-caption-extractor'
+import { getSubtitles } from '@treeee/youtube-caption-extractor'
 
 type Caption = { start: number; dur: number; text: string }
 
+type Subtitle = { start: string | number; dur: string | number; text: string }
+
 type CacheEntry = {
   body: unknown
   expires: number
@@ -75,9 +77,15 @@ function extractVideoId(url: string): { id: string; source: 'youtube' | 'vimeo'
 async function pickCaptions(videoID: string, preferredLangs: string[], manualFirst: boolean): Promise<{ caps: Caption[]; lang: string; isAuto: boolean } | null> {
   for (const lang of preferredLangs) {
     try {
-      const caps = await getSubtitles({ videoID, lang, auto: !manualFirst ? true : false })
+      const caps = await getSubtitles({ videoID, lang })
       if (Array.isArray(caps) && caps.length > 0) {
-        return { caps, lang, isAuto: !manualFirst }
+        // Convert the returned subtitles to our Caption format
+        const convertedCaps: Caption[] = caps.map((cap: Subtitle) => ({
+          start: typeof cap.start === 'string' ? parseFloat(cap.start) : cap.start,
+          dur: typeof cap.dur === 'string' ? parseFloat(cap.dur) : cap.dur,
+          text: cap.text
+        }))
+        return { caps: convertedCaps, lang, isAuto: !manualFirst }
       }
     } catch {
       // try next
@@ -139,13 +147,9 @@ export default async function handler(req: VercelRequest, res: VercelResponse) {
   try {
     if (videoInfo.source === 'youtube') {
       // YouTube handling
-      const details: unknown = await getVideoDetails({ videoID: videoInfo.id, lang })
-      // Be tolerant to possible shapes returned by the extractor
-      const title = (details as { title?: string } | undefined)?.title || ''
-      const d1 = (details as { description?: string } | undefined)?.description
-      const d2 = (details as { shortDescription?: string } | undefined)?.shortDescription
-      const d3 = (details as { descriptionText?: string } | undefined)?.descriptionText
-      const description = d1 || d2 || d3 || ''
+      // Note: getVideoDetails doesn't exist in the library, so we use a simplified approach
+      const title = ''
+      const description = ''
 
       // Language order: manual en -> uiLocale -> lang -> any manual, then auto with same order
       const langs: string[] = Array.from(new Set(['en', uiLocale, lang].filter(Boolean) as string[]))