Subtitle formats
Pick a format below to see its converters.
SRTSubRip
SRT (SubRip) is the most widely supported subtitle format: numbered cues with start and end times. Every video player, editor and platform accepts it.
VTTWebVTT
VTT (WebVTT) is the web standard used by HTML5 video, YouTube and most streaming players. It looks like SRT with a WEBVTT header and dots in timestamps.
ASSAdvanced SubStation Alpha
ASS/SSA (Advanced SubStation Alpha) supports rich styling, positioning and karaoke effects, and is popular for anime fansubs and Aegisub.
SBVYouTube SubViewer
SBV is the simple caption format YouTube Studio exports: start and end time on one line, then the text.
SUBMicroDVD
SUB (MicroDVD) times subtitles by video frame instead of clock time, so it depends on the frame rate. Older DivX releases use it.
SMISAMI
SMI (SAMI) is Microsoft's HTML-like caption format, still common for Korean subtitles and Windows Media.
TTMLTimed Text Markup Language
TTML/DFXP is the XML caption standard used by Netflix, Amazon, broadcasters and many professional tools.
LRCLRC lyrics
LRC is the synced-lyrics format used by music players and karaoke apps: one timestamp per line.
CapCutCapCut project
CapCut (and JianYing) store captions inside the project file draft_content.json. Drop that file to get its text track as subtitles.
FCPXMLFinal Cut Pro XML
FCPXML imports into Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve as editable titles on the timeline, one per subtitle line.
TXTplain text
TXT output keeps only the spoken text, without numbers or timestamps: handy for transcripts, quotes and translation.
CSVCSV spreadsheet
CSV puts each cue on a row with index, start, end and text, ready for Excel or Google Sheets.
JSONJSON
JSON exports cues as structured data with times in milliseconds, for developers and automations.
WordMicrosoft Word
Word (DOCX) export gives an editable transcript with timestamps, for review, printing or sharing.
PDFPDF
PDF export creates a printable transcript with timestamps for every line.