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Video to SRT

Generate timed SRT captions from a video file for editors, social platforms, and media players.

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What is Video to SRT?

Video to SRT means extracting the video's audio, transcribing the speech, and exporting the result as a timed SubRip subtitle file.

Transcription quick facts

  • Common use: YouTube and social captions
  • Quality tip: Review names and jargon before publishing
  • Watch out for: SRT timestamps must use commas for milliseconds

Best use cases

  • YouTube and social captions
  • Video editor subtitle imports
  • Accessibility caption files

Common pitfalls

  • SRT timestamps must use commas for milliseconds
  • Long caption lines are hard to read
  • Burned-in captions require a video editor after export

Tips for higher accuracy

  • Review names and jargon before publishing
  • Keep caption lines short
  • Use VTT instead when captions are for an HTML5 web player

Sample SRT from video

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,400 Host: Welcome back to the show. 2 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:05,100 Guest: Great to be here.

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Upload your Video to SRT file, get a transcript, and export in TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT, or VTT.

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  • 3 transcriptions per day
  • Max 35 minutes per file
  • Max 50 MB per file
  • First transcript summary included
  • Export to TXT, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT