Media Caption
YouTube to SRT

Turn a supported public video
into an SRT file.

Paste a YouTube URL and download an SRT subtitle file for an editing or captioning tool that supports SubRip subtitles.

Subtitles in the standard editor format.

Cues, numbered
and ready to import.

Every SRT export follows the format your editor expects — cue numbers, start and end times, then the subtitle text.

captions.srtSRT
1
00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,900
Paste a YouTube URL to pull the spoken track
into a clean subtitle file.

2
00:00:08,100 --> 00:00:11,450
Drop the SRT into your editor and the cues
line up with the audio.

3
00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,900
Translate, restyle, or re-export — the
format is plain text the whole way.

Move captions
into your editing workflow.

SRT is the format creators use to move captions between YouTube, video editors, translation tools, and other hosts.

Import a subtitle track into your edit.

Drop the .srt into your editor's timeline and style the captions to match the brand.

Translate captions, one track at a time.

Download the SRT, translate each cue, re-import. No guessing at timing.

Upload captions to another platform.

SRT is the standard caption format for almost every video host and course platform.

Keep a backup caption file.

Archive the transcript alongside your project files so the captions survive re-uploads.

Questions, answered.

SubRip Subtitle format — a plain-text file with numbered cues, start and end timestamps, and subtitle text. It's the standard for most video editors.
Check that your editor and version accept SRT subtitle files. Use its caption or subtitle import command, place the track against the matching recording, and check the timing before publishing.
Yes. A free account includes 10 credits, enough for up to 10 minutes of AI transcription that you can export as SRT. Longer videos require additional credits.
Yes. SRT is plain text. Open it in any text editor to fix names, tighten phrasing, or clean up cues.
Every cue includes start and end times from the source transcript. Timing accuracy depends on the caption source and audio quality.

Import and check an SRT subtitle track

  1. Choose the caption language, then select Download → .srt on the transcript card. Save a copy before editing the text or timing.
  2. Open the same version of the recording in your editor. Check that your editor and version support SRT import, then use its caption or subtitle import command to add the file.
  3. Place the captions against the source recording. If the source starts later on your timeline, move the caption track by the same offset.
  4. Play the beginning, middle and end. Check cue timing, names, punctuation and whether each line stays on screen long enough to read.

Diagnose timing before rewriting every cue

If every caption is late by the same amount, adjust the track offset. For example, when a cue begins at 4.2 seconds but its spoken words begin at 6.2 seconds in your edit, the required shift is two seconds later. If the difference grows through the video, check for speed changes, removed sections or a different recording version.

If a file fails to import, inspect its structure: a cue number, a timing line such as 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,900, the text, and a blank line before the next cue. Save it as plain UTF-8 text with the .srt extension. Formatting a document in a word processor can introduce an incompatible file format.

Style captions in your editor after import. The export carries words and cue times; it does not reproduce YouTube's player styling or automatically retime captions to a new cut.

Try the worked caption example and download sample files →

Keep going
with related tools.

Other ways to pull, convert, and reuse transcript content.

YouTube to VTT

Prefer WebVTT for HTML5 players or course platforms? Export VTT captions instead.

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Download transcripts

Plain text, timestamped transcripts, SRT, and VTT from a single YouTube URL.

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Transcribe a video

AI speech-to-text when the YouTube transcript panel is empty.

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Get the subtitles
your edit needs.

Paste a YouTube URL and export SRT. A free account includes 10 credits, enough for up to 10 minutes of AI transcription.

Public captions cost 1 credit per track, paid once.