SBV to SRT Converter — YouTube Captions for Any Player
Drop an .sbv file from YouTube and download an .srt. Each caption gets a cue number, the start,end line becomes an SRT time range with --> and the text, including [br] line breaks, is kept.
Convert a subtitle file
Files are processed in your browser and never uploaded
SBV vs SRT at a Glance
SBV is a YouTube caption format that hardly anything else reads. Converting to SRT lets you reuse the captions in a video editor, on Facebook or LinkedIn, or upload them to another platform.
| SBV | SRT | |
|---|---|---|
| Full name | YouTube SubViewer | SubRip Subtitle |
| File extension | .sbv | .srt |
| File starts with | A time range like 0:00:01.000,0:00:04.000 | Cue number 1 |
| Cue numbers | None | Required, 1, 2, 3… |
| Time format | 0:01:02.345,0:01:04.000 (start and end on one line, comma between) | 00:01:02,345 (comma before milliseconds) |
| Styling and position | None | Only <i>, <b>, <u> and <font>; no positioning standard |
| Read by | Caption downloads from YouTube | YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, VLC |
What Happens to Your File
Converting SBV to SRT, line by line.
Kept
Caption text and timing
Every caption keeps its start and end time to the millisecond.
Added
Cue numbers and SRT time lines
0:00:01.000,0:00:04.000 becomes 1, then 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,000 above the text.
Changed
Line breaks
[br] markers from older YouTube downloads become real line breaks.
How to Convert SBV to SRT
Three steps, all in your browser.
Add the SBV file
Drop the file you downloaded from YouTube. Files up to 5 MB.
Keep SRT as the output
SRT is selected for you. Pick VTT for web players or TXT for the words only.
Download the SRT
The converted file saves straight away.
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