SRT · VTT · TXT · JSONSRT or VTT: which one do you need?
SRT is the most widely supported subtitle format. Video editors such as Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve import it, desktop players such as VLC load it, and YouTube accepts it when you upload captions to your own channel. If you are not sure, choose SRT.
VTT (WebVTT) is the format web browsers use natively. Pick it when the subtitles are going onto a website’s HTML5 player or a platform that asks for .vtt specifically, such as Vimeo or many course platforms.
Subtitle files for videos without subtitles
A subtitle downloader can only download captions that already exist. VoxCue can also create them: when a video has no captions, it transcribes the tab’s audio as the video plays and times each line to the speech. When the video finishes, export it as SRT or VTT like any other.
It works the same way beyond YouTube — on Vimeo, Loom, Coursera and most sites with a standard video player.
Translated subtitle files
Turn on translated subtitles in any of 20+ languages and you can keep those too — useful for adding a second language to your own video, or studying with subtitles in both languages.
Who uses it
- Video editors. Start from a timed SRT instead of captioning a cut from scratch.
- Creators. Add or fix captions on your own uploads and repurpose them into posts.
- Educators. Give students subtitle files and transcripts for recorded lessons.
- Developers and researchers. Export timed segments as JSON for search, analysis or datasets.