.srt files
.srt file
SubRip Subtitle
The plain-text subtitle format almost every player understands.
What opens a .srt file
- Windows
- VLC (loads with the video), Notepad (built in), Subtitle Edit
- macOS
- VLC (loads with the video), TextEdit (built in), IINA
- Linux
- VLC (loads with the video), Text Editor (built in), mpv
What a .srt file is
An SRT file is a numbered list of timecodes and lines of dialogue in plain text, produced originally by the SubRip ripping tool. It carries no styling beyond basic italics and bold, which is exactly why it is universal. Name it the same as the video file and put it in the same folder and most players load it automatically; if the text appears as mojibake, the file was saved in a different character encoding than the player assumed.
Converting it
A .srt file is commonly converted to .vtt, .ass, .sub or .txt. It is a plain text format, so any text editor can open and edit it directly.
Details
- Extension
- .srt
- Full name
- SubRip Subtitle
- Category
- Video
- MIME type
- application/x-subrip
- Created by
- SubRip
- Format
- Plain text
Common questions
- How do I open a .srt file?
- On Windows use VLC (loads with the video); on macOS use VLC (loads with the video); on Linux use VLC (loads with the video). The plain-text subtitle format almost every player understands.
- What is a .srt file?
- SubRip Subtitle. An SRT file is a numbered list of timecodes and lines of dialogue in plain text, produced originally by the SubRip ripping tool. It carries no styling beyond basic italics and bold, which is exactly why it is universal.
- Can I convert a .srt file?
- Yes. It is usually converted to .vtt, .ass, .sub or .txt, either by exporting from one of the programs listed above or with a format converter.
Related pages
- .mp4 — MPEG-4 Part 14 Video The default video container for phones, cameras, streaming and everything else.
- .mov — QuickTime Movie Apple's video container — what an iPhone records and what Final Cut works in.
- .mkv — Matroska Video An open container that holds any codec plus multiple audio tracks and subtitles.
- .avi — Audio Video Interleave Microsoft's 1992 video container, still common in old archives and camcorder foo
- .webm — WebM Video A royalty-free video container built for the web, based on Matroska.
- .ts — MPEG Transport Stream The broadcast and streaming video segment format — also, confusingly, the TypeSc
- .wmv — Windows Media Video Microsoft's legacy video format from the Windows XP era.
- .mpg — MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 Video The original MPEG video file, from Video CDs, DVDs and old digital cameras.
- .m4v — iTunes Video Apple's MP4 variant, used for films and TV episodes bought from iTunes.
- .vtt — WebVTT Caption The W3C caption format HTML5 video uses, essentially SRT with a header and styli
- .swf — Shockwave Flash Movie A Flash animation or game — the plugin that ran these was killed off at the end
- .mts — AVCHD Video The clip format written by Sony, Panasonic and Canon camcorders.
Sources
- Media Types Registry — IANA
- Official vendor product documentation — At One Place