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Convert ASS to SRT

Turn ASS/SSA subtitle scripts into clean SRT. Italics, bold, underline and colour kept, other override tags dropped, timing and line breaks kept.

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How to convert ASS to SRT

Convert ASS to SRT online. CutConvert reads Advanced SubStation Alpha (.ass) and SubStation Alpha (.ssa) scripts, strips the styling override tags, and writes clean, timed SRT subtitles that every player and editor accepts.

  1. Add your ASS/SSA files

    Drag your .ass or .ssa subtitle scripts onto the drop zone, or click to browse.

  2. Convert ASS to SRT

    Press Convert. Dialogue lines become numbered SRT cues: italics, bold, underline and colour overrides become SRT tags, the other override tags are dropped, line breaks and timing kept.

  3. Download your result

    Download the converted file instantly, or a single ZIP archive when you convert a batch of files.

ASS/SSA subtitles and SRT subtitles, explained

ASS/SSA is the styling-rich format used by Aegisub and the fansub world: positioned text, karaoke effects, fonts. Most players and NLEs want plain SRT. This converter parses the [Events] section, maps each Dialogue line to an SRT cue, converts the centisecond timing to milliseconds, and keeps the Name field as a speaker label when it is set.

Turn ASS/SSA subtitle scripts into clean SRT. Italics, bold, underline and colour kept, other override tags dropped, timing and line breaks kept. It is free to start, encrypted in transit, and converts a whole batch into one ZIP — sign in when you need large, high-volume jobs.

ASS to SRT FAQ

What happens to the styling tags?

Styling overrides survive: {\i1}, {\b1}, {\u1} and {\c&H…&} become SRT italics, bold, underline and colour tags. Placement and effect overrides like {\pos} and karaoke are dropped, since SRT has no equivalent; a top alignment ({\an8}) is remembered for outputs that can place a cue. The text, line breaks (\N), and timing survive. That is inherent to SRT, not a converter limitation.

Does it handle both .ass and .ssa?

Yes. The converter reads the Format line of the [Events] section, so both the v4+ (.ass) and older v4 (.ssa) field layouts parse correctly.

Are speaker names kept?

When a Dialogue line has a real Name (actor) field, it is kept as a speaker label in the SRT cue. Style-only placeholders are ignored.

Will the timing stay frame-accurate?

ASS timestamps are centisecond-precise (H:MM:SS.cc) and convert exactly to SRT milliseconds, with no re-timing and no drift.

Can I convert a whole season at once?

Drop a batch of .ass files and download one ZIP of SRTs. Free to start; guests convert up to 2 files per batch, and a free account raises the limits.

Why editors trust it

Free to start

Convert everyday batches for free. Create an account when you need large, high-volume jobs.

Batch in, one ZIP out

Convert a batch within your allowance and download a single ZIP, or one file if that is all you need.

Made for editors

Whole timelines from Premiere, Final Cut and Avid with transitions, markers, titles, keyframes, levels, nests and bins; captions that keep their italics, colour, placement and speakers across SRT, VTT, ASS, TTML, iTT, SCC and STL, any of them in, any of them out; transcripts into Premiere with the words the engine timed. Frame rates and timecode handled the way post expects.

Private by design

Files are converted in your browser. Queued files can be saved locally to restore your job after checkout. Conversion metadata helps us diagnose errors; file contents are not uploaded.

Questions, answered

Where are my files processed?

In your browser. The converter runs on your own machine and the file never leaves it; the site only records that a conversion happened. CutConvert never sees, stores, sells or shares your media.

Is it free? Do I need an account?

About an hour of footage per file is free, on every converter: 100 KB of subtitles or captions, 500 KB of Word transcript, 2 MB of transcript JSON, 1 MB of Resolve project, 5 MB of Final Cut XML, with Premiere projects and Avid AAF a little under the hour. Guests get five conversions a month, a free account has no monthly cap within those sizes, and above that project-to-project transfers are $5 per file. Every other conversion is $3, including project files to captions, reports or cut lists, and captions or transcripts into an editor. Pro is $9 a month ($90 a year) for every file type up to 50 MB; Studio is $19 a month ($190 a year) for files up to 500 MB. Paid-file access lasts 24 hours.

What do I get when I convert multiple files?

Drop several files and you get back one ZIP archive containing every converted file. Convert a single file and you get that one file back, no ZIP. Tick extra formats under the output chips and the same ZIP carries every one of them, and a file counts as one conversion whatever it is written to.

Which formats are supported?

Timelines: Premiere .prproj, DaVinci Resolve .drp (as exported, or gzip- or Zstandard-wrapped), Avid AAF and Final Cut FCPXML in; FCP7 XML, FCPXML, Resolve .drp, CMX 3600 EDL and shot-list CSV out. A Premiere or Final Cut edit travels with its transitions, markers, titles, opacity and scale keyframes, clip volume, speed changes, nested sequences, bins, audio channel routing and each file's own frame rate, wherever the output has a place for them; an Avid AAF brings its transitions, markers, clip levels with their keyframes, muted tracks, nested stacks and each clip's own rate. Captions and transcripts, read and written: SRT, WebVTT, SBV, ASS, TTML, DFXP, iTT, SCC, MCC (a second 608 channel comes out as its own file), EBU-STL, Avid caption TXT, CapCut drafts of any size, timed CSV, Word, plain text, Whisper, WhisperX, AssemblyAI, Deepgram, Rev.ai and CapCut JSON, TwitchDownloader chat logs as a chat replay, Premiere transcript JSON and .prtranscript, Rev, Otter and Word-style transcripts, with italics, colour, placement and speakers kept where the output can hold them and measured word timing into Premiere. EDLs become event CSV reports. The capability table lists what every pair keeps.

Can I pick a frame rate?

Yes. For EDL and Avid caption output you can choose 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, or 30 fps, or let CutConvert auto-detect it from your source.