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Convert Premiere transcript to VTT

Turn a Premiere Pro .prtranscript (static transcript JSON) into WebVTT captions for web players and HTML5 video.

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free to start · project to project: $5 · every other conversion: $3 · Pro $9/month · pricing

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How to convert Premiere Transcript to VTT

Convert a Premiere Pro .prtranscript (static transcript JSON) into WebVTT captions. CutConvert reads your transcript segments and writes a standards-compliant .vtt for HTML5 <track> elements and web video players.

  1. Add your .prtranscript / JSON

    Drag your exported Premiere transcript onto the drop zone, or click to browse.

  2. Convert to VTT

    Press Convert. CutConvert maps every transcript segment to a WebVTT cue with millisecond timing.

  3. Download your result

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

Premiere transcript and WebVTT, explained

WebVTT is the caption format the web expects (HTML5 video, streaming players). This converter turns Premiere's static transcript JSON straight into .vtt with no manual retiming.

Turn a Premiere Pro .prtranscript (static transcript JSON) into WebVTT captions for web players and HTML5 video. 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.

Premiere Transcript to VTT FAQ

Can I just rename .prtranscript to .vtt?

No. A .prtranscript is Premiere's static transcript JSON, not caption text, so a rename won't work. This converter reads the transcript segments and writes a standards-compliant .vtt with millisecond timing.

Why convert a Premiere transcript to WebVTT?

WebVTT is the caption format the web expects: HTML5 <track> elements, streaming players, and web video generally. Converting turns the transcript you already made in Premiere into captions for the web with no manual retiming.

Do I need to retime anything after converting?

No. Every transcript segment is mapped to a WebVTT cue with millisecond timing taken from the transcript itself.

What if my player only accepts SRT?

Use the Premiere transcript to SRT converter at /prtranscript/srt. It turns the same static transcript JSON into clean, timed SRT subtitles you can use anywhere SRT is accepted.

Is it free?

Free to start. Guests convert 5 files a month at up to 2 MB each; a free account has no monthly cap on files within the free size limit and batches up to 100 files, and paid plans start at $9/month for 100 conversions with 50 MB files.

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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 ($39 a year) for every file type up to 50 MB; Studio is $19 a month ($79 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.