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Convert SBV to SRT

Turn YouTube .sbv caption exports into clean SRT subtitles any editor or player accepts.

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How to convert SBV to SRT

Convert SBV to SRT online. CutConvert reads YouTube's .sbv caption format and rewrites every cue as standard SRT, the subtitle format editors, players, and platforms accept everywhere.

  1. Add your SBV files

    Drag the .sbv files downloaded from YouTube Studio onto the drop zone, or click to browse.

  2. Convert to SRT

    Press Convert. Cue timing is preserved exactly; only the format changes.

  3. Download your result

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

YouTube SBV and SRT subtitles, explained

SBV is the caption format YouTube Studio exports. It looks similar to SRT but uses a different timestamp style (H:MM:SS.mmm with a comma between start and end, no arrows or cue numbers), so most tools reject it. Converting to SRT makes YouTube captions usable in Premiere, Avid, Resolve, and every subtitle editor.

Turn YouTube .sbv caption exports into clean SRT subtitles any editor or player accepts. 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.

SBV to SRT FAQ

What is an SBV file?

The caption format YouTube Studio exports when you download captions from a video. It is plain text like SRT but with a different timestamp layout, which is why editors and players usually refuse to open it directly.

Will the timing match the video exactly?

Yes. The converter reads each SBV cue's start and end times and writes them into the SRT unchanged, with no re-timing or estimation.

How do I download the SBV file from YouTube?

In YouTube Studio open the video, choose Subtitles, click the three-dot menu next to the caption track, and pick Download, then .sbv. Drop that file on this page to convert SBV to SRT online.

Do I need to install anything to convert SBV to SRT?

No. This SBV to SRT converter runs online in the browser. Nothing is installed and the SRT downloads straight away.

Can I convert the SRT onward to other formats?

Yes. Once you have SRT you can use the SRT to VTT converter at /srt/vtt for web players, or SRT to Premiere JSON at /srt/json to bring the captions into Premiere as a transcript.

Can I convert several files at once?

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

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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 ($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.