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Convert SCC to SRT

Decode Scenarist CEA-608 caption files into clean, timed SRT subtitles. Pop-on, roll-up, and paint-on captions all supported.

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How to convert SCC to SRT

Convert SCC to SRT online. CutConvert decodes Scenarist Closed Caption files, the CEA-608 byte pairs, character sets, and timecode, into clean, numbered SRT subtitles you can edit, translate, or upload anywhere.

  1. Add your SCC file

    Drag the .scc onto the drop zone. Drop-frame and non-drop timecode are both read; the format is detected from the Scenarist header.

  2. Convert SCC to SRT

    Press Convert. The decoder handles pop-on, roll-up, and paint-on captions, accents, and special characters, and maps display and erase times to millisecond SRT timing.

  3. Download your result

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

SCC caption file and SRT subtitles, explained

SCC files store captions as hex-encoded CEA-608 commands, one word per NTSC frame, unreadable without a decoder. This converter runs a real 608 decoder: it strips parity, follows the caption state machine (load, display, erase), assembles rows in screen order, and converts frame timing to milliseconds. The decoder is verified against a reference decode of a full broadcast movie: 664 of 664 captions matched exactly.

Decode Scenarist CEA-608 caption files into clean, timed SRT subtitles. Pop-on, roll-up, and paint-on captions all supported. 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.

SCC to SRT FAQ

Which caption styles are supported?

Pop-on (the broadcast standard), roll-up (news and live styles), and paint-on captions are all decoded from channel CC1. CC2 to CC4 data is rare in practice and currently skipped with a warning.

Do accents and special characters survive?

Yes. The CEA-608 standard, special, and extended character sets are fully decoded. á, é, ñ, ç, ½, ♪ and the rest come through as proper Unicode text.

How accurate is the timing?

Each caption's start is taken from the frame its display command fires and the end from its erase command, converted at the exact 30000/1001 NTSC rate; drop-frame and non-drop timecode are both handled.

Does positioning survive the conversion?

SRT has no positioning, so screen placement is dropped, but row order is preserved as line breaks, and indentation used for centering is trimmed rather than left as stray spaces.

Is it free?

Free to try on short files (about 5 minutes of captions; SCC is a verbose format). Full-length files need a one-time $3 conversion or a paid plan.

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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.