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Convert SRT to editable Final Cut Pro titles

Turn each subtitle into an editable Basic Title. Choose your project frame rate before converting; this creates titles, not a caption track.

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How to convert SRT to FCPXML

Choose the frame rate of your Final Cut project, then convert the SRT to FCPXML. Each subtitle becomes an editable Basic Title with timing aligned to that frame rate. Import the XML in Final Cut and check the titles against your footage. Use this workflow when you want title graphics; use Final Cut’s caption import when you need a subtitle track.

  1. Add your SRT files

    Drag your .srt subtitle files onto the drop zone, or click to browse.

  2. Convert SRT to FCPXML

    Press Convert. Each cue becomes a Basic Title with frame-aligned timing at your chosen rate (24 fps by default, so match your project).

  3. Import into Final Cut Pro

    In FCP, choose File > Import > XML and select the .fcpxml. The titles arrive on a timeline; copy them onto your project above the footage.

Try SRT to FCPXML with a sample

See the source file and its converted result before using your own files. Use “Try a sample” in the converter to preview the same input.

Sample input · SRT fileDownload episode-12.srtConverted result · FCPXML titlesDownload episode-12.fcpxml
See an excerpt of the sample input
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00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,000
Welcome back to the cutting room.

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00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,500
Today we're converting subtitles in seconds.

3
00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:11,400
Drop a whole batch and get one tidy ZIP back.

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00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:15,000
  1. Load the sample SRT with Try a sample and choose your Final Cut project frame rate.
  2. Download FCPXML, then use File → Import → XML in Final Cut Pro.
  3. Check the title timing against the footage and edit the Basic Titles as needed.

The downloadable example uses the converter’s default 24 fps. Reconvert at your project’s rate. These are title graphics, not native subtitle captions.

Synthetic examples. Downloaded outputs are checked against the conversion engine; this does not certify an import in your editor version.

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SRT file and FCPXML titles, explained

Final Cut Pro imports SRT as captions, but captions can't be freely restyled or burned in the way titles can. This converter writes the FCPXML structure FCP expects for subtitle work: a project whose spine carries one Basic Title per cue, every offset and duration expressed as a frame-aligned rational time. DaVinci Resolve reads FCPXML too, so the same file moves subtitles into a Resolve timeline.

Turn each subtitle into an editable Basic Title. Choose your project frame rate before converting; this creates titles, not a caption track. 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.

SRT to FCPXML FAQ

Why convert SRT to FCPXML instead of importing the SRT as captions?

Captions in FCP live in a restricted lane: limited styling, no free positioning, and they export as caption sidecars. Titles are full timeline citizens: restyle them, reposition them, burn them into the picture. FCPXML is how subtitles arrive as titles.

What frame rate should I pick?

Your FCP project's rate. FCPXML times must land on frame boundaries, so the converter rounds each cue to the nearest frame at the rate you choose. Pick the wrong rate and titles sit up to a frame off, and the timeline format won't match your project.

Does this work with DaVinci Resolve?

Yes. Resolve imports FCPXML (File > Import > Timeline), and the generated titles come in as text+ style titles on a timeline at the same timecodes.

Can I edit the title style after import?

Yes. Each cue is a normal Basic Title with a per-cue text style (Helvetica 63pt, centered, with a soft shadow by default). Select all titles in FCP and restyle them in one pass.

What FCPXML version is generated?

Version 1.8, which current Final Cut Pro releases and DaVinci Resolve both accept. Times are written as rational values (e.g. 1001/24000s per frame) exactly as FCP itself does.

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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.

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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.