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Convert SRT to Premiere Pro transcript JSON

Use timed subtitles as a Premiere transcript. Cue timing is retained; individual word timings are estimated within each cue.

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How to convert SRT to Premiere JSON

To import SRT as a Premiere transcript, convert it to transcript JSON, load the source clip in Premiere, and use Import Static Transcript in the Text panel. This is different from importing SRT captions. SRT records cue boundaries, so CutConvert estimates word timings within each cue; check alignment against the source audio before text-based editing.

  1. Add your SRT files

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

  2. Convert SRT to Premiere JSON

    Press Convert. Cue boundaries are retained and word timings are estimated within each cue; check the result against your source audio.

  3. Download your result

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

Try SRT to Premiere JSON 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 · Premiere JSONDownload episode-12.json
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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.

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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. Open Window → Text in Premiere and choose the Transcript tab.
  2. Use the transcript menu’s Import Static Transcript command and select the JSON.
  3. Check alignment against the source audio before text-based editing.

SRT contains cue timing. Word timings are estimated within each cue, not recovered from audio. This is a transcript JSON, not a captions import.

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 Premiere JSON, explained

Premiere’s transcript import reads transcript JSON; its separate captions workflow can import SRT. This converter lets you reuse existing subtitle files for transcript import, search, and text-based editing.

Use timed subtitles as a Premiere transcript. Cue timing is retained; individual word timings are estimated within each cue. 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 Premiere JSON FAQ

Why can't Premiere Pro just import my SRT as a transcript?

Premiere’s transcript import needs static transcript JSON. Its separate captions workflow can import SRT directly. This converter maps every SRT cue into those transcript records so the file imports as an editable transcript in the Text panel.

Is the subtitle timing preserved?

Cue boundaries are retained. SRT has no measured word timings, so timings for individual words are estimated within each cue. Check alignment against your audio before editing.

What can I do with the transcript once it is in Premiere?

Transcript import, search, and text-based editing. The subtitles become editable text in the Text panel, so you can cut by transcript instead of scrubbing the timeline.

Can I convert an SRT to a .prtranscript file?

Not to the binary .prtranscript itself. Premiere doesn't import that format for external transcripts, so a converter producing one would be a dead end. The supported route is exactly what this page produces: static transcript JSON, loaded via Import Static Transcript in the Text panel. Functionally, this is the SRT to prtranscript conversion.

Can I convert a Premiere transcript back into SRT?

Yes. The Premiere transcript to SRT converter at /prtranscript/srt reads a .prtranscript (static transcript JSON) and writes clean, timed SRT subtitles.

How much does it cost?

Free to start. Preview your file before converting; the converter shows your current allowance and any purchase needed for larger jobs. See Pricing for current plans and one-time options.

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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.

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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.