Convert YouTube's SBV caption files to SRT (and back). Instant, free, and runs in your browser, so the file never leaves your computer.
Free and unlimited. Your file never leaves your browser.
How It Works
Choose a file or paste its contents. It is read in your browser, not uploaded.
Adjust the settings for this tool, if it has any.
Download the new file, or copy it to your clipboard.
The SBV to SRT Converter is a free online tool from ShortsHero: convert YouTube Studio's caption download to SRT. It runs entirely in your browser, so the file is never uploaded and the result is instant. Free, with no account.
Everything happens in your browser: the file is never uploaded, which also makes it instant.
Why Use This Tool
The file is read in your browser. Nothing is uploaded to a server.
No upload and no queue, so even a feature-length file takes a moment.
Accepts mislabelled files, either decimal separator and stray formatting.
Writes the format exactly as players and editors expect it.
Yes, free and unlimited. It runs in your browser, so there is nothing to sign up for and nothing is uploaded.
No. The file is read and written by JavaScript in this tab. You can disconnect from the internet after the page loads and it still works.
The parser skips blocks it cannot read and keeps everything else. Run the file through our SRT validator afterwards to see what was wrong.
ShortsHero turns long videos into short vertical clips with AI moment detection, face tracking and animated captions — and has free tools for subtitles, transcripts and video formats.
The same transcription powers ShortsHero's clip maker: it finds the strongest moments, reframes them to vertical and adds word-by-word captions in 36 styles.
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Runs entirely in your browser. Your file is never uploaded.