SBV to SRT Converter

Yes — open the SRT and choose SBV as output.

YouTube Studio exports subtitles as .sbv. Convert them to .srt for video editors, Vimeo, social media or your own player.

1. Input

Encoding

Lines Split into subtitles Max characters per line Lines per subtitle

Timing

Reading speed characters/second Fixed seconds each Spread over (video length) Start at

Clean-up Remove formatting tags (<i>, <font>, {\an8}…) Remove YouTube auto-caption repeats

Hearing-impaired notes, speaker names, music, ads

Remove [sound notes] in square brackets Remove (sound notes) in parentheses Remove speaker names Music Remove ads and credits (www…, “Subtitles by…”)

Shift all times by seconds out of sync?

2. Output

The file stays on your computer.

How to convert SBV to SRT

SBV writes times as 0:00:01.000,0:00:03.000 on one line; SRT uses 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,000 and numbers each subtitle. The text is unchanged.

Are my files uploaded?

No. Text, subtitle files and videos are processed by your browser on your own computer. Nothing is sent to a server.

Can I convert SRT back to SBV?

Yes — open the SRT and choose SBV as output.