Subtitles vs Closed Captions vs Open Captions: What’s the Difference?
Who each one is for, closed vs burned-in, and which to use on YouTube, TikTok and for accessibility.
Subtitle Guidelines: Line Length, Reading Speed and Duration
The limits professional subtitlers use: characters per line, characters per second and how long a subtitle stays.
How to Upload Subtitles to YouTube (and Add More Languages)
Get an SRT, upload it in YouTube Studio, add translated languages and fix files YouTube rejects.
Why Do Formatting Tags Show Up in My Subtitles?
Players that don't understand formatting show the tags as text. Here is how to strip them and keep the timing.
How to Convert YouTube SBV Captions to SRT
SBV vs SRT, how to download captions from YouTube Studio and convert them in seconds.
How to Convert ASS Subtitles to SRT
What survives when you convert ASS to SRT, and how to do it in your browser or with ffmpeg.
How to Merge CD1 and CD2 Subtitles into One File
Join the subtitles of a two-part movie into one SRT with part 2 moved to the right time.
How to Fix Overlapping Subtitles
Why overlapping subtitles break on YouTube and players, how to find them and how to fix them automatically.
How to Remove [Sound Effects] and Speaker Names from Subtitles (SDH)
Clean SDH subtitles: strip [brackets], (descriptions), speaker names and lyrics while keeping the timing.