The subtitle format browsers play natively. It can carry voices, positioning, and comments that SRT cannot.
Also called: VTT, Web Video Text Tracks
A WebVTT file starts with the word WEBVTT. After that come cues: an optional id, a timing line that uses a dot on the milliseconds, then the text. Comments and style blocks are allowed. Cue settings can place the text on screen.
SRT is older and simpler. It numbers cues, uses a comma on the milliseconds, and has no official place for positioning. Players that only need in and out times are happy with SRT. Players on the web often want VTT.
Export SRT when you are editing in a tool that predates HTML5, or when a client asked for a caption file and did not name a format. Export VTT when the file will sit next to an HTML video element, or when you need voices and placement.
YouTubeScribe gives SRT on the free tier because it covers almost every editor. VTT is on Pro because the extra fields are mostly used by teams shipping a player. The words in both files are the same track.
The subtitle format browsers play natively. It can carry voices, positioning, and comments that SRT cannot.
A WebVTT file starts with the word WEBVTT. After that come cues: an optional id, a timing line that uses a dot on the milliseconds, then the text. Comments and style blocks are allowed. Cue settings can place the text on screen.
Start with subtitle-downloader, transcript-generator.