Video editors
Pull SRT subtitles from YouTube to use in your editing project.
YouTube Subtitle Downloader
Download YouTube subtitles as SRT or VTT. We use auto-captions when available, otherwise Whisper generates them.
Paste a YouTube linkNo credit card required
How it works
- 1
Paste the link
Drop the YouTube video URL.
- 2
Subtitles are extracted
YouTube auto-captions are pulled directly if available; otherwise Whisper transcribes the audio.
- 3
Download as SRT or VTT
One click and the subtitle file lands on your computer.
Which videos work?
- Any YouTube video with auto-captions
- Channel-uploaded manual captions
- YouTube Shorts
- Livestream recordings
- Videos with no captions (Whisper kicks in)
Example SRT output
Input
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...subtitles.srt
1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,500 This video covers deep work habits. 2 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:07,200 Main idea: 90-minute focus blocks daily. 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:12,000 Notifications must be silenced during work.
Who is this for?
Translators
Grab the original subtitles to use in your translation software.
Educators
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Researchers
Archive spoken content as timestamped text.
Frequently asked questions
Download YouTube subtitles in seconds
Paste a link, download as SRT or VTT.
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