SRT ⇄ VTT Converter

Worked example: an SRT that needs tidying

This SRT has three problems: no blank line after the first cue, an {\an8} tag that moves a sign to the top of the screen, and a <font> colour tag.

1
00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,000
{\an8}Sign: CLOSED
2
00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,000
<font color="#ffff00">Yellow</font> and <i>italic</i>

WEBVTT

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.000 line:0
Sign: CLOSED

00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:04.000
Yellow and <i>italic</i>

The second timing line is recognised as a new cue even without the blank line. {\an8} becomes the WebVTT setting line:0, so the sign still shows at the top instead of printing the tag as text. WebVTT has no font tag, so the colour is dropped and the word kept, while <i> works in both formats.

Going the other way: VTT → SRT

• A voice tag such as <v Asha>Where were you? becomes Asha: Where were you?, so the speaker isn't lost.
• Cue settings (line:0 align:start), cue names such as intro, and NOTE, STYLE and REGION blocks are dropped; SRT has no place for them.
• Class spans like <c.yellow> and in-cue karaoke times like <00:00:03.000> are removed, leaving the words.
• Short timestamps without hours, such as 00:02.505, are read correctly and written in full as 00:00:02,505.

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