Wraps your SubRip cues in a valid ASS script. This does not add styling that was never there — SRT has none — but it produces a well-formed file with a sensible Default style, which is the starting point for typesetting in Aegisub.
What the generated file contains
[Script Info] header declaring ScriptType v4.00+, a [V4+ Styles] section with one style named Default (Arial 48, white with a black outline, bottom-centre), and an [Events] section with one Dialogue: line per cue.
Every cue uses the Default style. Change that one style definition in Aegisub and the whole file changes with it, which is the usual first step in typesetting.
Timestamps lose a digit
00:00:01,004 becomes 0:00:01.00. The largest possible error is five milliseconds, which is well below the threshold of perception — but it is a real rounding, and rounding up at .999 correctly carries into the next second.When this is worth doing
Other names for this
Also searched as “subrip to advanced substation”.
Questions
- Will this make my subtitles look styled?
- No. SRT contains no styling, so there is none to carry over. You get a clean, valid script with one editable style.
- Which editor should I open the result in?
- Aegisub is the standard tool for ASS typesetting and reads this output directly.
- Do the timings change?
- They are rounded to centiseconds, which is all ASS stores. The maximum error is five milliseconds.
- Is my subtitle file uploaded?
- No. The parsing and rewriting happen in this tab. Subtitle files often contain an unreleased script or a client’s content, which is a good reason not to send them to a stranger’s server. Turn your Wi-Fi off and the tool keeps working.