Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of HowToConvertYouTubeSBVtoSRT

Timestamp:

May 21, 2019, 9:16:00 PM (7 years ago)

Author:

omniplex

Comment:

added examples

HowToConvertYouTubeSBVtoSRT

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 [https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2734698?hl=en&ref_topic=7296214 YouTube] supports only the basic features of SBV (SuBView) and SRT (!SubRipText) closed captions. Notably users can download existing closed captions (including auto-generated subtitles) as SBV, convert them to SRT supported by, e.g., MPlayer, edit the subtitles in a text editor such as `vim` or `notepad` (hint: !YouTube wants UTF-8), and upload the fixed version to !YouTube, overriding the old subtitles for the given language.
 
-As far as !YouTube supports these two formats (among others) they are very similar: 
+As far as !YouTube supports these two formats (among others) they are very similar. The SRT captions start with a counter (increasing numbers), followed by the ''from'''''` --> `'''''to'' timestamps, text (one or two lines), and an empty line:
+{{{
+1
+00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:13,700
+you know where's the girl who hasn't
 
-The SRT captions start with a counter (increasing numbers), followed by the ''from'''''` --> `'''''to'' timestamps, text (one or two lines), and an empty line. 
+2
+00:00:10,100 --> 00:00:16,400
+gotten to college or even maybe finished
 
-The SBV captions have no counter and use periods as decimal points in their ''from'''''`,`'''''to'' timestamps. 
+}}}
+
+The SBV captions have no counter and use periods as decimal points in their ''from'''''`,`'''''to'' timestamps:
+{{{
+0:00:01.400,0:00:06.770
+you know where's the girl who hasn't
+
+0:00:04.610,0:00:08.840
+gotten to college or even maybe finished
+
+}}}
 
 SRT timestamps have the form `hh`'''`:`'''`mm`'''`:`'''`ss`'''`,`'''`nnn`, SBV timestamps use `h`'''`:`'''`mm`'''`:`'''`ss`'''`.`'''`nnn`.