Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of HowToConvertYouTubeSBVtoSRT


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May 21, 2019, 9:55:29 PM (7 years ago)
Author:
omniplex
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consistent italics for MPlayer, inconsistent monospace vim + notepad kept as is

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  • HowToConvertYouTubeSBVtoSRT

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    6 [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.
     6[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.
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    88As 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: