Convert Plain Text to SubRip

About Plain Text to SubRip Conversion

A quick guide to converting from Plain Text (.txt) to SubRip (.srt). Learn about format differences, what's preserved, and how to convert your subtitles.

Key Differences Between Plain Text and SubRip

• Format Structure: Plain Text uses a plain text format while SubRip uses a numbered sequence format with timecodes
• Styling Support: Plain Text has no built-in styling while SubRip supports basic text formatting
• Software Compatibility: Plain Text is primarily used with undefined, undefined, undefined, while SubRip is commonly used with VLC Media Player, MPC-HC, PotPlayer
• Use Cases: Plain Text is typically used for simple subtitle storage, while SubRip is preferred for general-purpose subtitling

Format Structure Examples

[00:00:01.000 - 00:00:04.000]
First line of subtitle text
Second line of subtitle text

[00:00:05.000 - 00:00:08.000]
Next subtitle block

[00:00:08.000 - 00:00:12.000]
Another subtitle with multiple lines
of text that needs to be displayed

1
00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,000
First line of subtitle text
Second line of subtitle text

2
00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,000
Next subtitle block

What's Preserved in Conversion

• Timing information and synchronization
• Text content and line breaks
• Basic text formatting
• Character encoding
• Language identification

What's Lost in Conversion

• No features are lost as plain text has no special formatting to begin with.

Compatible Software

Conversion Features with Checksub

• Automatic Plain Text format detection
• Precise timing conversion from Plain Text to SubRip
• Smart text formatting adaptation
• Character encoding handling (UTF-8, Unicode)
• Format-specific optimizations for SubRip
• Error checking and validation