Subtitles & translation
Download subtitle files for video you have the right to use, so the text can be corrected, translated or re-timed in your own workflow. Aixcut produces subtitle files in a desktop Chrome or Edge workspace and keeps them with the project.
STEP 01
Bring in your own upload or material you have permission to use, and check the source captions are present.
STEP 02
Export the captions as a file rather than as burned-in text, so the wording stays editable.
STEP 03
Open the file, confirm the timings and line breaks, then translate, correct or re-import it as needed.
Copying captions from a player window loses the timings and usually the line breaks. A subtitle file carries the text with its start and end times intact, which is what makes it possible to translate it, correct it, or load it into a different player without rebuilding the sync.
SRT is accepted almost everywhere and is the safe default for hand-off. VTT is the web format and is what browsers expect alongside HTML video. Both are plain text, so either can be opened and corrected in a text editor before delivery.
Captions on a video you do not own are still someone else's text. Downloading them for personal study is a different matter from republishing them, and the licence and the platform terms decide which is which. Keep the rights question in view before the file leaves your machine.
Common questions about this task, its limits and how to judge the result.
Add the video, export the captions as a subtitle file rather than burned-in text, then check the timings and line breaks.
SRT is the widely accepted default; VTT is used for web playback. Both are plain text files you can edit.
Yes. Editing the file is the point, since it keeps the wording and timings separate from the picture.
Only within what the licence and platform terms allow. Subtitles are copyrightable text in their own right.
Check the source rights, available file format and current workspace limits. Downloading a subtitle does not grant permission to reuse the video.
