What is an SRT File? How to Use?

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What is an SRT File? How to Use?

8 September 2020 Amanda J. Brook Senior Product Manager

Summary
Subtitle is used for video explanation. Basically, subtitles are displayed at the bottom of the video or at the sides of the video. In this essay, we will tell you what an SRT file is and how to such file in video.

Content

Part 1: What is SRT File?

Part 2: Application on SRT File

Part 3: How to Create SRT File?

Part 4: How to Input SRT File into Video?

Part 5: How to Make Subtitle with Renee Video Editor Pro?

Part 1: What is SRT File?

What is an SRT file? SRT is the text subtitle whose file size is around 100k. An SRT subtitle file is combined with time and text. So, it is easy to make and modify. Now, SRT subtitle is welcomed by many people. However, it shows few font styles and complicated effects. If you want to further edit the subtitle style, you should draw support from the video editing software.

Part 2: Application on SRT File

Sometimes, we add subtitles into a video for product introduction. SRT subtitle is usually our first choice because it is easy to make.

What is included in an SRT file?

l Order of subtitle

l Start and end time of each subtitle

l Subtitle contents separated by line break

l Blank line in the end of the subtitles

Part 3: How to Create SRT File?

As we mentioned above, we’ve known about what an SRT file is. Next, we will introduce how to make SRT subtitle file.

Steps:

1. Create a folder and then create a new text document inside. Name for the document and modify the file extension as “.srt”.

2. Open the document and begin editing it.

3. Write the order, time duration and content for each subtitle. The subtitle can begin with “0” or “1”. Then, the time can be displayed from hours, minutes, seconds and even milliseconds.

write the first subtitle about what is an srt file

4. The second subtitle begins with the order “2”. Line break can be input between texts.

5. Finally, save the document when you finish editing.

Part 4: How to Input SRT File into Video?

After editing the SRT file, we should put the file into the video with the video editing software. Next, we will introduce the professional tool, Renee Video Editor Pro and tell you how to use this software to input SRT subtitles into the video.

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1. Open Renee Video Editor Pro and click on [Video Toolbox].

select video toolbox in Renee Video Editor

2. Click on [Add Files] to select the target video.

select the video file in renee video editor pro

3. Then, load subtitle to the video.

4. Finally, select the output format and output folder. Click on [Start] to save the edited video.

select output format and folder in renee video editor pro

Part 5: How to Make Subtitle with Renee Video Editor Pro?

In fact, in addition to using Renee Video Editor Pro to input the SRT file, we can use the software to create video subtitles and add various font styles with the inside functions. Here are the steps:

1. Open Renee Video Editor Pro and click on [Video Toolbox].

2. Click on [Add Files] to select the target file.

3. Click on [Subtitle] at the top.

go to subtiltle in renee video editor pro

4. Drag the progress bar to select the section you need to add subtitles. Then, fill in the texts in the option [Subtitle].

edit srt subtitle with renee video editor pro

5. Next, click on [Font] to modify the style, size and color. After that, adjust the position of the subtitles and click on [OK] to save the subtitles.

adjust subtitle styles in renee videp editor pro

6. Return to the main interface and select the output format and output folder. Finally,, click on [Start] to save the edited video.

click to start saving the video with subtitle in renee video editor pro

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