srt.

Subtitle timing off usually means one of three things: a constant offset, drift that grows through the file, or a few cues out on their own. How to fix each.

Subtitles for Reels, TikTok and Shorts: what YouTube's help pages document, what we could not verify, and how to cut cues short enough to read on a phone.

Burn subtitles into video free with HandBrake or one ffmpeg command: the exact steps, the one-track limit, how styling gets chosen, and what it costs you.

Three free ways to add subtitles to video without uploading it: a sidecar SRT that VLC loads itself, a caption file for YouTube, or HandBrake burning them in.

Download your own upload from YouTube Studio, transcribe the MP4 in your browser, and turn the result into a YouTube transcript, show notes or captions.

A repeatable twenty minute test for any free subtitle generator: one hard two minute clip, eight questions to ask it, and what a good answer looks like.

Converting SRT to VTT, VTT back to SRT, or a subtitle file into plain text or a document: the exact edits, what each one loses, and when to use an editor.

The exact SRT format, three ways to make a file, the timing rules broadcasters use, and the five small mistakes that make YouTube or VLC reject it.

SRT vs VTT vs plain text, settled: what a cue is, why SRT carries no styling, what breaks in the wrong player, and which export to take for each job.