YouTube Subtitles

Choosing between tracks

When a video has several caption tracks, the tool lists them and marks the automatic ones. Prefer a track the creator uploaded: it was written or checked by a person and usually has punctuation, correct names, and sensible line breaks. An automatic track exists only in the language the video is spoken in, and YouTube's on-the-fly translations into other languages are not separate tracks, so they are not offered for download.

Where each file goes

Download SRT for video editors such as Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, for most desktop players, and for upload to other platforms. VLC and many other players load an SRT automatically when it sits next to the video with the same name, for example talk.mp4 and talk.srt. Download VTT for a web page, where the HTML <track> element accepts only WebVTT.

To show the words permanently in the picture, for a clip posted where captions cannot be switched on, burn the subtitles into the video instead.

How to use it

1. Paste a public YouTube video URL.
2. Choose “Get subtitles” and select an available language.
3. Download the selected track as SRT or WebVTT.

Privacy & limitations

The video URL is processed by TOEA’s API and is not retained. The tool does not bypass disabled, private, paid, or region-restricted captions. Respect the creator’s rights when reusing subtitles.