How do I use .SRT file in FCP to get subtitles?

[Andrew Shtern]

You can use Michael Cinquin online tools for this.
Here is direct link to .srt to FCP workflow.

Andrew Shtern
Editor/Colorist
The Coffeepost @Kiev, UA

[Danielle Warren]

Hi Andrew, thanks for the reply. That link didn’t work.

I actually found Title Exchange which works perfectly. But now, I was sent a revised srt file that is just gobbledygook along with an excel file with all the times and translations. How can I make that Excel file into a usable SRT file? Or, I guess, how do I make an SRT file at all? I don’t have any subtitling software. THank you!

[Andrew Shtern]

Here is the link: https://www.michaelcinquin.com/tools/subtitles/srt_to_fcp
For some reason it was broken in previous post…
I think there is also Excel workflow there: https://www.michaelcinquin.com/tools/subtitles/import_subtitle

Andrew Shtern
Editor/Colorist
The Coffeepost @Kiev, UA

[Neil Sadwelkar]

You can format the excel file in a way that resembles an STL file.
Timecode comma timecode comma subtitle

Like this…
01:00:00:00 ,01:00:04:19 ,This is a sample subtitle|with 2 lines of text

The pipe ‘|’ is the hard enter for two lines.

Getting that into text lines may take some doing, maybe manually on a case by case basis.

Then copy and paste the selected columns into a plain text file
And then use TEP to convert this as STL to XML.

You may have to add a set of header commands on font, size etc.

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Neil Sadwelkar
neilsadwelkar.blogspot.com
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FCP Editor, Edit systems consultant
Mumbai India

[Danielle Warren]

Thanks for all your help everyone, really appreciate it. I started going through the arduous process of copying and pasting the Excel sheet into my .srt file when I received a new and correct one from the client. From there it was easy to use Title Exchange.

[Alex Liu]

Final SRT is a good choice on Mac App Store. Add SRT subtitles to Final Cut timeline.