Sometimes, the best tool is Notepad (or TextEdit). If you have a very short video (e.g., a 30-second ad) and a simple text file, manually typing the timecodes into a text editor is faster than learning new software.
Example Format:
1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,000 Hello and welcome to the review.
2 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:06,000 Today we are looking at text files.how to convert txt to srt file
Simply save this as filename.srt.
Websites like Happy Scribe, Kapwing, or Rev offer free/paid conversion.
How they work: You paste your TXT → the tool uses speech recognition to align text with an uploaded video/audio.
Limitation: They usually require the original audio/video, not just the TXT file.
Sometimes, text files are exported from other systems and contain time information in a non-standard way. Sometimes, the best tool is Notepad (or TextEdit)
Using a video player (like VLC), watch your video and note when each line should appear and disappear.
Type the timestamps above each line using the format:
Hours:Minutes:Seconds,Milliseconds --> Hours:Minutes:Seconds,Milliseconds Simply save this as filename
Note: SRT uses commas for milliseconds, not periods.