Export captions as .vtt (WebVTT) files

The current best solution for me is to export SRT file into open source Subtitle Edit, make any adjustments and export VRT file. SE will also allow quick burning of open caption to video file.

Very strange that this takes forever, since the only essential difference is the word 'WEBVTT' in the first line of a file, plus the fact that all the time codes in VTT need to have a . instead of a , (in other words: a full stop instead of a comma).

VERY VERY VERY easy to build, many free online converters do this already.

Shame on you, Adobe!

@Francis-Crossman17221443 The link you shared doesn't mention anything about the status of support for exporting VTT files, and your post was nearly a year ago. Any update on this? Thanks.

Bump. Premiere Pro 2024 and still no ability to export as VTT.

I've been using Veed.io for this lately, which normally works great, but today I can't get it to download the VTT files in any browser. So I turned to ChatGPT, and it worked beautifully! Of course we wouldn't have to do all these backflips if Adobe would simply make this a priority. 

I found a great open source program that can help with caption/subtitle/VTT and all various caption flavors. It will even do translations.

https://www.nikse.dk/subtitleedit

Srsly. this is weird. Agree.

ikr?

I also only need basic, plain text .vtt. Just need .vtt to import into the caption settings in 'Microsoft Stream on SharePoint' videos. If Adobe just released this basic functionality right away, couldn't the fancier stuff come in later releases? 

Sure, VTT can include all that formatting, but its not needed if you just want basic .vtt captions, that can then be controlled by the player.  This is what I'd like to see exported as a .vtt:

WEBVTT

00:00:04.212 --> 00:00:06.631
This is some text.

00:00:06.631 --> 00:00:08.049
This is more text.