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photobuffalo
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December 2, 2021
Question

Import TXT files as Captions

  • December 2, 2021
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Hello!

I'm in a bit of a pickle.


The revised captioning system in Premiere Pro 2022 is really nice especially with the cloud transcription.

However, if I were to export the generated transcript to a CSV or TXT file and let someone (my copywriter) proofread and edit it, I cannot re-import it back into Premiere. This forces me to check and edit each caption one-by-one (which is hell if you are transcribing hours of footage).

 

Yes, I know I should've exported an SRT. But i'm dumb and gave a TXT file to the proofreader and I realized my mistake once I received the proofred TXT file. 

 

Any thoughts? Does anyone know of a way to convert the TXT file to something Premiere would read?

 

Thanks

 

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Stan Jones
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Stan JonesCommunity Expert
Community Expert
December 2, 2021

What did you actually export from PR? The TRANSCRIPT? Or the CAPTIONS?

 

Since you recognized that an srt would have handled the problem, I'm hoping the captions. That you can fix.

 

Was the text export in the newer version where it also exports timecode?

 

Stan

 

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    photobuffaloAuthor
    Participant
    December 2, 2021

    I believe it was the captions I exported and not the generated transcript, the file also contained timecode but not in the SRT format. 

    Stan Jones
    Community Expert
    Stan JonesCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 3, 2021

    See my response here. I think it is the same problem you are describing:

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/how-to-import-caption-txt-file-in-premiere-pro-2022/m-p/12483176#M374904

     

    The image posted in that thread is after he re-exported as srt.

     

    What you have looks like this, and has the 3 problems I described (no #, dash no arrow, frames not milliseconds)? And the text is now edited and ready for import back to PR?

     

    00;00;00;27 - 00;00;03;59
Caption one


00;00;05;59 - 00;00;08;59
Caption two edited


00;00;13;44 - 00;00;16;16
Etc

     

    Stan

     

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