Can i import a whole text script into premiere to be subtitles (not .srt file) at all?

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I have my script in text version but not .srt file. Line by lines are already typed out, is there a way to import text to be subtitles? I know there are thre methods to add captions in premiere but I don't think any of the below works for me:

Option 1: I can copy paste lines one by one to premiere manually, but this is really slow.

Option 2: I can do the auto transcribe thing in the 15.0 version howeever, the talking will be in two languages and that can be a pain. Also given that everything is already typed out, I don't need to transcribe them.

Option 3: import caption files - I don't have a .srt file with timecodes.

Is there a quick way of adding all of the lines (text) into premiere to be subtitles rather than add it one by one? Thanks!

Stan Jones · Answer

The current answer is "no." In the Captions tab of the Text Panel, one of the options to "Import captions from file" and the "All supported media" options includes text file as .txt. But it will not in fact allow selection of .txt. And renaming of a .txt file as .srt results in "header error."

The workaround is to use SubtitleEdit (or other third party apps) to add timecode so you have a real srt, even if the timecode is wrong. Open the text file in Subtitle Edit and it will give you a "Import plain text" dialogue withoptions for "auto split text" "one line is opne subtitle and more. It can autogenerate timecodes. Then just save as srt and import to PR.

Stan

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