Export captions as .vtt (WebVTT) files

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

I'd like the option to export closed captions as .vtt files. Some of my clients only accept this format, and doing it manually or with different software is either very time consuming or costly.

[Stan Jones]

@Matt3265090327qy,

Thanks for your thoughtful post. The absence of this feature is frustrating. I do believe they are still working on this, but there is no recent evidence to support that belief.

My most recent update is above. I see no changes in PR 25.0.0 or PR Beta 25.2.0.50.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-ideas/export-captions-as-vtt-webvtt-files/idc-p/14524674...

@TeresaDemel @AnnikaKoenig @Francis-Crossman

It is true that srt exports from PR do not include meaningful styling (only in-line tags such as italics/bold). The best option for exporting styling is to use one of the closed caption options. I have not tested any workflows that include converters for closed captions to vtt.

I agree that the speaker names in the PR transcript are not carried forward to the captions - and therefore not to any caption exports. There are plugins related to, for example, animating subtitles from the current PR subtitle workflow. I have not evaluated them. The ones I took quick looks at do not provide for keeping the speaker name. I suspect this is not trivial, since they are relying on a caption track, which does not include the speaker name. I think it is possible to do so by using the caption track and/or srt export and the timecodes and speaker name from a static transcript export.

Stan

[Paul.M300]

2 years does seem a bit of an oversight now. If it helps anyone, Davinci Resolve can now publish .VTT too, more info here: Create and Export SUBTITLES in DaVinci Resolve ~ 2022 Tutorial - YouTube

[starchildarryl]

This post was from January 2023, It is now Jauary 2025. So many updates yet still no VTT for trascription, even though it is used by Zoom, Youtube, and in my instance a stictly internal server to display videos. Due to confidentiality using a 3rd party converter is not an option. Is VTT ever going to happen with Premier

[starchildarryl]

If i am going to use Davince Resolve for VTT i may as well use it for editing and not bother with Premier

[Alberto22732067dum6]

Oouch! A valid point, and yet Adobe with all its resources, and subscription money has yet to move on VTT.




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[Vlad32730803e511]

@Francis-Crossman Well work harder then because it's been a year and we still can't export VTT straight out from premiere pro. Not to mention software is even more buggy.

[Super Eric]

No update for two years ? Please tell us at what stage the development process is.
For info, Blackmagic Davinci Resolve could do this very easely, so we start to think of migrating to this editing and finalizing solution.

[MitchMcMillanPanasonic]

Upvoe for this. As VTT is still not available.

[abstract_youth5D3E]

it is still (2 years later) not included in premiere pro.
will it happen in this century?

[motionben]

Just had a national car retailer request VTT subtitles for a video being displayed across the USA in their dealerships. Time to boot up DaVinci Resolve so I can make things happen for my client. Let's hear it for yet another widely requested feature that goes undelivered! GREAT JOB!

Hi Adobe Premiere Team! We're waiting for an update so we can better serve our clients! Thanks!

[Glen J.5EC7]

@motionben since users have been requesting WebVTT captions as an option since at least 2018 don't hold your breath about Adobe implementing it. Writing the code to do this wouldn't be that hard. As a software developer I'd love to fix this for Adobe but really they don't seem to care about it in the slightest.

[zdroberts]

Still no VTT support 2 years on from this question. Let the Ai slop take a back seat for a moment and work on things that we actually NEED please. 

[LUCKY_7]

아니, vtt가 아직도 업데이트가 안 될 거면 왜 희망고문하는 거죠?
전세계가 이것만 기다리고 있는데 왜 어려운 길로 돌아가는 지 정말 모르겠네요
비싼 돈내고 구독할 필요가 없어지고 있어요