Importing .srt subtitles (Premiere Pro 14.9 and earlier)

[Rhys Huw Thomas]

I'm trying to import .srt subtitles into a HD project

Unfortunately, they appear very small, and once scaled up they appear pixelated. 

Is there a way to:

- Import them in a larger size?

- Resize and change formatting on all subs without having to adjust each line individually?

[Stan Jones · Accepted solution]

Open the caption stream in the Caption Panel. Select all (either right click, "select all," or click first caption/shift click last). Change font.

Do not upscale in effect settings.

Or in the Caption Panel, select Import Settings before importing. Set override there.

I assume you are using Open Captions?

Stan

[Rhys Huw Thomas]

Yes using open captions.

Thanks a lot all sorted now 🙂 

[Stan Jones]

Excellent!

[Carlos Külps]

Hi Stan!

I'm trying to import a .srt captions file but Premiere error message says: The file has no audio or video atreams. 

Do you know how to fix that?

My Premiere Pro 2020 is version 14.9

I'm using a MacBook Pro 2019 / Mac OS Catalina - 10.15

Thanks!

[Stan Jones]

What file extension does the file have? It does not sound like a valid .srt.

Can you paste the first 6 lines of the file here in a post?

Stan

[Carlos Külps]

It's a .srt file just downloaded from YouTube.

1
00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:35,000
BOA TARDE A TODOS,

2
00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:44,000
ACHO QUE ESTAMOS PRONTOS PARA COMEÇAR, A CAROLINE DA GASTROMOTIVA VAI FALAR

3
00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,000
PRIMEIRO. BOA TARDE A TODOS.

4
00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:53,000
[CAROLINE]: MEU NOME É CAROLINE REIS, EU SOU COORDENADORA DE EDUCAÇÃO DA

5
00:02:53,000 --> 00:03:03,000
GASTROMOTIVA AQUI NO BRASIL, NESSE MOMENTO DEVIDO A COORDENAÇÃO DO

6
00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,000
PROJETO, DO PROGRAMA DE FORMAÇÃO E COZINHA SOCIAL COM A CLICIA COUTO AQUI

[Stan Jones]

That should work. I find few references to this error with srt import.

Stan

[Carlos Külps]

Stan, just fixed the problem: I've upgraded to Premiere 2021 and it has new features for subtitles and let me import that .srt file.

Thanks a lot!!! 😉👍🏻

[Stan Jones]

Thanks for reporting back.

[Azra5C98]

Hi, I have the same exact problem but no matter what I choose in Import Settings, my imported SRT open caption file looks different from what the original file was. Any help?

[Stan Jones]

The import settings overrides the file settings. I think, from your other thread, that you are trying to get .srt file for another person to use. So overriding the settings on import is not gong to help.

Stan