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VTT File - What is a .vtt file and how do I open it?
Learn about .VTT files and view a list of programs that open them.
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What is a VTT file? A VTT file is a text file saved in the Web Video Text Tracks (WebVTT) format. It contains supplementary information about a web video, including subtitles, captions, descriptions, chapters, and metadata . VTT files do not contain any video data.
More Information VTT file open in GitHub Atom Most online video hosting services, such as YouTube and Vimeo, allow users to caption or subtitle their videos using VTT files, as do media players like VideoLAN VLC Media Player. Additionally, the WebVTT format is designed to provide: Chapters for content navigation Text video descriptions Other metadata aligned with audio or video content NOTE: WebVTT replaced the Web Subtitle Resource Tracks (WebSRT) format in 2010.
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Web Video Text Tracks File
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What is a VTT file?
A VTT file is a text file saved in the Web Video Text Tracks (WebVTT) format. It contains supplementary information about a web video, including subtitles, captions, descriptions, chapters, and metadata . VTT files do not contain any video data.
More Information
VTT file open in GitHub Atom
Most online video hosting services, such as YouTube and Vimeo, allow users to caption or subtitle their videos using VTT files, as do media players like VideoLAN VLC Media Player. Additionally, the WebVTT format is designed to provide:
NOTE: WebVTT replaced the Web Subtitle Resource Tracks (WebSRT) format in 2010.
How to open a VTT file
You can open and edit a VTT file using any text editor, such as Microsoft Notepad (Windows), Apple TextEdit (Mac), or GitHub Atom (multiplatform). You can also view a VTT file's contents by dragging the file into any web browser.
If you'd like to use a VTT file as a subtitle track in VideoLAN VLC Media Player :
How to validate that VTT subtitles are formatted correctly
You can validate that the subtitles a VTT file contains are formatted correctly by uploading the file to the Subtitle Validator available at https://validator.subtitledpro.com/.
How to convert a VTT file
Many free online conversion tools allow you to convert VTT subtitles to the .SRT subtitle format, which more media players support. For example, the tools at https://www.happyscribe.com/subtitle-tools/convert-vtt-to-srt and https://www.veed.io/subtitle-tools/edit allow you to convert VTT files to SRT files.
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VideoLAN VLC media player
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Free
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Free
Mozilla Firefox
Free
Opera
Free
Any text editor
Mac
VideoLAN VLC media player
Free
Google Chrome
Free
Mozilla Firefox
Free
Apple Safari
Included with OS
Opera
Free
Any text editor
Linux
VideoLAN VLC media player
Free
Google Chrome
Free
Mozilla Firefox
Free
Opera
Free
Any text editor
Web
happyscribe Convert VTT to SRT
Free
VEED.IO Edit Subtitles
Free
Android
J2 Interactive MX Player
Free
Category: Video Files
Updated: April 10, 2023