Having trouble opening SRT files? Learn the most common reasons why you can't open SRT files and how to open them quickly and easily. Subtitle files are often named according to the language of the subtitles, i.e. 'moviename.eng.srt' for English and 'moviename.ger.srt' for German subtitles.
The srt file extension is used for one of the most common subtitle format - SubRip. SubRip is a small utility, that can rip subtitles from DVD video files to a simple text format called SubRip format.
This format is supported by most software video players and subtitle creation programs. The time format used is hours:minutes:seconds,milliseconds, with the milliseconds field precise to three decimal places.
The srt file does not contain any video data. It is simple text file you can edit by any text editor (translate subtitles into another language). The purpose of srt file is to use it with desired movie file together to display subtitles when you play video file by any player with support for SRt subtitles. The successor of the SubRip format is WebSRT (Web Subtitle Resource Tracks) subtitle format, that will be used for HTML5 'track' element and shares the same srt file extension Updated: July 4, 2018. Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.) and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open srt file, edit srt file, convert srt file, view srt file, play srt file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database). Hint: Click on the tab below to simply browse between the application actions, to quickly get a list of recommended software, which is ableto perform the specified software action, such as opening, editing or converting srt files.