Free tool
Add subtitles in CapCut
To add subtitles in CapCut, make an SRT from your clip with the free generator below, already set in short lines for a vertical video, then bring it in with Captions > Add Captions on desktop or the captions tab on the web.
- Free
- Short lines for vertical video
- Nothing is stored
Drop your video or audio file here, or Choose your video or audio file
MP4, MOV, MKV or WebM video, or MP3, M4A or WAV audio. Up to 30 minutes of each file, 3 free files a day. The language is detected automatically.
Cutting clips from long recordings? NoteOwl transcribes them on your Mac, unlimited, and writes SRT subtitles that say who is speaking.
How it works
How do you make subtitles for a CapCut video?
Take your exported CapCut edit, or the original clip, and drop it on the generator. Its speech is transcribed in short pieces and cut into subtitles of two short lines, each timed to the words. Look them over, then save the SRT.
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Drop the video in
An MP4 or MOV from your phone or from a CapCut export works, and so does its audio alone.
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Read the preview
Each subtitle shows its start, end and lines. A file longer than 30 minutes is subtitled up to that point.
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Save the SRT
Download SRT gives you a UTF-8 file named after your video, ready for CapCut.
Which versions of CapCut can import an SRT file?
CapCut on a computer and CapCut in the browser both import subtitle files; the phone app doesn’t. CapCut’s own help page, “How Do I Import Subtitles?”, says that as of 2026 CapCut Mobile doesn’t allow importing .srt or .txt subtitle files.
- Desktop
- Where to importTop menu: Captions > Add Captions
- Files it takes.srt, or a .txt laid out like an SRT, in UTF-8
- Web
- Where to importThe captions tab on the left toolbar
- Files it takes.srt only: TXT isn’t supported on the web
- Mobile
- Where to importNo import option
- Files it takesNone: import on desktop or the web, then open the project on your phone through Cloud Sync
| Version | Where to import | Files it takes |
|---|---|---|
| Desktop | Top menu: Captions > Add Captions | .srt, or a .txt laid out like an SRT, in UTF-8 |
| Web | The captions tab on the left toolbar | .srt only: TXT isn’t supported on the web |
| Mobile | No import option | None: import on desktop or the web, then open the project on your phone through Cloud Sync |
How do you import subtitles into CapCut on a computer?
In the desktop app, choose Captions > Add Captions from the top menu and select the .srt you saved here. On the web, click the captions tab on the left toolbar and choose the file from your device. Each subtitle then lands on the timeline as its own text clip.
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Download SRT, not TXT
The TXT download is plain paragraphs with no numbers or times, so it lacks the SRT-like structure CapCut wants in a .txt.
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Desktop: Captions > Add Captions
Pick it from the top menu, then select the .srt on your computer.
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Web: the captions tab
Click it on the left toolbar, then choose the .srt from your device.
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On your phone afterwards
Open the same project on mobile through Cloud Sync to keep editing there.
Why are the subtitles in short lines for CapCut?
A vertical 9:16 frame is narrow, so this page starts in short lines of 26 characters or fewer instead of the usual 42. That way a line fits across a phone screen at a size people can read, without shrinking the font until it’s tiny.
Editing a landscape video for YouTube? Untick Short lines for a vertical video, under the download buttons, before you save. The subtitles are laid out again at full width, still two lines at most.
How do you change the look of imported subtitles in CapCut?
Select a subtitle and use the right-side panel to set the font, size, color, position or animation. CapCut’s help points to Apply to all captions, so one change reaches every subtitle at once instead of one text clip at a time.
Want words fixed before they reach CapCut? Correct them in the SRT editor. Added an intro after making the file? Move every subtitle by the same amount with the subtitle shifter.
Can CapCut subtitles show who is speaking?
Not from this page, which writes the words only. NoteOwl does it on your Mac: it transcribes recordings you import with on-device AI models, tells the voices apart and saves an SRT where each subtitle opens with the speaker’s name, unlimited. A two-host podcast clip arrives in CapCut already labeled.
FAQ
Questions about subtitles in CapCut
Can I import an SRT into CapCut on my phone?
Not directly. CapCut’s help says the mobile app can’t import .srt or .txt subtitle files as of 2026. Import the file in CapCut on a computer or on the web, then open that project on your phone through Cloud Sync.
Why won’t CapCut on the web take my .txt file?
The web version accepts SRT files only. The desktop app accepts a .txt as well, but only one laid out like an SRT and saved as UTF-8. The SRT from this page is already in that shape and encoding.
Can I get longer lines for a horizontal video?
Yes. Untick Short lines for a vertical video below the download buttons and the subtitles are laid out again with up to 42 characters a line, which suits a 16:9 frame. Tick it again for a vertical edit.
Why are the subtitles out of step with my edit?
Their times count from the start of the file you dropped in. If you trimmed the opening or added an intro after making the SRT, make it again from the finished export, or shift all the subtitles by that amount before importing.
Will the subtitles say who is talking?
No. The free generator writes the spoken words and their times, with no names. NoteOwl on a Mac labels each speaker and puts their name at the start of their subtitles.
Does my video leave my device?
No. The page pulls the sound out of your video in the browser and sends it in short pieces to a cloud AI transcription service, which transcribes each one and throws it away. The subtitles are put together right here, and nothing is kept.
Is there a length limit?
Yes: up to 30 minutes of each file and 3 files a day. Short-form edits fit easily; split a longer video into parts, or transcribe the whole recording with NoteOwl on your Mac.
Keep exploring
More subtitle generator tools
- Subtitle generatorA free AI subtitle generator: drop in a video or recording and download SRT or VTT subtitles timed to the speech, two short lines per cue; only the sound is sent, nothing is stored
- Subtitles for Premiere ProMake an SRT from your footage, import it into Premiere as a caption track, restyle it and export it burned in or as a file
- Subtitles for iMovieIMovie can’t import subtitle files: make an SRT here, then use titles, Final Cut Pro or burned-in subtitles instead
- Subtitles for CanvaMake subtitles for a Canva video and add them the way Canva allows
- Subtitles for Final Cut ProMake an SRT and import it into Final Cut Pro with File > Import > Closed Captions, then burn it in or export it
Related
- Subtitles for TikTokTikTok takes no subtitle files: make short-line subtitles here and put them in the video before you post, or use TikTok’s captions
- Subtitle shifterMove every caption in an SRT, VTT, SBV or ASS file earlier or later, or re-sync it from two points; only the times change
- Subtitle generatorTurn a recording into an SRT subtitle file with timecodes and speaker names, on your Mac
From long recording to subtitled clip, on your Mac
Free to download. Runs entirely on your Mac.
macOS 26 or later · Apple Silicon (M1 or newer) · 16 GB memory minimum, 24 GB recommended
About NoteOwl
NoteOwl is private AI meeting notes and memory for the Mac. It captures meetings without a bot joining the call, labels every speaker, writes summaries and action items, and builds a memory of every conversation that you can chat with — fully offline, because the speech recognition and the AI run on the Mac itself. Dictation into any app is free; Pro is a one-time purchase.
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