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SSA to SRT

Convert old SubStation Alpha (.ssa) files to SRT

SSA is the older sibling of ASS and still turns up in archives. Captionry reads its [V4 Styles] and [Events] sections and writes plain SRT that any player accepts.

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SSA to SRT converterFree: 3 files per batch

Drop subtitle files or a folder here

.srt .vtt .ass .ssa .sub, any number of files

Convert to
Options auto encoding, no offset, keep tags

Sample batch1 files

  • archive-reel-2.ssaReadyASS/SSA · UTF-8 · 3 cues → archive-reel-2.srt
Or drop your own files above.
Output previewarchive-reel-2.srt
1
00:00:01,500 --> 00:00:04,000
<i>The pier was built in 1931.</i>

2
00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,100
We painted it every spring.

3
00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:10,000
Until the storm of <b>1953</b>.

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How to

How to convert SSA to SRT

  1. Drop your .ssa files

    Drop files or a whole folder onto the converter. Each file is checked and listed with its encoding and cue count.

  2. Keep SRT selected

    SRT is preselected on this page. Set a time offset or strip tags under Options if you need to.

  3. Download

    One file downloads as .srt; several come as one zip with your folder structure kept.

Details

What changes in the conversion

  • The Events Format line decides which field is the start, end and text, so SSA's Marked field and custom orders are read correctly.
  • A style with Italic or Bold set (-1 in SSA) makes that style's lines italic or bold in the SRT.
  • Inline {\i1} and {\b1} codes are kept as <i> and <b>; positions, colours and fonts are removed.
  • Files from older Windows tools are often not UTF-8. Encoding is detected, and you can choose it under Options.

FAQ

Questions

What is the difference between SSA and ASS?

ASS (v4.00+) extends SSA (v4) with more style fields and layers. Captionry reads both and treats them the same way for conversion.

My SSA file shows wrong accents. What do I do?

Pick the file's encoding under Options, for example Windows-1252 for Western European or Windows-1251 for Cyrillic. The SRT is always written as UTF-8.

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