How to download subtitles from YouTube
How to download subtitles from YouTube: the steps that take the video from YouTube and turn it into text. Free $0, 3 files a day.
For how to download subtitles from YouTube, the work is short once the file is on your own disk. One file is enough for the whole route, and the free plan is $0 with 3 files a day.
How to download subtitles from YouTube, step by step
- 1
Open your own video
Sign in to the account that uploaded the video and open the video on the site or in the app.
- 2
Press Download
The Download button under the video offers the file as an MP4 in 720p or in 360p.
- 3
Check the file
A file taken for offline use is encrypted, and it plays only inside the app of YouTube.
- 4
Check the length of the recording
One file may be up to 30 minutes, on every plan. A longer the video from YouTube is cut into parts before it is sent here.
- 5
Set the language of the file
99+ languages are read, 99+ languages. Set the one the video from YouTube is in, or leave the setting on automatic detection.
What comes back from the engine
- TXT
One segment per line, the way a person wrote it down. It is the format to paste into a ticket, a chat or a document.
- TXT, CSV
The start and the end time of every segment, and the speakers named separately when you ask for it.
- SRT, VTT
SRT and VTT with the time of every line, so the recording can carry its own subtitles.
- Markdown, DOCX
The transcript is edited through the API and exported as Markdown for a wiki, or as DOCX for a review.
How YouTube stores the file, and what it says about it
- Length of one file
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
- Free plan
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
What the recording does not give you
Meetings end in files, and the video from YouTube is what is left of them. Everything after the meeting is decided by what was written down, and by what can be found in it later. Our own engine reads the video from YouTube once, and the text of it is yours to work with.
Tips
Take CSV when the text of the video from YouTube has to go into a spreadsheet.
Markdown is the format to keep the text of the video from YouTube in a wiki.
DOCX is the format for a review of the video from YouTube, and it comes with Pro.
The limit of one file is 30 minutes on the free plan, and the Pro plan has no minute limit.
Read the first lines of the text before you send the file of the video from YouTube out.
Questions about how to download subtitles from YouTube
Is there a faster way to download subtitles from YouTube?
For how to download subtitles from YouTube, one file is enough: the video from YouTube is uploaded to the widget above and the text comes back.
Can I search the text after I download subtitles from YouTube?
Take the video from YouTube first, then send the file to our own engine: the text comes back one segment per line.
What are the steps to download subtitles from YouTube?
The engine does not care where the recording came from: YouTube only decides where the file waits for you.
What do I need before I download subtitles from YouTube?
Give the video from YouTube to the engine as it is, and every line of the text keeps the time of the moment it was said.
Do I need an account to download subtitles from YouTube?
One upload is enough: the video from YouTube goes to the widget, and the text of it comes back as a document.
Related pages
Transcribe YouTube video: the file of YouTube, the limits of it and the price of the service.
Free YouTube transcriptionFree YouTube transcription: what YouTube says about the recording, and what the engine adds to it.
How to get YouTube transcriptHow to get YouTube transcript: the same question about YouTube, with the steps and the free plan.
Transcribe a YouTube videoWhat YouTube gives the owner of a video and what can be done with the file.
Sources
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
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Drop a recording — the text arrives in a minute
Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.