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YouTube Captions to VTT

Paste a YouTube link and download its captions as a clean, timestamped .vtt (WebVTT) file.

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Accepts a public YouTube video link · returns a downloadable .vtt (WebVTT) subtitle file with timestamps.

Works on public YouTube videos by reading their captions – Pepys is a captions tool, not a video downloader, and never saves the video or audio. To make a VTT for a video you own, upload the file instead.

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How do I get a VTT file from a YouTube video?

To get a YouTube VTT, paste the video link into Pepys and it returns the captions as timestamped lines you can download as a .vtt (WebVTT) file in seconds, in 99+ languages. Edit any line first, then add it to your HTML5 player. Pepys reads captions and never saves the video. No signup needed to try it; first 60 minutes free.

How youtube to vtt works

01

Paste the YouTube link

Copy a public YouTube video URL and paste it in – nothing to install.

02

Get the caption text

Pepys pulls the video's captions into clean, timestamped lines in seconds.

03

Download the .vtt

Edit any line if you need to, then export a ready-to-use WebVTT subtitle file.

VTT is the web's native caption format – the file an HTML5 <track> tag expects and the one many CMSes and players want. Paste a YouTube link and Pepys hands you the captions already formatted as timestamped WebVTT, ready to download and wire into your own video player or upload alongside the footage.

Lines are editable, timestamps line up, and it covers 99+ languages. Free to try with no signup; your first 60 minutes are free, you pay only for what you process, and credits never expire.

Clean paragraphs. No more um's and ah's.

The left is what Pepys hands back – logical paragraphs with the filler stripped out, punctuated and readable. The right is the raw, one-line-per-segment dump most transcribers leave you with.

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um so yeah everyone keeps telling you to like lead with your best line right but uh honestly if you give away the whole answer in the first second you know there's basically no reason for anyone to keep watching so the hook isn't kind of the smartest thing you say it's like a loop you open that they need to close and um that's the part that actually keeps people around

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  • Standards-compliant WebVTT that drops straight into an HTML5 player

  • Timestamps that line up – ready to use, no reformatting

  • Edit any caption line inline before you download

  • 99+ languages, auto-detected · pay as you go, credits never expire

Any language – 99+ detected automatically

Works with the platforms you live in.

Paste a link from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts – or drop in any audio or video file. We transcribe it once, then you export it however your workflow needs.

  • YouTubeYouTube
  • TikTokTikTok
  • InstagramInstagram
  • FacebookFacebook
  • SpotifySpotify
  • Apple PodcastsApple Podcasts
  • or any file

Export to any format

  • TXT
  • Markdown
  • DOCX
  • PDF
  • SRT
  • VTT
  • JSON

Timestamps, speaker labels, and subtitle timing carry through to every export.

Youtube to vtt – questions, answered

How do I get a VTT file from a YouTube video?

Paste the public YouTube link on this page and Pepys returns the captions as timestamped lines you can download as a .vtt file. No signup is needed to try it.

What's the difference between VTT and SRT?

Both carry the same caption text and timestamps. VTT (WebVTT) is the web standard for HTML5 video and supports styling; SRT is the universal choice for most editors. Pepys exports either.

Does this download the video?

No. Pepys reads the video's captions and gives you the VTT text – it never downloads or saves the video or audio.

Can I get the VTT in another language?

Yes – captions come in the video's spoken language across 99+ languages, and you can translate the transcript before exporting your .vtt.

Is it free?

You can try it with no signup, and your first 60 minutes are free with a free account – no card required. After that it's pay-as-you-go and credits never expire.

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