Convert ASS/SSA to SRT
Convert Advanced SubStation Alpha (.ass/.ssa) subtitles to plain SRT in your browser. Styling tags are stripped correctly; nothing is uploaded.
ASS files from anime fansubs and karaoke carry styling that most players and editors cannot read — positioning, fonts, colours and effects encoded in {\tags}. Converting to SRT means extracting just the dialogue with clean timing. Subtitle Doctor reads the [Events] Format line (so nonstandard field orders still parse), strips override blocks, converts \N line breaks to real ones, and rounds ASS centisecond timing to SRT milliseconds.
Worth knowing
- ASS timestamps have centisecond precision (0:00:01.50); SRT uses milliseconds. The conversion is exact — 1.50 becomes 1,500.
- Override tags like {\pos(400,570)} and {\i1} are removed; the dialogue text inside them is kept.
- \N inside ASS dialogue is a hard line break and becomes a real newline in SRT.
- Commas inside dialogue are safe: Subtitle Doctor splits Dialogue lines by field position from the Format definition, not by naive comma counting.
- Karaoke timing tags ({\k…}) cannot be represented in SRT — the syllables are joined into normal text.
FAQ
Will the colours and positioning survive in SRT?
No — SRT has no styling model, which is exactly why players that choke on ASS want it. The dialogue and timing survive; decoration is removed by design.
Does this work with older .ssa files too?
Yes. SSA v4 and ASS v4+ share the Dialogue/Format structure this converter reads, so both extensions work.