packages/docs/docs/captions/importing.mdx
If you have an existing .srt subtitle file, you can import it into Remotion using parseSrt() from @remotion/captions.
Use staticFile() to reference an .srt file in your public folder, then fetch and parse it:
import {useState, useEffect, useCallback} from 'react';
import {AbsoluteFill, staticFile, useDelayRender} from 'remotion';
import {parseSrt} from '@remotion/captions';
import type {Caption} from '@remotion/captions';
export const MyComponent: React.FC = () => {
const [captions, setCaptions] = useState<Caption[] | null>(null);
const {delayRender, continueRender, cancelRender} = useDelayRender();
const [handle] = useState(() => delayRender());
const fetchCaptions = useCallback(async () => {
try {
const response = await fetch(staticFile('subtitles.srt'));
const text = await response.text();
const {captions: parsed} = parseSrt({input: text});
setCaptions(parsed);
continueRender(handle);
} catch (e) {
cancelRender(e);
}
}, [continueRender, cancelRender, handle]);
useEffect(() => {
fetchCaptions();
}, [fetchCaptions]);
if (!captions) {
return null;
}
return <AbsoluteFill></AbsoluteFill>;
};
Alternatively, you can also fetch() a remote file via URL.
Once parsed, the captions are in the recommended Caption format and can be used with all @remotion/captions utilities.
Possible next steps:
parseSrt() - API referenceCaption - The caption data structure