Export formats

VTT.vtt

WebVTT is the caption format the web was built for: an HTML5 video element reads a .vtt track directly, with no plugin and no player library. If your video is going onto a page you control rather than into a platform, this is the file.

Opens in: HTML5 video, web players, most streaming pipelines.

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What it carries

Worth reading before you export rather than after you import.

  • Carries it:Caption text
  • Carries it:Timing against your edit
  • Partly:Speaker names— where your transcript carries them
  • Partly:Positioning and cue settings— VTT supports them; Eddie writes plain cues

How to export VTT from Eddie

  1. 01

    Open the edit

    Open the edit whose captions you need.

  2. 02

    Choose VTT

    In the transcript export, pick VTT.

  3. 03

    Add it as a track

    Reference it from your video element with a <track kind="captions"> tag, or hand it to your player or streaming pipeline.

What it costs

Included — this export costs no credits.

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Questions

How is VTT different from SRT?
They describe the same thing and differ mostly in syntax — VTT begins with a WEBVTT signature and supports styling and positioning that SRT does not. The practical difference is the destination: browsers read VTT natively, editors and platforms prefer SRT.
Will it work in a plain <video> element?
Yes. That is what the format is for — no player library required.
Can I get a plain transcript instead?
Yes, the transcript export also writes plain text if you want the words without timings.

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