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ASS to SRT converter, without the upload.

Turn ASS subtitles into plain SRT for any player. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.

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How to convert ASS to SRT

  1. Add your ASS subtitles

    Drop ASS (SSA, SubStation Alpha) files onto the box above, or click it to choose them. ToAny reads the file's contents to detect the type, so a wrong extension does not matter.

  2. SRT is already chosen

    Press Convert. There is nothing else to set. The work happens in this tab.

  3. Download

    Save the SRT, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.

Why ToAny

  • Private by construction

    The ASS to SRT converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your subtitles are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.

  • No upload, no queue

    Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so the conversion starts the moment you press Convert, even on a slow connection.

  • Free, without an account

    No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.

ASS to SRT: what to expect

ASS files carry fonts, colours, effects and drawing commands that only capable players render. A TV, a phone or a web upload often shows nothing for them, or shows the raw style tags. SRT keeps the words and timing and works everywhere, at the cost of the styling.

The text is read as UTF-8 or UTF-16, whichever the file is. An older file in another code page is read using the charset it declares, or as Windows-1252 if it declares none, so accented letters in an unlabelled legacy file can come out wrong. A file that is not text, such as the picture-based subtitles of a DVD, is refused instead of being converted to nonsense. Of the styling, only italic, bold, underline and the position on screen (top, middle or bottom, left, centre or right) travel between formats; fonts, colours, outlines and effects do not. Each line takes its italic, bold, underline and alignment from its style and from override tags; drawing commands and karaoke effects are ignored. Positioned lines are written with {\an} codes, which many players honour; players that do not simply show them at the bottom.

ASS vs SRT

ASS

ASS/SSA subtitles

ASS adds styles to subtitles: fonts, colours, outlines, shadows, exact screen positions and animation effects. Fan-subbed anime and karaoke use it heavily. SSA is the earlier version, and the .ssa extension is read as the same format.

Opens in VLC, mpv, Aegisub and most fan-subtitling and media-server software; not browsers

ASS converter
SRT

SubRip subtitles

SRT is the plain subtitle format nearly every player accepts: a number, a time range such as 00:01:02,500 --> 00:01:04,000 and one or two lines of text. It has no official specification and only basic styling, which is why it travels so well.

Opens in VLC, YouTube, Plex, most players and video editors

SRT converter
ASS compared with SRT
ASSASS/SSA subtitlesSRTSubRip subtitles
Stands forAdvanced SubStation AlphaSubRip subtitle
TypeStyled subtitlesSubtitles
CompressionNoneNone
IntroducedThe 2000s, by the SubStation Alpha program and the Aegisub communityAround 2000, by the SubRip program (no formal standard)
Opens inVLC, mpv, Aegisub and most fan-subtitling and media-server software; not browsersVLC, YouTube, Plex, most players and video editors
Best forAnime and karaoke subtitles with fonts, colours and positioningSubtitles that must work almost everywhere
File extension.ass, .ssa.srt

Questions

Are my subtitles uploaded anywhere?

No. The ASS to SRT conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.

Is anything lost when converting ASS to SRT?

No further quality is lost: SRT stores the decoded audio exactly. The result is identical in content.

Can I convert several ASS files at once?

Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.

How do I convert ASS to SRT on Windows, Mac, iPhone or Android?

The steps are the same everywhere because ToAny runs in the web browser: open this page in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, add the ASS file, press Convert and save the SRT. There is nothing to install.

Is there a file size limit?

Yes, but a subtitle file is small. Files up to 50 MB are accepted, far more than any real subtitle file. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.