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SBV Captions (YouTube)
A YouTube SBV caption file — start,end timestamp lines followed by caption text — carrying the same three captions, for testing SBV parsers and YouTube caption import.
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Welcome to Novus Examples.
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These are free sample subtitle files.
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Use them to test parsers, players, and converters.
Specifications
- Format
- YouTube SBV
- Cues
- 3
- Timing
- H:MM:SS.mmm,H:MM:SS.mmm
- Captions
- same as the SRT/VTT twins
What is a .sbv file?
SBV (.sbv) is the simple caption format used by YouTube's Studio. Each cue is a start,end timestamp line (H:MM:SS.mmm) followed by the caption text, with a blank line between cues. It has no styling — just timings and text.
How to use this file
Use an example .sbv file to test caption parsers, YouTube caption import, and conversion between SBV, SRT, and VTT.
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