Comments: indicated by NOTE and on separate lines.There must be a single space between and must not include a newline or “– –>”. A byte order mark (BOM) telling the reader the file is encoded with UTF-8.A blank line in between each caption frame to indicate the end of a sequence.WEBVTT at the beginning of the transcript.What are the components of a WebVTT file?Ī WebVTT file has two requirements and many optional components. WebVTT files can support additional information, such as frame placement.WebVTT files must have a UTF-8 encoding, which is not required in an SRT file.In a WebVTT file, the timecodes are separated by full stops rather than commas.In an SRT file, frames need to be separated by cue identifiers.All WebVTT files start with the line “WebVTT,” while SRT files don’t use an SRT distinction and instead begin with a “1” for the first caption sequence.Unlike the SRT format, WebVTT allows for description and metadata information to be included within the frames, which is not displayed to the viewer.
