Converting .xls file to srt

[GinB]

Hi guys,

I need to make a subtitle translation for a video. I have had all the lines, timing in an .xls file in the format:
- column A: number from 1 to n, n is the number of subtitle lines
- column B: start time
- column C: end time
- column D: the actual line
I am trying to convert this file into .srt format. My plan is to simply save the .xls file as a .txt file
which would give me the following format in one line
"number start time end time actual line"
so then in the .txt file I would manually insert line break, insert --> between start time and end time
Also the guy who created the .xls file used this format 00:10:38.729 instead of the regular 00:10:38,729 for time so I also need to manually change all the . to ,
Then I would save this txt file as an srt file.
Would appreciate if anyone has an idea to make this process less time consuming, because I have about 300 lines to edit.
I'm new here so please forgive me if my post did not follow certain rules.
Thank you all!

[Ant_G]

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/349893-convert-xls-file-to-Subtitle-Workshop-import-file

[GinB]

Thank you, I have read that post as well, and it's basically what I described in my post I was looking for a way to not have to do everything by hands

[DB83]

Your plan is flawed.

If you have the source as an .xls file then you 'edit' that. I.e. use a program that reads/edits the .xls (not confined to Excel) which can find/replace text or copy a single row over a series of rows as in the '-->'

From there you can create a text file and add the required line breaks since that is not so easy imo to do in a Excel etc.

But 300 lines !!. From what you propose that still would not take longer in a text editor. It could take longer to set the text up.

[GinB]

Thank you! I would go ahead with your suggestion adding the --> in excel then convert it to .txt file and .srt file