[?]Which .stl is this? There are two formats with this extension.
Both. Binary EBU STL (1024-byte GSI header + 128-byte TTI blocks, the European broadcast exchange format) and text Spruce STL (timestamped lines) are auto-detected by content — you don't need to know which you have.
[?]What happens to colours, boxing and positioning?
Dropped, honestly: SubRip has no fields for teletext presentation. Cue text, timing and row breaks survive — everything a player needs.
[?]What character sets are supported?
The ISO 6937 Western-European Latin path: ASCII direct, combining diacritics resolved to precomposed characters (é, ñ, ç…), teletext controls stripped. Exotic scripts are out of scope and reported, not mangled.
[?]Is my pre-release caption file uploaded anywhere?
No. Decoding runs entirely inside your browser — broadcast captions are sensitive, so check DevTools Network yourself.
[?]Why convert from STL to SRT?
STL Document (STL) and SRT Document (SRT) serve distinct roles across the digital workflow. Converting to SRT provides optimized compatibility, modern compression efficiency, or standardized playback across web browsers, operating systems, and media production environments.
[?]Is the STL to SRT conversion lossless or lossy?
The output format (SRT) is inherently lossless or supports lossless operation. Your original visual or audio fidelity is mathematically preserved without quantization artifacts.
[?]Does convrtr upload my files to any cloud server?
Never. convrtr is architected with a strict zero-upload model. All processing, decoding, decompression, and encoding happen 100% locally on your machine using sandboxed WebAssembly and Web Workers. Your data never touches an external server, database, or analytics collector.
[?]How can I convert STL to SRT from the terminal / command line?
You can execute this conversion locally via command-line utilities such as ffmpeg, cwebp, or ImageMagick. For example: see the developer terminal recipe provided in the technical specifications dossier above. convrtr provides the identical local-first capability directly inside your browser without installing CLI packages.
[?]Can I batch convert multiple STL files to SRT simultaneously?
Yes. You can drop multiple .stl files into the instrument to process them concurrently in browser Web Workers, or click 'Open in Master Studio' to queue mixed formats, configure individual targets, and export as a single ZIP archive.