diff --git a/app/Entities/Media/Transcript.php b/app/Entities/Media/Transcript.php
index bbdb35aa..4221253c 100644
--- a/app/Entities/Media/Transcript.php
+++ b/app/Entities/Media/Transcript.php
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ use CodeIgniter\Files\File;
 
 class Transcript extends BaseMedia
 {
+    public ?string $json_path = null;
+
+    public ?string $json_url = null;
+
     protected string $type = 'transcript';
 
-    protected ?string $json_path = null;
-
-    protected ?string $json_url = null;
-
     public function initFileProperties(): void
     {
         parent::initFileProperties();
diff --git a/app/Libraries/MediaClipper/VideoClipper.php b/app/Libraries/MediaClipper/VideoClipper.php
index 6fd9b541..a8e3230b 100644
--- a/app/Libraries/MediaClipper/VideoClipper.php
+++ b/app/Libraries/MediaClipper/VideoClipper.php
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace MediaClipper;
 
 use App\Entities\Episode;
+use Exception;
 use GdImage;
 
 /**
- * TODO: refactor this by splitting image manipulations + video generation
+ * TODO: refactor this by splitting process modules into different classes (image generation, subtitles clip, video
+ * generation)
  *
  * @phpstan-ignore-next-line
  */
@@ -45,8 +47,6 @@ class VideoClipper
 
     protected string $episodeCoverPath;
 
-    protected ?string $subtitlesInput = null;
-
     protected string $soundbiteOutput;
 
     protected string $subtitlesClipOutput;
@@ -87,9 +87,6 @@ class VideoClipper
 
         $this->audioInput = media_path($this->episode->audio->file_path);
         $this->episodeCoverPath = media_path($this->episode->cover->file_path);
-        if ($this->episode->transcript !== null) {
-            $this->subtitlesInput = media_path($this->episode->transcript->file_path);
-        }
 
         $podcastFolder = media_path("podcasts/{$this->episode->podcast->handle}");
 
@@ -108,12 +105,84 @@ class VideoClipper
 
     public function subtitlesClip(): void
     {
-        if ($this->subtitlesInput) {
-            $subtitleClipCmd = "ffmpeg -y -i {$this->subtitlesInput} -ss {$this->start} -t {$this->duration} {$this->subtitlesClipOutput}";
+        if ($this->episode->transcript === null) {
+            throw new Exception('Episode does not have a transcript!');
+        }
+
+        if ($this->episode->transcript->json_path) {
+            $this->generateSubtitlesClipFromJson($this->episode->transcript->json_path);
+        } else {
+            $subtitlesInput = media_path($this->episode->transcript->file_path);
+            $subtitleClipCmd = "ffmpeg -y -i {$subtitlesInput} -ss {$this->start} -t {$this->duration} {$this->subtitlesClipOutput}";
             exec($subtitleClipCmd);
         }
     }
 
+    public function generateSubtitlesClipFromJson(string $jsonFileInput): void
+    {
+        $jsonTranscriptString = file_get_contents($jsonFileInput);
+        if ($jsonTranscriptString === false) {
+            throw new Exception('Cannot get transcript json contents.');
+        }
+
+        $jsonTranscript = json_decode($jsonTranscriptString, true);
+        if ($jsonTranscript === null) {
+            throw new Exception('Transcript json is invalid.');
+        }
+
+        $srtClip = '';
+        $segmentIndex = 1;
+        foreach ($jsonTranscript as $segment) {
+            $startTime = null;
+            $endTime = null;
+
+            if ($segment['startTime'] < $this->end && $segment['endTime'] > $this->start) {
+                $startTime = $segment['startTime'] - $this->start;
+                $endTime = $segment['endTime'] - $this->start;
+            }
+
+            if ($segment['startTime'] < $this->start && $this->start < $segment['endTime']) {
+                $startTime = 0;
+            }
+
+            if ($segment['startTime'] < $this->end && $segment['endTime'] >= $this->end) {
+                $endTime = $this->duration;
+            }
+
+            if ($startTime !== null && $endTime !== null) {
+                $formattedStartTime = $this->formatSeconds($startTime);
+                $formattedEndTime = $this->formatSeconds($endTime);
+                $srtClip .= <<<CODE_SAMPLE
+                {$segmentIndex}
+                {$formattedStartTime} --> {$formattedEndTime}
+                {$segment['text']}
+
+
+                CODE_SAMPLE;
+
+                ++$segmentIndex;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // create srt clip file
+        file_put_contents($this->subtitlesClipOutput, $srtClip);
+    }
+
+    public function formatSeconds(float $seconds): string
+    {
+        $milliseconds = str_replace('0.', '', (string) (round($seconds - floor($seconds), 3)));
+
+        return gmdate('H:i:s', (int) floor($seconds)) . ',' . str_pad($milliseconds, 3, '0', STR_PAD_RIGHT);
+    }
+
+    public function cleanTempFiles(): void
+    {
+        // delete generated video background image, soundbite & subtitlesClip
+        unlink($this->soundbiteOutput);
+        unlink($this->subtitlesClipOutput);
+        unlink($this->videoClipBgOutput);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return int 0 for success, else error
      */
@@ -129,7 +198,11 @@ class VideoClipper
 
         $generateCmd = $this->getCmd();
 
-        return $this->cmd_exec($generateCmd);
+        $cmdResult = $this->cmd_exec($generateCmd);
+
+        $this->cleanTempFiles();
+
+        return $cmdResult;
     }
 
     public function getCmd(): string
diff --git a/app/Resources/js/modules/VideoClipBuilder.ts b/app/Resources/js/modules/VideoClipBuilder.ts
index 11c1a637..432d1246 100644
--- a/app/Resources/js/modules/VideoClipBuilder.ts
+++ b/app/Resources/js/modules/VideoClipBuilder.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const VideoClipBuilder = (): void => {
       ) as NodeListOf<HTMLInputElement>;
 
       const titleInput = form.querySelector(
-        'input[name="label"]'
+        'input[name="title"]'
       ) as HTMLInputElement;
       if (titleInput) {
         videoClipPreviewer.setAttribute("title", titleInput.value || "");