Nikse's blog

SE on OS X

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:45:18 GMT

Subtitle Edit is mainly a windows application, but due to Mono it also works reasonably on Linux (I use Ubuntu).

However, I don't have a mac or know anything about macs, but kuhnboy has SE up and running on OS X with Tesseract ocr. Nice :)

Subtitle Edit 3.2.7

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:26:31 GMT

Subtitle Edit 3.2.7 is now released.

Change log:

New: Finnish language - thx Veikko
New: Can now import binary subtitle format Cheetah Caption
Improved: VLC audio extraction now generates smaller wave file - thx utocne (transcoding parameters now in Settings.xml)
Improved: Added "Find text" to Point Sync + Set Sync Point - thx eMWu
Improved: Unbreak/auto-break buttons now also work on selected lines - thx XhmikosR
Improved: EBU stl now also accepts STL 24 (besides STL25/STL30) - Thx Axel
Improved: Added shortcut for split line at cursor position - Thx Daniela
Improved: Basque language file updated - thx Xabier Aramendi
Fixed: Crash in "Fix common errors" - thx Dragan B
Fixed: New-line character in Final Cut Pro Xml format - thx Axel Schmidt
Fixed: Bug in "Import plain text" regarding "Auto split text"
Fixed: Crash in AutoBr line
Fixed: Crash/skip-subtitle-bug in vobsub reading - thx T.S.
Fixed: Crash when reading vobsub files with errors - thx Sofiaguy
Fixed: EBU stl format reading now skips user data - thx Peter
Fixed: Fixed crash in MPlayer due to unknown frame rate

Note: Portable version also works on Linux

Subtitle Edit 3.2.6

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:32:58 GMT

A minor update brings Subtitle Edit up to version 3.2.6 - can now again fix overlapping time codes.

Change log:

New: Added new subtitle formats - now 100 subtitle formats supported :)
Improved: Adjust mode improved a bit and also two new shortcuts - thx Deanna/Seamlik
Improved: Focus correct list view line after merging/deleting - thx Verteller
Improved: Minor improvements to ocr (missing '.' with small fonts sometimes) - thx Bas
Fixed: Overlapping time codes (regression from 3.2.4) - thx menes
Fixed: PAC line numbers beyond 255 is now written correctly
Fixed: First line in PAC files no longer messes up time-line/waveform - thx Peter
Fixed: Second line alignment in export images in some cases - thx Juan
Fixed: Fixed italics/bold in Dvd Studio Pro format - thx Mikko

Note: Portable version also works on Linux

Subtitle Edit 3.2.5

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:28:19 GMT

Subtitle Edit is now out in version 3.2.5 with some nice fixes.

Change log:

New: Added new subtitle formats (now +90!)
Improved: Fix common errors - thx Trottel
Improved: Optimized Fix Common OCR Errors
Fixed: Crash in fix common errors (remove unneeded spaces) - thx menes
Fixed: Merge selected lines with 2+ lines - thx Verteller
Fixed: Prompt for save changes when opening new sub (if changed) - thx Chris
Fixed: No save prompt if subtitle is not changed (but was) - thx XhmikosR
Fixed: Context menu normal/italic in ocr window - thx cipry
Fixed: Editing search type for "Multiple replace"
Fixed: Wrong positioning of some texts (mostly at startup) - thx Trottel
Fixed: Crash in image export (due to blank lines) - thx Mahdi
Fixed: Line-breaking now works better with font tags - thx Trottel/XhmikosR
Fixed: Moving subtitles in timeline (waveform/spectrogram) with mouse is now fast again

Note: Portable version also works on Linux

Subtitle Edit 3.2.4

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:40:20 GMT

Version 3.2.4 of Subtitle Edit is out now :)

Change log

New: Arabic language file - thx Zakaria Farah Abu Wael
New: Export to VobSub format
New: Added new subtitle formats (now ~90!)
New: Added export to FAB image script
New: Added import of XSub from DivX files (use File -> Open)
Improved: Updated Basque languaged file - thx Xabier Aramendi
Improved: Export images alignment - thx Marcin
Improved: Export images can now use bold font
Improved: Many improvements to fix common errors - thx Majid
Improved: Settings -> Word lists -> "Ocr fix list" is now sorted - thx Majid
Improved: Main window now lists all encodings
Improved: Current pos in time line (waveform) does not jump when using VLC/MPlayer
Improved: Subtitle text box now shows vertical scroll-bar when 3+ lines
Improved: Go to next/prev sub (or double click in time line) will center selected
Improved: line in listview - thx Sean/vmb/Leszek
Improved: Multiple replace can now move items up/down - thx Majid
Improved: Improved support for the SCC format
Improved: Optimized Fix Common Errors + startup
Fixed: Export to Blu-ray sup timestamps
Fixed: Crash in Visual Sync - thx XhmikosR
Fixed: Incorrect timestamps in MicroDVD format after using "Set start time and offset the rest" + a few more buttons - thx whuras
Fixed: Bug in replace when showing original subtitle - thx Krystian
Fixed: Bug in auto break lines regarding italic tags - thx Majid
Fixed: Crash when merging lines (original sub) in some cases - thx Krystian
Fixed: Bug when saving framerate with "," instead of "." - thx yannick
Fixed: Wrong time codes when appending frame based subs - thx Klos
Fixed: MPlayer works much better now, also on Linux. Use MPlayer2 for precise seeking
Fixed: Crash (memory leak) when exporting images from a vobsub - thx Pete
Fixed: Bug in Fix common errors with uncheck fix quotes - thx jofafrazze
Fixed: Bug in Import plain text when only non-English letters - thx Jasper
Fixed: Now detects encoding when opening son files - thx Jørgen

Note: Portable version also works on Linux

Subtitle Edit Online

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:38:28 GMT

I've started working on an online version of Subtitle Edit in HTML5. It's will ONLY work on newer browsers (no IE 6-8).

Give it a test drive and let me know how it works!

Subtitle Edit 3.2.3

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:59:34 GMT

Subtitle Edit 3.2.3 is now finally out with lots of minor improvements and fixes!

Change log

New: Added Brazilian Portuguese - thx XXXXXXXXXX
New: Added Italian language file - thx Maff
New: Added Portuguese (Portugal) language file - thx Ricardo Perdigão
New: Added Japanese language file - thx Nardog
New: Added Spanish language file - thx m2s
New: Support for subtitle format AvidCaption - thx Laszlo
New: Support for F4 subtitle formats - thx Fred
New: Export to Blu-ray sup format
Improved: Updated Tesseract to 3.01. Now includes (some) italic detection + adds support for Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi and Thai
Improved: Undo improved so it also works for textbox + redo (Ctrl+Y)
Improved: Many new configurable shortcuts (e.g. for fullscreen video player)
Improved: OCR tweaked a bit + BluRay sup files are processed faster
Improved: TextBox with current subtitle now shows cursor position - thx Leszek
Improved: Subtitle format PAC much improved - thx Peter
Improved: Subtitle format FCP Xml improved - thx Ulrik
Improved: Subtitle format D-Cinema improved - thx Karam
Improved: Splitting of lines - Thx Trottel
Improved: Auto break lines - thx Majid
Improved: Some fixes for Fix common errors/Remove text for HI - thx Majid
Improved: Optimized Fix Common Errors
Improved: DirectShow can now also play audio-only files
Fixed: Crash when setting Options - thx karmazyn
Fixed: Crash in set color (or set font) - thx LEO33
Fixed: Crash/freeze when loading large subtitle files - thx Ulrik
Fixed: Bug when clicking in list view while running ocr - thx sialivi
Fixed: De-selecting text in textbox via single click - thx XhmikosR
Fixed: Possible crash in spell check + German dictionary should work
Fixed: Missing save/load of a fix common errors setting - thx menes
Fixed: Removed Microsoft translate as it's useless with new quotas
Fixed: Milliseconds in timed text - thx Calle
Fixed: Names with spaces now works in spell check - thx Dr. jackson
Fixed: Do not use frame rate if it's zero (audio files) - thx dixie.fever
Fixed: Possible crash when saving xml files - thx Peter

Enjoy :)

15/1 Edit: New portable versions uploaded due to wrong tesseract (ocr) - thx kalehrl for reporting this!

SE 3.2.3 Beta 3

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:05:18 GMT

SE 3.2.3 Beta 3 contains several fixes, new subtitle formats, and improved undo code (now also with redo - Ctrl+y) and latest version of the ocr engine Tesseract.

Now includes Dutch (thx minouhse), Italian (thx Maff), Portuguese (Brazil, thx XXXXXXXXXX), Japanese (thx Nardog), and Spanish (thx m2s).

Let me know if you experience crashes/bugs or have suggestions about default values or shortcuts.

24-12: Updated to beta 3

Subtitle Edit 3.2.2

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:50:33 GMT

A minor update of Subtitle Edit to version 3.2.2 is now out!

Change log:

New: Added German language file - thx JW 301
New: Added Greek language file - thx The Rabbit
New: Some basic support for subtitle format WebVTT
New: Some basic support for subtitle format SCC
Improved: Updated Basque language file - thx xabier aramendi
Improved: Drag-and-drop support in textbox - thx vmb
Fixed: Possible crash when saving ebu files
Fixed: Possible crash when fixing italics - thx StainlessS
Fixed: Bug when editing time codes - issue 46, thx mobo
Fixed: Memory leak in spell check - thx thx aMvEL
Fixed: WinXP crash when ocr'ing blu-ray/SON - thx edea
Fixed: Can now acutally use MPlayer2 on windows - thx rotulos1
Fixed: A (rare) crash in change casing - fix names
Fixed: Bug in format Timed Text draft - thx Thomas
Fixed: Can now use Chinese traditional tesseract ocr dictionary

Several of the portable versions were missing a dll file, but that should also be fixed now.

Subtitle Edit 3.2 for Linux

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:29:05 GMT

SE 3.2 for Linux is out

This works well for me on Ubuntu, but my knowledge of Linux is rather small, so... ;)

Subtitle Edit 3.2

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 13:10:39 GMT

Subtitle Edit 3.2 is now out!

Change log:

NEW: Can now display audio spectrogram (and/or waveform)
NEW: Subtitle formats: D-Cinema, Cavena890, Timed Text 1.0, Captionate, Flash xml, YouTube annotations and more
NEW: Most important shortcuts in Options -> Settings
NEW: Export bdn-xml/images + import/ocr bdn-xml/images
NEW: Added "Point sync via other subtitle" (thx ioannis)
NEW: Tools -> Make empty translation from current subtitle (thx vmb)
NEW: Tools -> Show original text in audio/video previews (thx vmb)
NEW: Command line conversion between subtitle formats (Example: subtitleedit /convert *.srt microdvd - thx Carl)
NEW: Subtitle preview font size (below video player) is now available in Options -> Settings
NEW: Edit -> Select all
NEW: List view context menu: Copy as text to clipboard (you can also use ctrl+c/ctrl+v)
NEW: Text box context menu -> Split line at cursor position (thx DrJackson)
NEW: Import+ocr of blu-ray sup files inside matroska files
NEW: Import subtitles from mp4/mv4 files
NEW: Now remembers undocked controls pos/size
NEW: Customizable shortcut for Adjust mode: Set current subtitle end time at video pos, keep duration, and go to next sub (Shift+End, thx Bavo)
IMPROVED: OCR unknown words highlighting now works better (thx sialivi)
IMPROVED: OCR image compare UI improved with "Edit last char" and much more (thx Zoltan)
IMPROVED: OCR image compare: Compare more effective + word breaking improved
IMPROVED: Merge short lines can now also merge lines ending with ".", "?", or "!" (optional)
IMPROVED: Can now read Adobe Encore files starting with line numbers (thx Pier)
IMPROVED: Advanced Sub Station Alpha (and SSA) now keeps original styles (thx Rebecca)
IMPROVED: Improved Remove text for HI (thx sialivi/aMvEL)
IMPROVED: Undo now also works for original subtitle (thx Trottel)
FIXED: Adjust all times did not work for MicroDvd (thx Wolf)
FIXED: Fixed a bug in VobSub parser which could cause scrambled images
FIXED: Fixed a bug in VobSub parser so it no longer ignores custom background color
FIXED: Fixed too much cropping for VobSub pictures
FIXED: Now removes empty Unicode white spaces from Google translate
FIXED: Crash when entering invalid text in source view (thx Frédéric)
FIXED: Fixed a few bugs in DVD Architect format + added another two new variants (thx Jacob)
FIXED: Fixed incorrect line-break in Microsoft Translate in last part of sub (thx Jacob)
FIXED: Fixed incorrect undo when working with waveform (thx Trottel/vmb)

Thx for all the feedback, and thx to XhmikosR for creating windows installer + thx to Sergey Leonov for gfx!

Enjoy :)

Call for translaters

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 09:04:41 GMT

SE 3.2 final should be out soon.
If you can update any of these language files let me know: ~~Spanish~~, ~~Hungarian~~, ~~Italian~~, ~~Japanese~~.
New translations can be made like this.
The installer can localized by translating this file.

Also, note that Google is closing their free translation API - and Microsoft is also announcing a new pricing structure for their translation API :(

Subtitle Edit 3.2 RC1

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:31:38 GMT

Subtitle Edit 3.2 is now out in RC1!
The release contains mostly fixes - especially for history/undo/waveform + edit of original subtitle + yet more subtitle formats (SE now supports 60+ formats!).

Please report any bugs/crashes!

Languages included: Chinese, Czech, Danish, English, Polish, and Swedish - thx to the translators :)
Languages in need of update: ~~Bulgarian~~, Spanish, ~~Basque~~, ~~French~~, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, ~~Romanian~~ and ~~Serbian~~.

Subtitle Edit 3.2 Beta 3

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 13:13:18 GMT

SE 3.2 b3 has improved vobsub reading + much improved ocr via image compare + the usual minor bug fixes and minor improvements ;)

Go ahead and download!

Happy summer

Subtitle Edit 3.2 Beta 1

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:46:03 GMT

Many small fixes + some new features like:

Tools: Start new empty translation from existing sub
Audio spectrogram (must be enabled in options)
Sync via existing subtitle
Many new subtitle formats

More info in Change log!

Download it here

SE now available in Basque and Czech

Tue, 17 May 2011 19:35:44 GMT

Subtitle Edit is now available in Basque (thx Xabier Aramendi) and Czech (thx Trottel).

Also, a Linux version for testing is out (thx Hawke for Linux info/testing).

SE now available in Italian and Hungarian

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:39:37 GMT

Subtitle Edit is now available in Italian (thx Marco A.) and Hungarian (thx zityisoft.fw.hu).

Go to downloads

Update: Japanese is now also available - thx Nardog :)

Working on website...

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:48:12 GMT

I'm trying to convert my website to MVC/Razor/JQuery :)

Subtitle Edit 3.1

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:47:58 GMT

Yet another huge release :)

Change log:

New: Collaboration via the internet ("Networking", also has chat)
New: Auto-backup (never, every minute, every 5th minute, or every 15th minute - thx swedelandster)
New: Video player/controls/wave form can now be un-docked (e.g. for ppl for multiple monitors)
New: Spell check via Word (Options -> Settings:General -> Spell checker)
New: Edit original subtitle (Options -> Settings:General:Allow edit of original subtitle - thx for testing Luis)
New: Wave form control can adjust play rate (slow, normal, fast, and very fast - vlc player only)
New: Ability to remember the last selected line when re-opening subtitles (thx Frederic)
New: Now remembers video file and original subtitle (thx Luis)
New: Support for the subtitle format "Quicktime text" (two variations) + Scenarist + Adobe Encore
New: Added "Chars/sec" info to textbox in main window (thx Kerensky)
New: Options to choose font color and background color (for list view/text-boxes)
New: Can now import VobSub subtitles embedded in Matroska (.mkv) files (thx mosu for mkv info + thx hawk for testing)
New: Wave form position can be locked at center via new 'Center' button (thx Krystian)
New: Can insert (a whole) subtitle after a line in the list view via context menu
New: Auto-suggest line splitting with button while typing (thx Dr. Jackson)
New: Auto-wrap text while typing (option, thx swedelandster)
New: Video menu will now have a "Choose audio track" if more than one audio track exists (only when using VLC as video player)
New: Bulgarian translation (thx Ivo Ivanov)
Improved: Main window: Video player will now automatically move up beside subtitle if waveform is displayed + some resizing of controls allowed via splitters
Improved: Context menu for subtitle textbox now has italic, bold, underline, font name, and color
Improved: Updated NHunspell (spell check component) to latest version (0.9.6)
Improved: Synchronization Show earlier/later changed a bit, also added a shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+A)
Improved: Added a few buttons to 'Multiple replace' which is now re-sizable (thx sialivi)
Improved: Moved video controls below subtitle preview (which now displays italic)
Improved: Fix common ocr errors improved (thx aMvEL, sialivi, Alberto)
Improved: Remove text for HI can now also remove interjections (thx Dr. Jackson)
Improved: Start/display time changes are now undo-able (thx Luis)
Improved: Subtitle preview on video player now more precise (thx hawk) + uses font from Settings + bold (thx Leszek)
Improved: "Point sync" can now also sync using only one sync point (thx tttoan)
Improved: VLC media player - mouse click now toggles play/pause
Fixed: Wave form: Fixed unprecise (out of sync) wave form data for some sample rates
Fixed: Crash with wave form track bar (thx Christian)
Fixed: A minor bug in initialization of waveform (thx Frederic)
Fixed: Several bugs regarding 'large fonts' / higher dpi (thx Radbert)
Fixed: Memory leak in VobSub SubPicture class (thx Almogzt)
Fixed: A bug that froze vlc after playing to end of video
Fixed: Missing line break in Sony Dvd Architect w line numbers (thx Rosa)
Fixed: A minor bug in Visual Sync, if end scene was after video length (thx tsieberg)
Fixed: OCR Fix Engine: Lines after "..." will no longer be changed to start with uppercase
Fixed: Bug in reading of SSA files (',' was removed) - thx Péter
Fixed: Line breaking bug in mpl format - thx Przemek
Fixed: Shortcuts for adjust commands Ctrl+Space/Shift+Space/F9/F10

Download now (if you have problems with google then try here). Also do check the Help page!

Thx for all the translations, bug reports, and other feedback!

Subtitle Edit 3.1 RC3

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:50:23 GMT

SE 3.1 will have better resizing options for main window incl. video controls (via splitters). Video player/wave form can be un-docked.

Also new:

Auto-backup is a nice feature for those who don't like to lose hours of work
Networking mode (collaboration)
Can now also spell check via Word - change spell checker via Options -> Settings:General:Spell checker - might even work now ;)
Can now edit original sub also - see Options -> Settings:General:Allow edit of original subtitle
Many minor improvements and bugfixes (like support for large fonts/higher dpi)

UPDATED 2011-02-18: Check out SE 3.1 Release Candidate 3 (last RC)!

SE translations wanted!
Thx to translators: Bulgarian (Ivo Ivanov), Chinese (FeiXJ), French (Frederic), Polish (admas), Romanian (dr. Jackson), Serbian (Rancher), Spanish (Iban), Swedish (Ted)
How to translate SE