Subtitle Edit
 

Overview

Subtitle Edit is a free editor for video subtitles - a subtitle editor. The source code is freely available too :)
With SE you can easily adjust a subtitle if it is out of sync with the video and much more.
For a list of features see below or check out the Subtitle Edit Help page.
Also, you can watch a few videos about installing and using Subtitle Edit.

Download Subtitle Edit 2.8.3 here.
For Windows XP users: SE requires Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 or newer.

Get the full C# source code - GPL license


Features

  • Visually sync/adjust a subtitle (start/end position and speed).
  • Create/adjust subtitle lines
  • Translation helper (for manual translation)
  • Convert between SubRib, MicroDVD, Substation Alpha, SAMI, and more
  • Import VobSub sub/idx binary subtitles (code is ripped from Subtitle Creator by Erik Vullings/Manusse)
  • Can read and write UTF-8 and other unicode files (besides ANSI)
  • Show texts earlier/later
  • Merge/split
  • Adjust display time
  • Fix common errors wizard
  • Remove text for hear impaired
  • Renumbering
  • Swedish to danish translation built-in (via Multi Translator Online)
  • Google translation built-in
  • Spell checking via Open Office dictionaries/NHunspell (many dictionaries available)
  • Effects: Typewriter and karoake
  • Can open subtitles embedded inside matroska files
  • History/undo manager


Screenshot from Subtitle Edit main window




In Visual Sync you match one of the first subtitles with correct scene, and one of the last subtitles with correct scene - and press Sync! Now subtitle and movie matches :)




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How to display subtitles

To display subtitles in video files you can use DirectVobSub. Install DirectVobSub and name the subtitle file the same as the video file (not the extention). Now subtitles will appear in Windows Media Player, Media Player Classic etc.!



Recommended media players (and also free)

Media Player Classic - Home cinemaVery well working, up-to-date player with simple interface - bloatware free.
Has internal subtitle viewer that works very well.
  
VLC media playerProbably the most versatile player around - plays about anything with bits from anywhere ;)
Has internal subtitle viewer (note that VLC ignores SubRip <b> (bold) and <i> (italic) formattings, but underline and font color works fine).



Problems with Visual sync/codecs?

Often problems with the Visual Sync feature in Subtitle Edit are caused by bad/conflicting/missing/old codecs (Codec packs are EVIL!).
Sometimes playback/seeking will not work properly, and this error message is also due to codecs problems: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040154): Class not registered.

My recommendation is to uninstall all codec packs, reboot, and then:
  • Users with Windows 32-bit versions should just get ffdshow tryouts and Haali's matroska splitter for parsing the container formats Matroska(.mkv) and MP4.
  • Users with Windows 64-bit versions: Get the x64 version of ffdshow tryouts. Also get the Matroska Splitter and the MP4 Splitter from Guliverkli2 - look under DirectShow Filters (64-bit). You will need to register these manually: unpack to your systemfolder, and run regsvr32 via the command line, e.g. "regsvr32 MatroskaSplitter.ax" for the Matroska Splitter.
If you have problems with a specific format/file try reading more about Media Formats or try GSpot.


-= Go fix 'em subz =-