GNOME Subtitles – video subtitling for the GNOME desktop.

Last Updated on April 18, 2024

GNOME Subtitles is an editor for the GNOME desktop.

It supports the most common text-based subtitle formats, video previewing, timings synchronization and subtitle translation.

The software is released under an open source license.

Features include:

• Supports various subtitle formats:
  • SubStation Alpha.
  • SubRip.
  • MicroDVD.
  • Adobe Encore DVD.
  • Advanced Sub Station Alpha.
  • AQ Title.
  • DKS Subtitle Format.
  • Fab Subtitler.
  • Karaoke Lyrics LRC.
  • Karaoke Lyrics VKT.
  • MacSUB.
  • MicroDVD.
  • MPlayer.
  • MPlayer 2.
  • MPSub.
  • Panimator.
  • Phoenix Japanimation Society.
  • Power DivX.
  • Sofni.
  • SubCreator 1.x.
  • SubRip.
  • Sub Station Alpha.
  • SubViewer 1.0.
  • SubViewer 2.0.
  • ViPlay Subtitle File.
• WYSIWYG under interface:
  • Subtitles displayed similar to the end result.
  • Bold, italic and underline styles.
• Multi-level undo/redo.
• Timing operations:
  • Auto-adjust timings based on 2 correct times / synchronization points.
  • Shift subtitles by a specified delay (which can be based on the video).
  • Convert between framerates.
  • Set input and output framerates.
  • Edit times and frames.
• Edit subtitle headers.
• Automatically encode subtitles.
• Support for merging and splitting subtitle lines.
• Video previewing:
  • Uses GStreamer as the backend.
  • Built-in subtitle display.
  • Video length and current position display.
  • Set subtitle timings based on the video position.
  • Automatically select video when opening subtitles.
• Video slow and fast motion options.
• Time shifts.
• Encoding selection.
• Subtitle translation support.
• Spell checking support.
• Internationalization.

Website: gnomesubtitles.org
Support:
Developer: Pedro Castro, Cristina Yenyxe and contributors
License: GNU GPL v2

GNOME Subtitles is written in C#. Learn C# with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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