Subtitles

subedit – command-line subtitle editor

subedit is a command-line subtitle editor.

The script generally works with srt (SubRip), but a few parameters work with sub (MicroDVD) subtitle files too.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • Basic clean-up.
  • Shift time.
  • Convert fps.
  • Adjust time.
  • Synchronize subtitles.
  • Search text.
  • Replace text.
  • Convert between srt and sub formats.
  • Join srt subtitles.
  • Split srt subtitles.
  • Clean subtitles.
  • Delete text for hearing impaired.
  • Sort subtitles.
  • Supports wildcards.
  • Supports absolute and relative paths.
  • Process all subtitle files inside a directory.
  • Use multiple parameters in the same command and they’ll run one after the other.
  • Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, Cygwin and Bash shell on Windows.
  • Comprehensive help with over 70 examples.

Website: github.com/helixarch/subedit
Support:
Developer: George Savvidis, Odysseas Raftopoulos
License: GNU General Public License v2.0

subedit in action

subedit is written in Bash. Learn Bash with our recommended free books and free tutorials.


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