Subtitle Processor 6 - Documentation

This document is written for SP 6.4

Subtitle Processor is tool for editing subtitles. The main purposes are:

• Editing and repairing existing subtitles in supported formats with a rich set of functions
• Translating subtitles
• Subtitling movies

Some of the main features are:

• Advanced subtitle editor supporting both frame and time modes. It has a rich set of functions. Some of them are:
  • Style editor for editing subtitle styles
  • Reformat lines (word-wrap): reformat subtitles with various options to fit on selected screen width
  • Merge/Split - merge 2 subtitle files or split one file to 2 parts
  • Move/Scale - many variations to change the speed (fps) and time offset
  • Transitions - cool feature that creates a set of subtitles that show a transition (marquee, fading color and so on)
  • Correct OCR - correct OCR errors using configurable set of rules
  • Multipoint Linear Resynchronization - synchronize subtitles with variable time errors using a set of synchronization points and distributing the time error linearly between the synchronization points
• Integrated advanced movie player with a lot of functions that ease the creation of subtitles. Some of the features are:
  • Lot of seeking functions to precisely seek to a frame
  • Integrated editor for creating subtitles as the movie plays
  • Bookmarks for finding exact starts of dialogs
  • Support for all media formats that are supported by DirectShow and installed filters (codecs) - not only movies but also music (mp3) and so on.
  • Support for multi-language movies - can switch audio streams
  • High integration to the Editor and Translator to help editing and translating
  • Advanced picture controls like color (gamma, contrast, brightness), zoom, aspect ratio, position and so on
  • OSD with information about the media stream
  • Display 1st and 2nd subtitles
• Translator with 2 integrated views on translated and original subtitles
  • Both views support editing
  • The subtitles are linked between views so when a subtitle in one view is selected, the same subtitle in the other view is also selected
  • Buttons for copying timestamps and texts between both subtitles
  • Integrated player controls so the translator can listen to the dialogs without switching to the Player
• Configurable keyboard (or mouse) shortcuts for many actions, the configuration is exportable as a nice looking HTML table
• Limited support for MVD movie files

System requirements:

• 32 bit Windows. Developed on  Windows XP
• DirectShow and decoder filters for your movies (DirectShow 9)
• Processor that can play movies. Tested on PII400 and the movies played fluently. When the player is not used, even lower end system can be used - tested on Pentium 166 MMX. Developed on Intel P IV 2.66 GHz
• Memory:Current computers have a lot of memory so it does not matter
• Graphic card: Any graphic card that run under Windows and with DirectX with a minimum resolution of 800x600. Overlay support is highly recommended. 

DirectShow decoder: You need correct decoders for audio and video. For example the DivX package. Best results can be achieved using the FFDSHOW (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow) package. It is capable to play all versions of DIVX, MPEG4 and XVID, plus it is OpenSource and free. The seeking is precise and immediate. With the DivX 5.02, i was not able to do the seeking. The picture didn't get updated after seek. If you see the seeking is not working, try if it is working in Windows Media Player (6.4 preferably).

Windows 9X: Because of the rich user interface, SubtitleProcessor requires lot of system resources. Try not to run too much programs simultaneously. This resource limit does not occur on the NT architecture (WinNT, Win2000, WinXP). Although SubtitleProcessor may run on Win9X, it is no longer tested.

Note:

When the program is first run (SubtitleProcessor.ini does not exist), or the language file selected in the INI file does not exist, the default language is English. You can switch to other available languages  from the Settings screen.

Contents:

• Supported formats
• Keyboard controls
• Main Window
• Subtitle editor
  • Style editor
  • Credits editor
  • Editing functions
• Movie player
• Subtitle translator
• Settings and language selection
• Other dialogs
• Version history

WWW

http://catsoft.no-ip.com, http://catsoft.wz.cz/sp - New versions

casoft@seznam.cz  - Please send bug reports & suggestions