SRTool 4+

Simplest, most flexible subtitling tool

It's hard to find a tool which doesn't rely on uploading my content to a server.

I wanted to create some bilingual subtitles and also have them be very flexible so I could experiment with some new subtitle styles, in terms of grouping, text styles, and timing.

The output of this tool is an SRT file, and you can write simple scripts to modify if you want to change things across all entries without manual labor. Much easier than Final Cut Pro or anything with proprietary formats.

It does have some UI quirks at the very basic level. Keyboard shortcuts for styles don't work. The main editing controls are weird. When you select a subtitle on the current timeline, the text is copied to your "editor". You don't actually change the subtitle entry until you "apply" the change to copy it back. While editing, if you move the current time marker outside of the existing entry time span, you can create a new entry with what you have in the controls.

This was weird but actually worked well for me since my subtitles changed color based on the word in the sentence and I could make copies very easily. It would be nice if it follow the MacOS UI conventions for duplicating things though.

This thing saved me so much time I'd actually be willing to pay much more than $3. Like maybe the author should ask for shareware-style payments after a certain time period.

Amazing value for a powerful tool!

I'm amazed at how powerful, easy and intuitive this editor makes it to create or refine subtitle files!

Once a subtitle file is opened and you've imported a reference video to go with it, you can:
• Drag a dialog box left or right on the timeline to change the timing of that subtitle
• Drag the left or right edges of a dialog box to change the start or end time of a subtitle, while getting on an on-screen preview of how the scene shifts in the video align with the start or end times of the subs.
• Edit the subtitle text for line breaks, spelling, etc.
• Add, split, or remove subtitles with ease
• Play the video faster or slower to more precisely refine the timings
• With the paid version, burn the subtitles into the video file

I've rated this 5 stars for its outstanding power and value, but I do have a wish list of improvements I'd like to see:
• Make the audio waveform larger and easier to see rather than hiding it in grey on black behind the dialog boxes! If this takes too much space, then add a button to hide/show the waveform. This would GREATLY help in timing the start of the subs to match the spoken words. I'd be happy to pay for this one!
• Add text formatting commands, at least to add or remove italics to highlighted text, as I see no way to do that at present.
• Add a button to more easily add song notes before and after the highlighted text, to better hande subtitles for song lyrics.

Unfinished app, I guess. Really good at SRT syncing though.

Good little software for syncing SRT. If that's all you want, then this app is for you otherwise look elsewhere.

PROS:

- easy too use.
- nice clean interface.
- video preview

- you can't change the font, color, size or position of subtitles.
- can't burn subtitles to movie.

***UPDATE***

4 stars.

Developer very responsive, new update is great.
Thanks!!!

Respuesta del desarrollador ,

Dear User,

I released the version 1.1.0, which now contains the ability of changing font attributes and color. Whit this update you are also able to change the position of every frame.
Thank you for using SRTool, keep looking for updates, the burning feature is coming soon, like other useful features too.