Gnome Subtitles is an open-source subtitle

Subtitle (captioning)

Subtitles are textual versions of the dialog in films and television programs, usually displayed at the bottom of the screen. They can either be a form of written translation of a dialog in a foreign language, or a written rendering of the dialog in the same language, with or without added...

 editor for
the GNOME

GNOME

GNOME is a desktop environment and graphical user interface that runs on top of a computer operating system. It is composed entirely of free and open source software...

 desktop

Desktop environment

In graphical computing, a desktop environment commonly refers to a style of graphical user interface derived from the desktop metaphor that is seen on most modern personal computers. These GUIs help the user in easily accessing, configuring, and modifying many important and frequently accessed...

, based on Mono

Mono (software)

Mono, pronounced , is a free and open source project led by Xamarin to create an Ecma standard compliant .NET-compatible set of tools including, among others, a C# compiler and a Common Language Runtime....

. It supports the most common text-based subtitle formats, video previewing, timings synchronization and subtitle translation. The current version is 1.2.

Gnome Subtitles is free software

Free software

Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...

 released under the GNU General Public License

GNU General Public License

The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....

.

Features

Gnome Subtitles supports popular subtitle formats, such as SubStation Alpha

SubStation Alpha

SubStation Alpha , abbreviated SSA, is a subtitle file format created by CS Low that allows for more advanced subtitles than the conventional SRT and similar formats. This format can be rendered with VSFilter in conjunction with a DirectShow-aware video player , or MPlayer with the SSA/ASS library...

 (and also Advanced SubStation Alpha), SubRip

SubRip

SubRip is a software program for Windows which "rips" subtitles and their timings from video. It is free software, released under the GNU GPL...

 and MicroDVD

MicroDVD

MicroDVD is a subtitle file format for digital video. Its name is derived from a media player application designed to play DVD videos along with subtitles, originally developed by Tiamat Software. The application was first released in 2000 but development ended in 2001...

.

It has a WYSIWYG

WYSIWYG

WYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product...

 user interface, supporting emphasis

Emphasis

Emphasis or emphatic may refer to:* Emphasis , intentional alteration of the amplitude-vs.-frequency characteristics of the signal to reduce adverse effects of noise...

 (bold, italic and underline styles) and multi-level undo/redo. Gnome subtitles can also perform timing operations, edit subtitle headers and deal with subtitle's encoding automatically.

Video previewing, time shifts, encoding selection and subtitle merge/split have been added in the newer versions.

Similar programs are Jubler, Subtitle Editor

Subtitle editor

A Subtitle editor is a type of software used to create and edit subtitles to be superimposed over, and synchronized with, video. Such editors usually provide video preview, easy entering/editing of text, start, and end times, and control over text formatting and positioning...

, Gaupol, etc.

External links

• Official website
• Gnome Subtitles at GnomeFiles