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Writing and editing subtitles

What it is for

Section titled “What it is for”

Fix a subtitle’s timing or words against the film, or write a new one.

The All lines… page: Back and the subtitle's name marked only in Kaveo, with Put in time order, Undo, Redo, Save as… and Save; a Find box with Only translated lines and Only lines that do not fit, and a count of 60 lines; Break the row (7) and Give time (3); a note that this subtitle has no styles table, with Convert to ASS; Names and terms (0), Who is speaking (0), and How this title should sound with its Natural, Literal and Keep honorifics presets and a free-text box; then the first lines of the subtitle, each with its number, its start and end, and its words

How to use it

Section titled “How to use it”

The subtitle editor under the picture: the playback bar on top, then Editing en marked only in Kaveo, with Follow the film, Undo, Redo, All lines…, Done, Save as… and Save; Start = now and End = now, the four nudges, This line and all after → now, Add a line here, Remove this line and Pin this line here; the lines around the one on screen, which is highlighted; and on the right the Look column with This line, Style and Every subtitle, greyed because SubRip cannot carry a position or a font, above Convert to ASS

  1. With a subtitle file on screen, right-click the picture, open Subtitles › Tools and choose Edit subtitles…, or press E.
  2. Click Start = now [ or End = now ], or press [ or ], to set the line’s start or end to the frame on screen. ↑ and ↓ move between lines.
  3. Click in the line’s box to change its words — Shift+Enter starts a new line — then press Enter or click outside it.
  4. Click All lines… to correct lines in a list.
  5. Or choose Write one from nothing… in Subtitles › Tools to start with one empty line.

Good to know

Section titled “Good to know”
  • A track inside the video has to be extracted first — see Loading subtitles.
  • Kaveo keeps your changes as you go; other players see them once you save the subtitle — see Saving a subtitle.
  • While the panel is open, the playback bar is its top row. Drag the panel’s top edge for more lines or more picture.
  • On the All lines… page, a line added from the audio has its times in colour, and Only lines from the audio shows just those.
  • To remove a subtitle Kaveo keeps, click its bin under Beside the video; Kaveo asks first. A file you put beside the video yourself, or saved, is never changed.