Subtitle workshop

[crossmr]

I just started trying this for the first time and have a couple questions
1 - is there a button I can push that will add the new subtitle at the time stamp for which I push it?
I know insert adds a new one, but it just adds it after the last one. If there is dead air I need to edit both the start and finish of the subtitle
2 - I have one subtitle with a duration of 5 seconds (long little bit) I set the subtitle to duration for 5 seconds.it only shows for about 2 and then disappears. Well before the hide time. I set the maximum duration to 8 seconds and it still disappears.

[pirej]

1. NO (I'm not 100% sure but..)
2. Probably your 5sec subtitle line is overlapping with the next one, try Ctrl+I , or "tools/information and errors/information and errors" and then select "check, than fix errors".

[crossmr]

No, its not overlapping at all.
it just disappears and there is nothing but blank screen until the next subtitle shows up when its supposed to. I found out with alt-c and alt-v I can set the start and stop times of subs on the fly. Not perfect, but pretty close
So after I put all the subs in I can watch it again and just alt-v my way through to set the end times. it auto jumps to the next subtitle.