Give a subtitle position on screen in Subtitle Edit

[loninappleton]

I'd like to make a banner subtitle for one 'frame' of a few seconds where a new act of a play will commence. The goal is to place e.g. "ACT IV"
near top and center of screen.

I simply don't know how to look this up from past questions like it. Please give an example.

[ProWo]

Use subtitleedit.
Start it, click video (in the menu row), open your video file.
Once your video is opened, go to the position you want, then click on "Insert new subtitle on video pos" (left, lower).
Type your text in the text field, choose the duration (in seconds), save the file (menu File, Save as) as type
Advanced Substation Alpha (ass).
Click File, Advanced Substation Alpha Styles, set the text position with aligment, fine tuning with vertical.
Then click apply, OK.
Finally resave the file, close subtitleedit and mux the created ass subtitle with your video.
Done.

[loninappleton]

Hello again and thanks for answering.

Can you give some screen shots for all that?

I cannot find anything about "insert" lower left to follow on from there. Just clicking on the video image in SE is not responding to anything.

What I've seen in SRT files is vertical and horizontal position instructions right in the edit box or maybe those were color instructions. It was a sub from elsewhere and had color codes for different speakers and whatnot. I'll see if I can remember and find it exactly.

[ProWo]

Here you go:


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[loninappleton]

Much appreciated. I have to look at those more closely.

[jagabo]

Only some players support subtitle positioning in SRT -- it's not part of the SRT spec. I posted some examples a long time ago.

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/332300-How-to-position-a-subtitle-in-a-srt-file?hi...st#post2543525

[ProWo]

Only some players support subtitle positioning in SRT -- it's not part of the SRT spec. I posted some examples a long time ago.

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/332300-How-to-position-a-subtitle-in-a-srt-file?hi...st#post2543525

We are talking about ass...

[jagabo]

Only some players support subtitle positioning in SRT -- it's not part of the SRT spec. I posted some examples a long time ago.

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/332300-How-to-position-a-subtitle-in-a-srt-file?hi...st#post2543525

We are talking about ass...

You brought up ASS. The original post didn't say what subtitle format was desired. I just brought up the SRT limitations in case he hoping to use SRT.

[loninappleton]

This is valuable info. I certainly don't want the content I'm working on for subs with a player limitation.
I'll look and see those screen shots any way next time I'm in Subtitle Edit.

[jagabo]

Note that outside a computer there is moderate support for basic SRT, not much for the extension. Very few devices will play ASS subs. Try the video in the post that I linked to. See if your players support SRT extensions. Then convert the SRT to ASS. See if any of your players play the subs.

Basically, you shouldn't count on subtitle position support unless you author a DVD or Blu-ray disc.

[loninappleton]

Here is jagabo's original thread which is quite detailed for anyone else with this question which goes back to the early days of SRT work for sub.s

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/332300-How-to-position-a-subtitle-in-a-srt-file?hi...st#post2543525

It's clear to me from this that maintaining the common SRT format and general player usage is more important than playing with positions.