timing the subtitles

[sissou]

hello

i have downloaded arabic subtitles for a divx movie and after installing them the timing was not correct does anyone know how to make the timing right please??

[Nikse]

If it's a text based format like subrip (.srt) you can do this in many different programs, e.g.:
- SubtitleEdit - http://www.nikse.dk/SubtitleEdit/Help#sync
- SubtitleWorkshop
- Aegisub

And many other programs too!

Another solution would be finding a sub with correct time codes.

[sissou]

ok thank you very much for your help i will try them!!

[sissou]

i can change srt files into txt files but can you change them back to srt files??

[Nikse]

i can change srt files into txt files but can you change them back to srt files??

I think you have to be more specific.
Files with the extension .txt can contain... well, any text, and .srt is also just a text file.

[sissou]

i use subtitles with srt format and i read that you can change them to txt files to correct language then change them back but i don't know how to change them back!

[Nikse]

i use subtitles with srt format and i read that you can change them to txt files to correct language then change them back but i don't know how to change them back!

I don't quite follow you... perhaps somebody else know what you mean?

Why do you want to change a srt file to a text file to correct language (I thought you needed sync)? The above programs can all edit srt files.

What exactly did you read?

[sissou]

the subtitles in the movie appear in charachters but in the programs you gave to me they seem correct

[Cornucopia]

An srt file IS a text file. It looks like this:

1
00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:24,400
Altocumulus clouds occur between six thousand

2
00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,800
and twenty thousand feet above ground level.

You can read up about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubRip

So if you want to translate it into some other language, say Arabic, you can put the .srt directly into a text editor (or subtitle editor) and replace with the correct text. Obviously, with Arabic or similar languages, you'll want to use different character codes (probably higher up in the Unicode set). If you already have your keyboard set up for this, you should be able to type directly, otherwise you can always type in the code # combination. Or paste from Character Map. For example:
ز is unicode character 0632

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