Version history for Subtitle Edit

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Changes for v3.2.6 - v3.2.7

New: Finnish language - thx Veikko
New: Can now import binary subtitle format Cheetah Caption
Improved: VLC audio extraction now generates smaller wave file - thx utocne (transcoding parameters now in Settings.xml)
Improved: Added "Find text" to Point Sync + Set Sync Point - thx eMWu
Improved: Unbreak/auto-break buttons now also work on selected lines - thx XhmikosR
Improved: EBU stl now also accepts STL 2.4 (besides STL25/STL30) - Thx Axel
Improved: Added shortcut for split line at cursor position - Thx Daniela
Improved: Basque language file updated - thx Xabier Aramendi
Fixed: Crash in "Fix common errors" - thx Dragan B
Fixed: New-line character in Final Cut Pro Xml format - thx Axel Schmidt
Fixed: Bug in "Import plain text" regarding "Auto split text"
Fixed: Crash in AutoBr line
Fixed: Crash/skip-subtitle-bug in vobsub reading - thx T.S.
Fixed: Crash when reading vobsub files with errors - thx Sofiaguy
Fixed: EBU stl format reading now skips user data - thx Peter
Fixed: Fixed crash in MPlayer due to unknown frame rate

Changes for v3.2.5 - v3.2.6

New: Added new subtitle formats - now 100 subtitle formats supported :)
Improved: Adjust mode improved a bit and also two new shortcuts - thx Deanna/Seamlik
Improved: Focus correct list view line after merging/deleting - thx Verteller
Improved: Minor improvements to ocr (missing '.' with small fonts sometimes) - thx Bas
Fixed: Overlapping time codes (regression from 3.2.4) - thx menes
Fixed: PAC line numbers beyond 255 is now written correctly
Fixed: First line in PAC files no longer messes up time-line/waveform - thx Peter
Fixed: Second line alignment in export images in some cases - thx Juan
Fixed: Fixed italics/bold in Dvd Studio Pro format - thx Mikko

Changes for v3.2.4 - v3.2.5

New: Added new subtitle formats (now +90!)
Improved: Fix common errors - thx Trottel
Improved: Optimized Fix Common OCR Errors
Fixed: Crash in fix common errors (remove unneeded spaces) - thx menes
Fixed: Merge selected lines with 2+ lines - thx Verteller
Fixed: Prompt for save changes when opening new sub (if changed) - thx Chris
Fixed: No save prompt if subtitle is not changed (but was) - thx XhmikosR
Fixed: Context menu normal/italic in ocr window - thx cipry
Fixed: Editing search type for "Multiple replace"
Fixed: Wrong positioning of some texts (mostly at startup) - thx Trottel
Fixed: Crash in image export (due to blank lines) - thx Mahdi
Fixed: Line-breaking now works better with font tags - thx Trottel/XhmikosR
Fixed: Moving subtitles in timeline (waveform/spectrogram) with mouse is now fast again

Changes for v3.2.3 - v3.2.4

New: Arabic language file - thx Zakaria Farah Abu Wael
New: Export to VobSub format
New: Added new subtitle formats (now ~90!)
New: Added export to FAB image script
New: Added import of XSub from DivX files (use File -> Open)
Improved: Updated Basque languaged file - thx Xabier Aramendi
Improved: Export images alignment - thx Marcin
Improved: Export images can now use bold font
Improved: Many improvements to fix common errors - thx Majid
Improved: Settings -> Word lists -> "Ocr fix list" is now sorted - thx Majid
Improved: Main window now lists all encodings
Improved: Current pos in time line (waveform) does not jump when using VLC/MPlayer
Improved: Subtitle text box now shows vertical scroll-bar when 3+ lines
Improved: Go to next/prev sub (or double click in time line) will center selected
Improved: line in listview - thx Sean/vmb/Leszek
Improved: Multiple replace can now move items up/down - thx Majid
Improved: Improved support for the SCC format
Improved: Optimized Fix Common Errors + startup
Fixed: Export to Blu-ray sup timestamps
Fixed: Crash in Visual Sync - thx XhmikosR
Fixed: Incorrect timestamps in MicroDVD format after using "Set start time and offset the rest" + a few more buttons - thx whuras
Fixed: Bug in replace when showing original subtitle - thx Krystian
Fixed: Bug in auto break lines regarding italic tags - thx Majid
Fixed: Crash when merging lines (original sub) in some cases - thx Krystian
Fixed: Bug when saving framerate with "," instead of "." - thx yannick
Fixed: Wrong time codes when appending frame based subs - thx Klos
Fixed: MPlayer works much better now, also on Linux. Use MPlayer2 for precise seeking
Fixed: Crash (memory leak) when exporting images from a vobsub - thx Pete
Fixed: Bug in Fix common errors with uncheck fix quotes -thx jofafrazze
Fixed: Bug in Import plain text when only non-English letters - thx Jasper
Fixed: Now detects encoding when opening son files - thx Jørgen

Changes for v3.2.2 - v3.2.3

New: Added Brazilian Portuguese - thx XXXXXXXXXX
New: Added Italian language file - thx Maff
New: Added Portuguese (Portugal) language file - thx Ricardo Perdigão
New: Added Japanese language file - thx Nardog
New: Added Spanish language file - thx m2s
New: Support for subtitle format AvidCaption - thx Laszlo
New: Support for F4 subtitle formats - thx Fred
New: Export to Blu-ray sup format
Improved: Updated Tesseract to 3.01. Now includes (some) italic detection + adds support for Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi and Thai
Improved: Undo improved so it also works for textbox + redo (Ctrl+Y)
Improved: Many new configurable shortcuts (e.g. for fullscreen video player)
Improved: OCR tweaked a bit + BluRay sup files are processed faster
Improved: TextBox with current subtitle now shows cursor position - thx Leszek
Improved: Subtitle format PAC much improved - thx Peter
Improved: Subtitle format FCP Xml improved - thx Ulrik
Improved: Subtitle format D-Cinema improved - thx Karam
Improved: Splitting of lines - Thx Trottel
Improved: Auto break lines - thx Majid
Improved: Some fixes for Fix common errors/Remove text for HI - thx Majid
Improved: Optimized Fix Common Errors
Improved: DirectShow can now also play audio-only files
Fixed: Crash when setting Options - thx karmazyn
Fixed: Crash in set color (or set font) - thx LEO33
Fixed: Crash/freeze when loading large subtitle files - thx Ulrik
Fixed: Bug when clicking in list view while running ocr - thx sialivi
Fixed: De-selecting text in textbox via single click - thx XhmikosR
Fixed: Possible crash in spell check + German dictionary should work
Fixed: Missing save/load of a fix common errors setting - thx menes
Fixed: Removed Microsoft translate as it's useless with new quotas
Fixed: Milliseconds in timed text - thx Calle
Fixed: Names with spaces now works in spell check - thx Dr. jackson
Fixed: Do not use frame rate if it's zero (audio files) - thx dixie.fever
Fixed: Possible crash when saving xml files - thx Peter

Changes for v3.2.2 - v3.2.3 Beta 1

NEW:
Added Italian language file - thx Maff
Added Japanese language file - thx Nardog
Added Spanish language file - thx m2s
Support for subtitle format AvidCaption - thx Laszlo
Support for F4 subtitle formats - thx Fred
Export to Blu-ray sup format
IMPROVED:
Updated Tesseract to 3.01
Now includes italic + adds support for Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, and Thai
OCR tweaked a bit + BluRay sup files are processed faster
Subtitle format PAC much improved
Subtitle format FCP Xml improved - thx Ulrik
Splitting of lines - Thx Trottel
FIXED:
Fixed crash when setting Options - thx karmazyn
Fixed crash in set color (or set font) - thx LEO33
Fixed crash/freeze when loading large subtitle files - thx Ulrik
Fixed bug when clicking in list view while running ocr - thx sialivi
Fixed de-selecting text in textbox via single click - thx XhmikosR
Fixed possible crash in spell check + German dictionary should work
Fixed missing save/load of a fix common errors setting - thx menes
Removed Microsoft translate as it's useless with new quotas
Fixed milliseconds in timed text - thx Calle

Changes for v3.2 - v3.2.2

New: Added German language file - thx JW 301
New: Added Greek language file - thx The Rabbit
New: Some basic support for subtitle format WebVTT
New: Some basic support for subtitle format SCC
Improved: Updated Basque language file - thx xabier aramendi
Improved: Drag-and-drop support in textbox - thx vmb
Fixed: Possible crash when saving ebu files
Fixed: Possible crash when fixing italics - thx StainlessS
Fixed: Bug when editing time codes - issue 46, thx mobo
Fixed: Memory leak in spell check - thx thx aMvEL
Fixed: WinXP crash when ocr'ing blu-ray/SON - thx edea
Fixed: Can now acutally use MPlayer2 on windows - thx rotulos1
Fixed: A (rare) crash in change casing - fix names
Fixed: Bug in format Timed Text draft - thx Thomas
Fixed: Can now use Chinese traditional tesseract ocr dictionary

Changes for v3.2 Beta 3 - v3.2 RC 1

The release contains mostly fixes - especially for history/undo/waveform + edit of original subtitle + yet more subtitle formats (SE now supports 60+ formats!).
Please report any bugs/crashes!
Languages included: Chinese, Czech, Danish, English, Polish, and Swedish - thx to the translators :)
Languages in need of update: Bulgarian, Spanish, Basque, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Romanian and Serbian.

Changes for v3.2 Beta 2 - v3.2 Beta 3

Major improvements for vobsub ocr via image compare + many small fixes
(Fixed annoying bug in vobsub since beta 2)

Changes for v3.1 - v3.2 Beta 1

NEW:
Can now display spectrogram (as well as waveform)
Subtitle formats: D-Cinema, Cavena890, Timed Text 1.0, Captionate, Flash xml
Most important shortcuts in Options -> Settings
Export bdn-xml/images + import/ocr bdn-xml/images
Added "Point sync via other subtitle" (thx ioannis)
Tools -> Make empty translation from current subtitle (thx vmb)
Tools -> Show original text in audio/video previews (thx vmb)
Command line conversion between subtitle formats (example: subtitleedit /convert *.srt microdvd - thx Carl)
Subtitle preview font size (below video player) is now available in Options -> Settings
Edit -> Select all
List view context menu: Copy as text to clipboard (you can also use ctrl+c/ctrl+v)
Text box context menu -> Split line at cursor position (thx dr. Jackson)
Import+ocr of blu-ray sup files inside matroska files
Now remembers undocked controls pos/size
IMPROVED:
OCR unknown words highlighting now works better (thx sialivi)
Merge short lines can now also merge lines ending with ".", "?", or "!" (optional)
Can now read Adobe Encore files starting with line numbers (thx Pier)
FIXED:
Adjust all times did not work for MicroDvd (thx Wolf)
Now removes empty white spaces from Google translate
Crash when entering invalid text in source view (thx Frédéric)
Fixed a few bugs in DVD Architect format + added another two new variants (thx Jacob)
Fixed incorrect line-break in Microsoft Translate in last part of sub (thx Jacob)

Changes for v3.0 - v3.1

New: Collaboration via the internet ("Networking", also has chat)
New: Auto-backup (never, every minute, every 5th minute, or every 15th minute - thx swedelandster)
New: Video player/controls/wave form can now be un-docked (e.g. for ppl for multiple monitors)
New: Spell check via Word (Options -> Settings:General -> Spell checker)
New: Edit original subtitle (Options -> Settings:General:Allow edit of original subtitle - thx for testing Luis)
New: Wave form control can adjust play rate (slow, normal, fast, and very fast - vlc player only)
New: Ability to remember the last selected line when re-opening subtitles (thx Frederic)
New: Now remembers video file and original subtitle (thx Luis)
New: Support for the subtitle format "Quicktime text" (two variations) + Scenarist + Adobe Encore
New: Added "Chars/sec" info to textbox in main window (thx Kerensky)
New: Options to choose font color and background color (for list view/text-boxes)
New: Can now import VobSub subtitles embedded in Matroska (.mkv) files (thx mosu for mkv info + thx hawk for testing)
New: Wave form position can be locked at center via new 'Center' button (thx Krystian)
New: Can insert (a whole) subtitle after a line in the list view via context menu
New: Auto-suggest line splitting with button while typing (thx Dr. Jackson)
New: Auto-wrap text while typing (option, thx swedelandster)
New: Video menu will now have a "Choose audio track" if more than one audio track exists (only when using VLC as video player)
New: Bulgarian translation (thx Ivo Ivanov)
Improved: Main window: Video player will now automatically move up beside subtitle if waveform is displayed + some resizing of controls allowed via splitters
Improved: Context menu for subtitle textbox now has italic, bold, underline, font name, and color
Improved: Updated NHunspell (spell check component) to latest version (0.9.6)
Improved: Synchronization Show earlier/later changed a bit, also added a shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+A)
Improved: Added a few buttons to 'Multiple replace' which is now re-sizable (thx sialivi)
Improved: Moved video controls below subtitle preview (which now displays italic)
Improved: Fix common ocr errors improved (thx aMvEL, sialivi, Alberto)
Improved: Remove text for HI can now also remove interjections (thx Dr. Jackson)
Improved: Start/display time changes are now undo-able (thx Luis)
Improved: Subtitle preview on video player now more precise (thx hawk) + uses font from Settings + bold (thx Leszek)
Improved: "Point sync" can now also sync using only one sync point (thx tttoan)
Improved: VLC media player - mouse click now toggles play/pause
Fixed: Wave form: Fixed unprecise (out of sync) wave form data for some sample rates
Fixed: Crash with wave form track bar (thx Christian)
Fixed: A minor bug in initialization of waveform (thx Frederic)
Fixed: Several bugs regarding 'large fonts' / higher dpi (thx Radbert)
Fixed: Memory leak in VobSub SubPicture class (thx Almogzt)
Fixed: A bug that froze vlc after playing to end of video
Fixed: Missing line break in Sony Dvd Architect w line numbers (thx Rosa)
Fixed: A minor bug in Visual Sync, if end scene was after video length (thx tsieberg)
Fixed: OCR Fix Engine: Lines after "..." will no longer be changed to start with uppercase
Fixed: Bug in reading of SSA files (',' was removed) - thx Péter
Fixed: Line breaking bug in mpl format - thx Przemek
Fixed: Shortcuts for adjust commands Ctrl+Space/Shift+Space/F9/F10

Changes for v3.0 - v3.1 RC 1

SE 3.1 will have better resizing options for main window incl. video controls (via splitters). Video player/wave form can be un-docked.
Also new:
Auto-backup is a nice feature for those who don't like to lose hours of work
Networking mode (collaboration)
Can now also spell check via Word - change spell checker via Options -> Settings:General:Spell checker - might even work now ;)
Can now edit original sub also - see Options -> Settings:General:Allow edit of original subtitle
Many minor improvements and bugfixes (like support for large fonts/higher dpi)

Changes for v3.0 RC 3 - v3.0 RC 4

Visually sync/adjust a subtitle (start/end position and speed).
Create/add subtitle lines
Translation helper (for manual translation)
Convert between SubRib, MicroDVD, Substation Alpha, SAMI, and more
Import VobSub sub/idx binary subtitles (code is ripped from Subtitle Creator by Erik Vullings/Manusse)
Can read and write UTF-8 and other unicode files (besides ANSI)
Show texts earlier/later
Merge/split
Adjust display time
Fix common errors wizard
Remove text for hear impaired
Renumbering
Swedish to danish translation built-in (via Multi Translator Online)
Google translation built-in
Spell checking via Open Office dictionaries/NHunspell (many dictionaries available)
Effects: Typewriter and karoake
Can open subtitles embedded inside matroska files
History/undo manager

Changes for v2.9.2 - v2.9.3

Bugfix: Spell check crash fixed - thx Chamallow :)
Bugfix: Point syncronization: Sync points can now be made in any order.
New: Romanian language added - thx Gabriel :)
New: French language added (not entirely completed) - thx zwim :)
New: Ocr via image compare can now be made right-to-left - Thx Reza :)
New: Create/adjust lines - a few minor improvements/fixes.
New: Now remembers time from "Adjust display time" + textbox is now in overwrite mode (thx Krzysztof)
Improved: Reads MicroDVD and MPL2 subtitles with errors better (thx Krzysztof)
Improved: Can now use VLC 1.1.x as Video Player (Options -> Settings -> Video Player: VLC)
Improved: "Remove text for hearing impaired" has several minor improvements (thx sialivi/eMWu)
Improved: A few fixes in "Fix overlapping time codes" (thx David)
Improved: The log in "Fix common errors" now works better

Changes for v2.9.1 - v2.9.2

New: Spanish language file updated (thx sapin1)
Bugfix: Multiple Replace now remembers settings (thx sialivi)
Bugfix: Fixed crash in "Fix common errors"

Changes for v2.9 - v2.9.1

New: Fix common errors - Fix Spanish inverse question/exclarmation marks (thx sapin1)
New: Options -> Settings -> General : Auto detect ANSI encoding option (thx dny238)
New: File -> Import text. This will import text files without time codes and will need manual work in Tools -> Create/adjust lines
New: File -> Import times codes
New: Point syncronization. Syncronize via 2 or more points (visual or manual time code)
New: Can now read/write Youtube sbv files
Improved: Import subtitle with manual chosen encoding now has preview (thx dny238)
Improved: Now uses unicode font (Lucida Sans Unicode) in WinXP for music symbols
Improved: Better support for Polish (thx Krystian)
Improved: Spell check can now resume + no blinking when spell checking (thx kb-r)
Improved: Remember video file between dialogs

Changes for v2.8.6 - v2.8.7

Changes for v2.8.5 - v2.8.6

Now available in Spanish - thx Darío Hereñú :)
Bugfix: Fixed detection of unicode formats when loading subtitles (thx Joel Withun)
Bugfix: Fixed a crash when trying to load an unknown subtitle type
Bugfix: Setting a font name for subtitle text now actually works (thx Contardi Angelo)

Changes for v2.8.2 - v2.8.3

Subtitle Edit is now translatable (use the English language file as base)
Fixed crash in OCR via image compare when shinking an expanded selection (thx Christian)
Opening files larger than 10 mb will require confirmation (thx Vinko)
Improved Tools -> Fix common errors yet again (thx Christian)
Improved Tools -> Change casing (thx Christian)

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