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sub2srt - Convert subtitles from ".sub" to subviewer ".srt" format

sub2srt is a simple tool to convert 2 common subtitle formats (microdvd and subrip - both are known as ".sub") to subviewer ".srt" format. This is the format ogmmerge accepts for multiplexing into ogm streams.

This is Beta Software!
Use it at your own risk! It works fine with several files I've got, but it may fail with your's.
It's a quick hack written without any docs about the file formats - I just had a look how the files look like. Please report bugs, problems, patches... to sub2srt@robelix.com

What it does not:

It does not - and will never - convert DVD-subtitles or vobsub. Google on if you need this ;)

Installation

Not necessary ;) - it's just a single perl-script. But you may want to copy sub2srt to a directory that's in your $PATH - like /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin.

Usage

Run sub2srt --help to get more info.

Requirements

Perl

License

GPL 2 Have a look to the file COPYING included in the archive.

Changelog

15 Jan 2005: Roland Obermayer <roland@robelix.com>

sub2srt-0.5.3
- Added support for a third input format "txtsub"
- Prompt if overwriting files
- Several minor changes

11 Jan 2005: Panayotis Katsaloulis <panayotis@panayotis.com>

Handle both types of NTSC frame rate, as a convenient command line option
Fixed a bug in the actual NTSC framerate

10 Nov 2003: Roland Obermayer <roland@robelix.com>

sub2srt-0.5.2
- The fps option now accepts non-integer values
- Added ntsc option

31 Aug 2003: Roland Obermayer <roland@robelix.com>

sub2srt-0.5.1
- Bugfix in the microdvd conversion routine

26 Aug 2003: Roland Obermayer <roland@robelix.com>

sub2srt-0.5
- Initial release