Gnome Subtitles

New web site

2006-08-06T22:57:00.000+01:00

The Gnome Subtitles project has a new web site. It is available at http://gnome-subtitles.sf.net.

New features

2006-06-30T12:55:00.000+01:00

A lot of work is being done with the project to get it ready for the first release.

The project now supports autotools, so it doesn't depend on NAnt anymore. It has also been integrated into MonoDevelop.

For the first version, more work has yet to be done on the spin buttons, the support for more synchronization options, and better integration with the clipboard.

The current changes aren't yet commited to the SVN (but they will soon).

There's also a new web site on the way, hopefully more useable than this blog. :)

Developers Needed

2006-04-22T15:25:00.000+01:00

Gnome Subtitles is growing slowly. I'm the only active developer and haven't found sufficient free time to make regular improvements to the project.

Anyone who's willing to join the team is very much welcome. The project is still relatively small, so it won't be hard to understand the code.

The project is written in C# and uses the GTK# bindings. I will obviously help wherever i can, and will continue to assist in the development.

You can email me at "noup [AT] users [DOT] sourceforge [DOT] net".

More features

2006-04-06T14:04:00.000+01:00

I've finished implementing the support for changing the Frame Rates and subtitle's Style.

Frame Rates include the subtitle file's frame rate (Input FrameRate) and the movie's frame rate. Both can be set when using frame based subtitles, but only Movie Frame Rate can be set when using time based subtitles.

Subtitle Style includes Bold, Italic and Underline.

The multilevel Undo/Redo also includes these new features.

Open File and Save As dialogs

2006-03-05T02:58:00.000Z

I've been working on finishing the basic functions: open a file, adjust subtitles and save/save as.

Here are the dialogs (not that much to see, i know):

Subversion

2006-02-25T02:35:00.000Z

The project's CVS has been migrated to Subversion.

It can be accessed online or with your favorite SVC client (remember to join the following 2 lines, it's a single command):

svn co https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gsub
titles/trunk/gnome-subtitles gnome-subtitles

Editing Subtitles

2006-02-15T01:38:00.000Z

Due to limitations in the GTK# bindings, i'm unable to implement full in-line editing support. I managed to create in-line SpinButtons for time/frame editing, but the same couldn't be done for the text area.

That said, plan B went into action. Timings and text editing is placed at the bottom, and reflect the currently selected subtitle. I have to say, though, that this turned out better than i thought, and perhaps the interface is more solid this way than it would have been with in-line editing only.

Visual Update

2006-02-13T02:48:00.000Z

Another screenshot, showing Gnome Subtitles displaying text in bold/italic/underline. It also allows to switch between time and frame modes.

First Screenshot

2006-01-31T04:21:00.000Z

This is the very first screenshot of Gnome Subtitles. Not much to see right now, the Open and New functions are implemented and so are some other dialogs. On the other hand, the internal architecture is pretty well structured ATM.

Note that all the required functions related to synchronization, file opening, format detection and conversion, etc... are already implemented in the SubLib library which this project uses.

Icon designer needed!

2006-01-28T03:02:00.000Z

A program icon is needed for Gnome Subtitles.

If you have the skills and would like to contribute, please leave a comment. The original author will be credited in the program.

Current Status

2006-01-17T16:08:00.000Z

The program's architecture is being incrementaly built, as i get to know the workings of the GNOME development framework and, more specifically, its "sharp" bindings.

The first release is expected to within one month, time at which the project is expected to include a necessary set of funciontality.

Numerous decisions have to be made at this point, so if you have a sugestion to make, please leave a comment or use one of the support mechanisms.

That's all for now. :-)

Support

2006-01-17T15:48:00.000Z

The preferred support mechanism is the Mailing List: gsubtitles-general List.

Other than that, you can also use the following:

About

2006-01-17T05:03:00.000Z

Gnome Subtitles is a subtitle editor for the GNOME Desktop.

The list of planned features include:

Subtitle Format auto-detection
Character encoding auto-detection
Support for time and frame-based subtitles
Builtin video and audio preview
Synchronization
Translation
Error correction

It aims to provide a clean and functional interface to the user, without giving away the needed features.

Gnome Subtitles is written in C#, being closely integrated with Gnome# and targeted to the GNU/Linux Operating System. The SubLib library is used to manage subtitles.

Gnome Subtitles is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).