HikariSub

A subtitle editor and player for everything from quick fixes to full typesetting. ASS, SRT and other formats, with frame-accurate video, for Windows and Linux.

HikariSub editing a karaoke MV: the video with the typeset karaoke, the audio waveform with its syllables, the Line editor and the Grid.
Timing a karaoke MV in the Editing layout. Subtitles: Jibrill.

What it does

Each of these has a guide.

The Perspective tool fitting a Thai sign to a slope in the video.

Typesetting

Visual tools on the video for position, rotation, scaling, clips, drawing and perspective, with the exact values beside them.

Visual tools
Karaoke syllables over the audio waveform, each timed to its sound.

Karaoke

Split and join syllables, tap to time, the Kanji timer and onset snap, then the templater for effects.

Karaoke

Timing

Audio with waveform or spectrum, keyframe snapping, time shifting and a post-processor.

Timing

Styles

A style manager with a live preview, reusable style catalogs and font catalogs.

Styles

Translation

Translation mode shows the original next to your text, and lines can be matched when pasting a translation.

Translation

Checking

Spelling, minor-error fixes and side-by-side comparison of two files.

Checking

Automation

Lua and MoonScript macros, the Automation panel and DependencyControl.

Automation

Your workspace

Layouts for each kind of work, themes and every hotkey remappable.

Customize

Subtitles: Jibrill.

Used HikariSub 0.0.x? 0.1 is a new app. It reads your old settings and keeps its own, so you can go back to 0.0.x and find everything as you left it.

Moving from legacy