Highlights
Some highlights of Aegisub:
- Simple and intuitive yet powerful interface for editing subtitles
- With help from such features as spell checking/thesaurus, a translation assistant, call tips for override tags, syntax highlighting and various macros, translating, editing and quality assuring subtitles is now easier than ever.
- Made a mistake? Had a system crash? Don’t worry, Aegisub saves your .ass with features like multi-level undo/redo, auto saving, backups and emergency recovery saving in case of system or program crashes.
- Support for many formats and character sets
- Aegisub doesn’t lock you into using any specific format; importing and exporting from and to several different formats (ranging from MPEG-4 Timed Text to MicroDVD) is supported.
- Multiple language subtitles? Legacy programs without Unicode support? No problem, Aegisub has full support for both Unicode and most common legacy encodings; both reading and writing.
- Powerful video mode
- Nearly all video formats are supported out of the box.
- Automatic live preview of subtitles updated as you type, showing you exactly what the subtitles will look like in the player.
- Full support for variable framerate video and Matroska timecodes. Capable of reading timecodes directly from Matroska files for seamless VFR work.
- Problems with anamorphic video? Overscan? Aegisub has the tools to handle it.
- Visual typesetting tools
- Typesetting on easy mode! No need to manually edit override tags; drag, rotate or clip the subtitles directly on the video frame using your mouse.
- Want to re-use typesetting on a video of different resolution or aspect ratio? Can’t figure out what color that sign is using? Aegisub has the tools to help you deal with it.
- Intuitive and customizable audio timing mode
- Time dialogue or karaoke in any way you want with the heavily customizable audio interface; less painful than ever! Use features such as the spectrum analyzer mode or the automatic timing post-processor for even more efficient timing.
- Support for nearly every audio format in existence, and DirectShow support for if you manage to find one too obscure for libavcodec.
- Fully scriptable through the Automation module
- Is all the above not enough? Extend the program with your own macros or export filters using scripting in Lua.
- Comes with several ready-made scripts for quick and easy generation of your very own karaoke effects.