Fix SRT subtitle timing issues

is your subtitle timing incorrect. hard code the time with srt-stf

Install

• Simply clone the repository
• Install python3
• Installing with the Script (tested only in Linux)
  • then run the following

    sudo ./install.sh

  • to uninstall run

    sudo ./uninstall.sh

• Or just simply symlink the __main__.py file to a path which is in your executable path
  • In linux

    ln -s "$(pwd)/__main__.py" /bin/srt-stf
    #                                   ^
    # [A path which is in the executables]

• Running (without installing) using python on Windows/Mac/Linux
  • first move into the directory you have downloaded the code to

    cd srt-subtitle-time-fix
    

  • Then run the following

    python . [-h] [--negative] [--encoding ENCODING] --file FILE --out OUT --time TIME
    

Usage

• usage: srt-stf [-h] [--negative] [--encoding ENCODING] --file FILE --out OUT --time TIME
  
  options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --negative, -n        Subtracts the time from the subtitle file making the subtitles appear sooner
  --encoding ENCODING, -e ENCODING
                          The preferred encoding for the file (default is utf-8, which may not work with some files)
  --file FILE, -f FILE  path to the current subtitle.srt file
  --out OUT, -o OUT     output file name
  

• examples:

  # to delay the subtitle by 29 seconds
  $ srt-stf -f <input_file_name>.srt -t <TIME> -o <output_file_name>.srt
  $ srt-stf -f track.srt -t 00:00:29,000 -o out.srt -e utf-8
  #                HOURS-----|  |  |   | 
  #                MINUTES------|  |   | 
  #                SECONDS---------|   | 
  #                MILLISECONDS--------|
  
  # if you wanna play the subtitle 29 seconds sooner. Just add the '-n' flag to the command
  $ srt-stf -f track.srt -t 00:00:29,000 -o out.srt -n