sub2xml

Python script to convert subtitles to titles/timeline for Premiere Pro, inspired by other similar tools, see [1], [2] and [3]. This script does the following:

• create one prtl-file per subtitle
• create one FCP-XML-file containing the correct start/end times

The FCP-XML can be imported into Premiere Pro, giving a timeline with all subtitles as title-objects, correctly layed out over the timeline. Sounds great? There are several limitations, see below. Once it is imported, save the project to embed the prtl-files.

[1] http://www.2writers.com/Eddie/PpTitleCreator.htm

[2] https://github.com/ubershmekel/pytitle

[3] https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/subtitleedit/

Limitations

• Lots of parameters are hard-coded at the moment, like font-size/frame-rate/resolution etc
• No attempt is made to carry over any of the formatting in the ass-file to the prtl-file
• Not useful for subtitles with more than one style

Requirements

• Python 3.x (Tested on Windows 7)
• python-ass (for parsing ass-files)
• pillow (for str-width approximation)

Usage

• sub2xml.py mytitle.ass

Also see docs/usage.txt

License

• GPLv2 see docs/LICENSE.txt