Subtitle Edit
Subtitle Edit (also known as SE) is a free and open-source subtitle editor to create, edit, adjust or synchronize subtitles for videos.
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| Developer | Nikolaj Lynge Olsson |
| Stable release | 4.0.15[1] 
/ 6 February 2026 |
| Preview release | N/A |
| Written in | C# (2009 - Present) Borland Delphi (2001 - 2009) [2][3] |
| Operating system | Windows Linux |
| Platform | .NET Framework |
| Size | Windows: 8.0–11.6 MB Linux: 9.3 MB |
| Available in | 34 languages |
List of languages English, Chinese, Argentina, Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Persian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese | |
| Type | Subtitle editor |
| License | GNU General Public License v3.0 |
| Website | nikse.dk/subtitleedit/ |
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Subtitle Edit (also known as SE) is a free and open-source subtitle editor to create, edit, adjust or synchronize subtitles for videos.
Features
[edit]SE supports 250+ subtitle formats. Some of the most popular ones are SubRip, Timed Text, DFXP (Netflix standards), ITT (iTunes), SubStation Alpha, MicroDVD, SAMI, D-Cinema and BdSub. It uses the VLC media player, MPC-HC, Mpv or DirectShow to play videos.
It is available in 34 languages and works on Windows and Linux.
Development
[edit]In 2001, Nikolaj Lynge Olsson had started the development of Subtitle Edit in Delphi which continued until April 2009. On 6 March 2009, 2.0 Beta 1 version (build 42401) was released.[3]
Over time, more developers have contributed to SE's development, and it is still active. It is hosted at GitHub.
On May 17, 2011, the developer announced the testing version of SE 3.2 for Linux.[4] It uses the same source code that was developed for Windows, to implement it on Linux using Mono Project.
On October 17, 2011, the developer announced the availability of stable version for Linux.[5] The developer himself stated that it is working well on Ubuntu.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Release 4.0.15". 6 February 2026. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ^ "Check for the comment dated on '09-25-02 10:20 PM' on this page". Nikolaj Lynge Olsson. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Subtitle Edit 2.0 Beta 1 released". Nikolaj Lynge Olsson. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ^ "A Linux version for testing is out". Nikolaj Lynge Olsson. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "Post published by developer(s)". Nikolaj Lynge Olsson. Retrieved 19 Oct 2011.
Further reading
[edit]- "Subtitle Edit on videohelp.com". videohelp.com. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- Niamh Lynch (2010). "An excellent app to edit subtitles". softonic.com. Retrieved 4 October 2011.