fsub/README.md

fsub

fsub is a Python script for cleaning, editing and fixing a SubRip (.srt) file

Installation

Through Python's pip:

pip install fsub

Usage

usage: fsub [-h] [-c] [-s MS] [-n] [-f F] [-j] [-r] file [file ...]

Fix, edit and clean SubRip (.srt) files.

positional arguments:
  file               list of input files (they all must be SubRip files)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  -c, --clean        remove subtitles matching regular expressions listed in the config file
                     (this is the default behavior if no other flag is passed)
  -s MS, --shift MS  shift all subtitles by MS milliseconds, which may be positive or negative
  -n, --no-html      strip HTML tags from subtitles content
  -f F, --config F   use F as the config file (by default, F is: on Unix:
                     $HOME/.config/fsubrc; on Windows: %APPDATA%\fsubrc)
  -j, --join         join all files into the first, shifting their time accordingly
  -r, --replace      edit files in-place (-j will delete joined files too)

Testing

In the project's root directory, run all the tests with:

python -m unittest tests

Or, just the unit/integration tests:

python -m unittest tests.unit
python -m unittest tests.integration

Features

• Fixes subtitle numbering
• Converts files to UTF-8 encoding
• Validates file structure
• May remove subtitles containing lines that match any regular expression listed in the config file (by default on Unix: $HOME/.config/fsubrc; on Windows: %APPDATA%\fsubrc)
• May shift the time of all subtitles
• May strip HTML
• May join files together
• May edit files in-place