Quicktime Subtitle Converter

The Subtitle Converter converts Quicktime .txt subtitles encoded for Mac or Windows to Unicode. In a Unicode encoded quicktime text file, the headers are written in ASCII, while the subtitles themselves are written in Unicode. The Unicode encoded subtitles should display well on any machine that has Quicktime installed.

Input

File/Directory
Input can be either a file or directory. Directories are not recursed and the program doesn't do any checks to see if the input files are indeed valid quicktime text files, so care must be taken.

Character set
Select the character set of the input files. Either MacRoman, for subtitles created on Mac, or Cp1252, for subtitles created on Windows.

Output

File/Directory
The output can be either a file or directory. An entered filename will only be used in a one on one conversion (converting 1 subtitle file). In a batch conversion, or when a directory is specified, the unicode encoded subtitle files will be written to the directory, with the same name as the original files.

Create space tracks
When the subtitles use chroma key, it can happen that a white bar is displayed between text tracks, instead of transparency. To work around this select 'create space tracks'. This will write texttracks containing the space character.