[Sublib-general] SubLib 0.9 is out!

[Pedro C. <ma...@pe...>]

What's It?
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SubLib is a library that eases the development of subtitling applications. It supports the most common text-based subtitle formats and allows for subtitle editing, conversion and synchronization.

It is written in C# and can be used with platforms like Mono or the .NET Framework. It is currently used by the Gnome Subtitles project [1].

* About: http://sublib.sf.net/about/
* Download: http://sublib.sf.net/download/
* API: http://sublib.sf.net/api/


What's New?
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- Added support for the following subtitle formats:
  * Adobe Encore DVD
  * DKS Subtitle Format
  * Karaoke Lyrics LRC
  * Karaoke Lyrics VKT
  * Panimator
  * Phoenix Japanimation Society
  * Power DivX
- Different subtitle formats share similar headers, when edited
- Allow to import text lines, without timings, from a plain text file


Features
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Subtitle formats:

    * Adobe Encore DVD
    * Advanced Sub Station Alpha
    * AQ Title
    * DKS Subtitle Format
    * Karaoke Lyrics LRC
    * Karaoke Lyrics VKT
    * MacSUB
    * MicroDVD
    * MPlayer
    * MPlayer 2
    * MPSub
    * Panimator
    * Phoenix Japanimation Society
    * Power DivX
    * Sofni
    * SubCreator 1.x
    * SubRip
    * Sub Station Alpha
    * SubViewer 1.0
    * SubViewer 2.0
    * ViPlay Subtitle File

Timing operations:

    * Auto-adjust timings based on 2 correct times / synchronization points
    * Shift subtitles by a specified delay
    * Convert between framerates
    * Set input and output framerates
    * Edit times and frames

Other features:

    * Support for subtitle translation
    * Edit subtitle headers
    * Search for text, possibly using Regular Expressions
    * Replace all occurences of some text in the subtitles
    * Find the subtitle at the specified time position
    * Import text scripts
    * Character coding and subtitle format auto-detection (on opening)
    * Relaxed subtitle reading, to read subtitles that contain errors
    * Modular parsing engine which uses regular expressions to describe subtitle formats
    * Possibility to list the bits of text which couldn't be read as subtitles


References
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[1] - Gnome Subtitles - http://gnome-subtitles.sf.net


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Pedro Castro
http://www.pedrocastro.org