Settings
Configure application preferences, profiles, subtitle defaults, video player, and more.
- Menu: Options → Settings…
- Shortcut: Configurable
How to Use
- Open Options → Settings…
- Navigate through the settings sections
- Adjust settings as needed
- Click OK to save
Profiles
Profiles store subtitle rules and limits. You can switch between profiles for different workflows (e.g., Netflix, broadcast, default).
- Single line max length — Maximum characters per line
- Optimal chars/sec — Target reading speed
- Max chars/sec — Maximum reading speed
- Max words/min — Maximum words per minute
- Min duration — Minimum subtitle display time (ms)
- Max duration — Maximum subtitle display time (ms)
- Min gap — Minimum gap between subtitles (ms)
- Max lines — Maximum number of lines per subtitle
- Dialog style — How dialog dashes are handled
- Continuation style — How continuation markers work
General
- New empty default (ms) — Default duration for new empty subtitles
- Prompt before deleting lines — Ask before deleting subtitle lines
- Lock time codes — Prevent accidental time code changes
- Remember window position and size — Restore layout between sessions
- Use frame mode — Display times as frame numbers instead of time codes
- Auto backup — Enable automatic backups at a set interval
Subtitle Defaults
- Default subtitle format — Format used when creating new subtitles
- Save format — Default format for saving
- Favorite formats — Quick access to frequently used formats
- Default encoding — Text encoding for saving files
- Auto-convert to UTF-8 — Automatically convert files to UTF-8
- Force CR+LF on save — Use Windows-style line endings
- Auto-trim whitespace — Remove trailing spaces
Video Player (MPV Preview)
- Font — Subtitle preview font name, size, and bold
- Colors — Primary, outline, and shadow colors
- Border style — Outline or opaque box
- Outline/shadow width — Border dimensions
Keyboard Shortcuts
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Escape | Close settings |
| F1 | Open help |