Subs Factory Changelog

What's new in Subs Factory 2.7.7

Feb 6, 2024
  • Fix:
  • Fixed a crash at launch, mainly under macOS version 14.3.

New in Subs Factory 2.7.6 (Nov 28, 2023)

  • Fixes:
  • Video files with a track that cannot be decoded by ffmpeg now display waveforms, and their subtitles can be extracted.
  • All fields in the resynchronization popover are now accessible by the tab key.
  • When entering a time in standard format, if more than three digits are entered after the comma, the last ones are ignored.
  • In the case where a subtitle track does not have any subtitle, the track is no longer automatically deselected during playback.
  • In the resynchronization summary sentence, the indication of the affected subtitles is now correct.
  • Several causes of crashes have been eliminated.

New in Subs Factory 2.7.5 (Nov 9, 2023)

  • Fix:
  • Timeline now works under macOS 14 Sonoma.

New in Subs Factory 2.7.4 (Nov 7, 2023)

  • New features:
  • Characters counts are now displayed for each line as well.
  • More playback speed steps.
  • Fixes:
  • Colors with transparency (8 hexadecimal digits) loading from .srt files do not make the application crash anymore.
  • Video origin change is now immediately reflected on the interface.
  • Subtitles edition field readability improved.
  • Several crash causes should be fixed (including with search/replace).
  • Interface was incorrectly stating "microseconds" instead of "milliseconds" (no functional change).

New in Subs Factory 2.7.3 (Sep 1, 2023)

  • Fix:
  • UTF8-encoded subtitles files starting with BOM character can now be opened correctly.

New in Subs Factory 2.7.2 (Aug 31, 2023)

  • Fix:
  • A crash cause has been eliminated.

New in Subs Factory 2.7.1 (Aug 30, 2023)

  • Fix:
  • Subtitles on two lines are now correctly parsed from an srt file.

New in Subs Factory 2.7.0 (Aug 27, 2023)

  • New features:
  • Now subtitles can be simply formatted (bold, italic, color, size,...).
  • Subtitles can now be displayed in white instead of the track color.
  • Palettes organization is now saved in project files.
  • It is now possible to use mouse or trackpad scrolling when the pointer is over the timeline or the counter.
  • Subtitles can now be translated from the "Create new subtitles..." button.

New in Subs Factory 2.6.1 (Feb 20, 2023)

  • Fixes:
  • A bug has been fixed.
  • Some other little tweaks.

New in Subs Factory 2.6.0 (Feb 14, 2023)

  • New features:
  • New automatic subtitles translation feature (needs In-App purchase).
  • Subtitles extraction from video file (SubRip/SRT tracks only).
  • Defining the video beginning timing.
  • Graphical improvements of the timeline for more readability.
  • New subtitles default duration can now be set in the preferences.
  • New icon.
  • Fixes:
  • "Stop edition" now works even if editing field does not concern subtitle.
  • In french translation, in the new project window, buttons "Open" and "Create" were inverted.
  • Some other little fixes.

New in Subs Factory 2.5.2 (Oct 5, 2022)

  • Fix:
  • Corrects a bug affecting some users, where menus were not filled in export popover.

New in Subs Factory 2.5.1 (Jul 15, 2022)

  • Fixes:
  • Two crash causes eliminated, including one concerning the search/replace function.

New in Subs Factory 2.5.0 (Jul 8, 2022)

  • New:
  • Export subtitles in the format of your choice thanks to the new "Custom export formats" function !
  • Check your subtitles readability with the new "Maximum characters per second" constraint.
  • Simple display of characters count and characters per second in the edition field.
  • Create subtitles by option-click-and-drag in the timeline.
  • Delete subtitles and markers by option-click in the timeline.
  • Loop play on current subtitle.
  • Switch to subtitle edition with a keyboard shortcut or a double-click.
  • Click in timeline to go to timing.
  • Some graphical interface refinements.
  • Fixes:
  • Controls to move amongst subtitles are now related to selected subtitle track.
  • "Go to previous subtitle" button now works correctly.
  • Timeline is now correctly updated when project changes length.
  • Clicking on a subtitle in the timeline goes to clicked location and not to beginning of subtitle anymore.
  • Graphical update for hiding palettes.
  • Other bug fixes.
  • Some performance improvements.

New in Subs Factory 2.0.3 (Dec 13, 2013)

  • New features :
  • it is now possible to choose an encoding when exporting a .srt file,
  • the encoding chosen while opening a file is now memorized,
  • the encodings list is now much more comprehensive.
  • Bugs correction :
  • markers are now correctly saved in project files,
  • Subs Factory now correctly asks for saving when closing a project,
  • minimum duration of a project without video is now ten seconds,
  • palettes list is now always entirely unfolded,
  • other minor bugs have been corrected.

New in Subs Factory 2.0.2 (Oct 2, 2013)

  • Bugs correction :
  • subtitles files created from scratch can now be exported with Snow Leopard,
  • one-key shortcuts (i, o and space) now work correctly,
  • ReSync window now works correctly with Snow Leopard,
  • there is now a protection preventing entering a subtitle whose end is after its beginning,
  • video is now correctly unloaded when changed or when closing the window,
  • other minor bugs have been corrected.

New in Subs Factory 2.0.1 (Aug 30, 2013)

  • Bugs corrections :
  • the markers menu now works,
  • m4v files can now be open,
  • fixed project video loading after application relaunch,
  • fixed export button that did not export correctly, and
  • window minimum size now better computed.

New in Subs Factory 2.0 (Aug 30, 2013)

  • First version on the Mac App Store, rewritten from scratch and dramatically modernized.

New in Subs Factory 1.3.2 (Feb 5, 2011)

  • Corrected a bug preventing the creation of multiline subtitles.

New in Subs Factory 1.3.1 (Aug 2, 2010)

  • Corrected a bug when playing a video without subtitles.

New in Subs Factory 1.3.0 (Aug 2, 2010)

  • Portuguese translation.
  • Subs Factory now saves files in the encoding selected in the preferences.
  • Corrected a bug that greyed the OK button while choosing a file to concatenate with.
  • Corrected a bug happening when shifting only some subtitles to the begining of the video.
  • "About" window improved.
  • Corrected behaviour of start time and end time fields in editor palette.
  • Now the validation button of the editor palette appears when modifying times with "Here" buttons.
  • Subtitles are now sorted more often.
  • Now checking the time fields of the editor palette before validating, avoiding to delete them if they are incorrect.

New in Subs Factory 1.2.0 (May 4, 2009)

  • Controls palette added (for play, pause,...).
  • Keyboard shortcuts for movie control added, the spacebar can also be used to play and stop the video.
  • Encodings are now handled.
  • .sub files can now be opened (subtitles dated by image number).
  • Locking the duration while editing is now possible.
  • Closing the current project now allowed.
  • English language corrections.
  • Some minor bugs corrected.

New in Subs Factory 1.1.1 (Jun 17, 2008)

  • Simple affine shifting by choosing two reference subtitles.
  • On-the-fly subtitling-standards compliance checking (with modifiable settings).
  • User's manual.
  • Advanced search and replace function.
  • Italian version.

New in Subs Factory 1.1.0 (Apr 23, 2008)

  • Affine shift function added.
  • Search / Replace unction added.
  • Constraints-checking function added.
  • Confirmation-before-quitting window added.
  • Some other minor modifications.
  • First version of the user's manual.
  • Donation window on second launch added.
  • Italian translation added.