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Hi

I normally convert all .sub files into .srt because few video players (mainly Synology Video Station) is not a big fan of .sub files.

Main app is Subtitle Edit and it has nice mass convert function,
It is sadly not very good, or at least I'm getting poor quality conversions time to time.
(even when frame rate is in first line)

My backup tools:
a) Aegisub
b) subtitletools.com
And always at least one of these as always worked.

I would like to hear your ideas for good tool for my needs.
If there other safe/good apps that can handle batch conversions?

For Windows O/S, switched from Subtitle Edit to SubExtractor for idx/sub conversion awhile back. Much better OCR engine and reliability. Does not have the bulk conversion capability, but it is extremely fast and efficient. Will require some learning inputs for character recognition and for character offset spacing (usually italics). There is also a trick to file naming pre-processing, which will avoid repetitive learning inputs for subsequent files when doing series episodes. I find that I can convert complete TV seasons with this program much faster than with the bulk convert feature of Subtitle Edit I used previously, and with minimal errors to correct post review.

https://www.videohelp.com/software/SubExtractor

SubExtractor

It's a bit old and not anymore developed, but if you say it does the job and does it well, I added it to the list of useful software.
Thanks for the tip.

Many thanks to arcchancellor, and his recommendations from a previous forum post:

Re: OCR and italic
Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:38 pm

"Meanwhile (over 1 1/2 years ago) I changed to DvdSubExtractor with best results.
The handling is a little different from other mentioned programs. But the Extractor provides several clear advantages:"

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