🔧 ShotcutVideoAssist v1.0.0 – Batch Add Subtitles from CSV

[Shimizu_Hiroyuki]

Hi everyone,

I’d like to share a small tool I made to make subtitle handling in Shotcut easier.

ShotcutVideoAssist v1.0.0
Download & manual on GitHub

What it does:

• Batch-add subtitles to an existing .mlt project file
• Import subtitles from a CSV file
• Subtitles are automatically inserted as sequential clips in the specified playlist

How to use:

1. Export your subtitles to a CSV file.
2. Run the tool and select your .mlt file.
3. The subtitles will be added automatically as clips.

** Note: **

• CSV must have 1 column, 1 row = 1 subtitle

This tool is still simple, but I hope it helps anyone working with subtitles in Shotcut. Feedback and suggestions are very welcome!

Thanks,
Hiro from Japan

[shotcut]

Thank you for sharing. For others who arrive here upon a search, see also already inside Shotcut: View > Subtitles, in particular its menu button with:

• Import
• Burn In
• Generate Text

View > Subtitles

The Subtitles Panel was added in Shotcut 24.08 The Subtitles Panel can be used to add subtitles to a project. Subtitles can only be added to the Timeline. They can not be added to the playlist or clips. We recommend to save subtitle editing until the timeline editing is complete because moving or cutting clips on the timeline will break the subtitle synchronization. Subtitle Tracks To start editing subtitles, click the “add” button and give the subtitle track and name and language. [image] […

Subtitle Burn-In Video Filter

The Subtitles Burn-In Filter was added in Shotcut 24.08 The Subtitle Burn-In Filter can overlay subtitles that have been authored in the Subtitles Panel. The filter can only be added to the Timeline Output. After you add the Subtitle Burn-In Filter to the Timeline Output, select the subitle track name from the Subtitle Panel that you want to overlay. The subtitle overlay text can be configured similar to the Simple:Text filter - including the preview window controls for size and position. […

[Shimizu_Hiroyuki]

Thank you for the helpful reply!
I just updated to the latest Shotcut and I’m really happy to see that subtitles are now officially supported with the new panel.
That makes my little tool mostly unnecessary, but I don’t mind at all—I’m glad the feature is now built-in for everyone. I’ll be using the official panel myself from now on. Thanks again!

[ryu_joko]

great mind think alike

[ryu_joko]

hi, quick question, do Shotcut have autotranslate automatically, after using generated subtitle from audio?

[Shimizu_Hiroyuki]

Thank you so much

[Shimizu_Hiroyuki]

Oh yes I found such a feature here.
But, I used it and the translation’s quality wasn’t very practical.
Instead, I used SRT translation service.
At the same time I’m now developing translation feature for mlt files.