fifthleaf / sublib-cli

Script to detect and change the format of subtitle files using the command line.

Sublib-CLI

CLI implementation of the sublib package.

Features

• Detect used format
• Convert subtitles formats

Installation

Users on all platforms can use python script. For Windows users there is also executable version made with pyinstaller.

If you are developer please download whole project via git clone or archive.

Remember to install dependencies!
User: pip install -r requirements.txt
Developer: pip install -r requirements_dev.txt

Testing

Perform the tests with pytest and pytest-mock.

python -m pytest tests

Usage

To check your current format:

python sublib_cli.py detect <path>

To convert subtitles to a different format:

python sublib_cli.py convert <path> <format>

For more help:

python sublib_cli.py --help

Examples

This will display format of the specified subtitle file.

python sublib_cli.py detect "D:\Video\Se7en.txt"

This will display format for each subtitle file in Video directory.

python sublib_cli.py detect "D:\Video"

This will convert the specified file to SubRip format.

python sublib_cli.py convert "D:\Video\Se7en.sub" srt

This will convert all the subtitle files in the Video directory to MicroDVD format.

python sublib_cli.py convert "D:\Video" sub

This will convert all the subtitle files in the current folder to MPlayer2 format.

python sublib_cli.py convert "." mpl

Logging

By default, the program creates logs only when it encounters a fatal error. You can this behavior using log flag.

To log into the default file:

python sublib_cli.py convert "D:\Video\Se7en.sub" srt --log

To log to a specific file:

python sublib_cli.py detect "D:\Video\Se7en.sub" --log "mylog.log"

Formats

Supported:

Full name	Short name	Default ext.
MPlayer2	mpl	.txt
SubRip	srt	.srt
MicroDVD	sub	.sub
TMPlayer	tmp	.txt

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome!