srtcheck
Check the syntax of .srt files (subtitles).
Useful, for example, to catch decoding errors when transforming a utf-8 file to iso-8859-15 with gnome-subtitles (to put subtitles on the freebox HD).
Remarks
- Tested only on a system with utf-8 as the default encoding.
- script ./run-tests is for development purposes. Yet, you can try it to verify that srtcheck behaves as planned on your setup.
Options
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"--verbose" : display checked lines.
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"--try-encoding blah" : srtcheck will try encoding blah if decoding fails with your system's default. This option is incompatible with option --only-encoding.
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"--only-encoding blah" : srtcheck will use exclusively encoding blah. By default, your system's default encoding is used. This option is incompatible is incompatible with option --try-encoding.
Usage
$ ./srtcheck.py tests/test1.shouldpass.withwarning.online.734.srt
Warning, on line 734,
I've found subtitle number 14 while I was exepecting subtitle number 164.
$ ./srtcheck.py tests/test2.shouldfail.online.406.srt
Error, on line 406, invalid syntax:
regular expression (.*) --> (.*) did not match.
$ ./srtcheck.py --try-encoding latin1 tests/test7.shouldpass.srt
Catched decoding error when reading the file supposing it was
encoded in utf-8.
Retrying with encoding latin1.