The purpose of this wiki is to demonstrate how to export your title track in Avid Media Composer and re-purpose them into a valid SubRip (.srt) subtitle file used as a standard for many video media playback software.
The Problem: Avid Media Composer is a powerful non-linear editor which allows you to create professional audio and video content which is exhibited via a variety of media venues. However, generating a text file that can act as a subtitle can be exhausting and time-consuming. Often, users mistake subtitles with caption data (.stl) files using the SubCap Effect. However, video media players like VLC can detect and playback SubRip text files which essentially is compromised of two values: timecode and text.
The Solution: In just a few simple steps, we can step out of the Media Composer and use the scripting abilities in Adobe After Effects to generate a perfectly timecoded SubRip (.srt) file.
Disclaimer: You will need to utilize several sets of tools to achieve this workflow. The Moody College of Communication has already pre-installed these in many of our digital media labs. However, if working elsewhere, you will need to have administrative access in order to complete the steps.
We will need the following:
- Avid Media Composer (version
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