SL Subtitle Converter

If you're putting together a DVD collection of your favorite movies, you might be interested in attaching subtitles, especially if the motion pictures are in foreign languages.

To produce the correct subtitle format and fix out-of-sync lines, you can resort to SL Subtitle Converter, a simple-to-use Windows application that gives you the possibility to make conversions between SubRip, SubViewer, MicroDVD and SAMI subtitles. You can also preview and edit file contents, as well as adjust the FPS.

Following a speedy and uneventful setup operation, you're welcomed by an outdated interface in German. If you're unfamiliar to the language, you can switch to English by clicking "Sprache" and selecting the English pack file.

A sample subtitle is loaded so you can preview the input and output format in the main window. However, you can open a subtitle file from the computer if it has one of the supported file extensions.

If it's not automatically recognized by the subtitle converter, then you can pick the source format, in addition to the output (after conversion). Both input and output panes with the format previews can be browsed and edited, just like using Notepad.

You can change the default frame rate (frames per second), edit the header data of the subtitle file, and tweak the subtitle offset by shifting time (in seconds). The converted file can be saved anywhere on the disk.

Unfortunately, SL Subtitle Converter hasn't received updates for a significant amount of time, which is obvious by the look of the interface. We didn't have trouble getting it up and running on Windows 10, though.

Sadly, the subtitle offset cannot be specified in milliseconds. It would've also been a great help if SL Subtitle Converter had support for previewing video files to be able to accurately adjust the subtitles. Nevertheless, you can test it for yourself.