iCaption is a soft subtitle editor, utilizing timeline based editing. Soft subs are files stored separately from the video file, rendered in real-time as the video plays. iCaption is extremely simple to use and allows you to create, open, edit, and save SubRip and YouTube files.
| Tags | Video Editing Subtitle caption text softsub |
|---|---|
| Licenses | Proprietary |
| Operating Systems | Mac OS X |
| Implementation | Objective C |
Recent releases


Release Notes: This release implements OS X Lion's new App Sandbox security model, for greater protection against malware. There is safer file saving to protect the file contents if there is an interruption while saving. This version is still compatible with Snow Leopard.


Release Notes: Improvements were made to previewing, and an option was added for auto-previewing when selecting subtitles. Subtitle duration is now shown as a selection in the video timeline when selected. The file name was added to the title bar and along with standard file dirty behavior. Documentation was updated.


Release Notes: This release added automatic duration counting with configurable speech rate, and the ability to shift all subtitle times at once. Real-time overlap checking on the subtitle times highlights item in red, allowing you to easily discover errors. User preferences have been added. All text encodings supported by the operating system are now available and can be selected when opening a subtitle file (auto detect is still the default).


Release Notes: Improvements were made to file loading and saving, especially for downloaded files or files made with another subtitle editor. Text encoding is automatically determined for UTF-8, ISO Latin, ASCII, Big-5, ISO 2022-JP, Mac Roman, and Unicode, instead of assuming UTF-8. Handling of .srt file line breaks was improved. A link to the support page was added to the Help menu.