Comparison Chart
| Annotation Edit | Belle Nuit Subtitler | MacCaption | Miyu | Sublime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | |||||
| Instant validation | + | - | + | - | + |
| Auto-correction | + | - | - | - | - |
| Adjustable play-rate | + | - | - | - | + |
| Contour Design Shuffle scrubbing | + | - | - | - | - |
| Apple Remote spotting | + | - | - | - | - |
| Apply continuity to subtitles | + | - | - | - | - |
| Waveform time-line with editing option | + | - | - | - | + |
| Multiple tracks | + | - | + | - | - |
| Server integration | + | - | + | - | - |
| Readabilty hints | + | - | + | - | + |
| Search filter | + | - | - | - | - |
| Spelling check | + | - | + | - | - |
| Real time overlay | + | - | + | + | + |
| Duration calculation | + | - | + | - | + |
| Text encoding recognition | + | - | - | - | - |
| Process multiple selections | + | - | + | - | + |
| Apply music sign | + | - | + | - | - |
| Search and replace with undo | + | - | + | - | + |
| Transform time-codde DF/NDF and 24p/25 | + | + | - | - | - |
| Apply timecode or timecode + metadata to multiple tracks | + | - | - | - | - |
| Drag and drop and merge of tracks | + | - | - | - | - |
| Merge multiple subtitles with undo | + | - | + | - | + |
| Split subtitles with undo | + | - | + | - | + |
| Apply minimum gap between subtitles | + | - | - | - | - |
| Correct aspect ratio preview | + | - | - | - | + |
| Read native time-code offset | + | - | + | - | + |
| Apply style and position per subtitle | + | - | + | - | + |
| Support of time-based text details | + | - | - | - | - |
| Add metadata (people, location, action, date) | + | - | - | - | - |
| Instant audio spotting | + | - | - | - | - |
| Apply capitals, lowercase, capitalization | + | - | + | - | - |
| Shift multiple subtitles timecode by/to timecode or by frames | + | - | - | - | + |
| 3 Fast logging modes | + | - | - | - | - |
| Fast assign mode | + | - | + | - | + |
| Multiple undo | + | - | - | - | + |
| Multiple documents | + | + | - | - | - |
| Ready for Max OS X 10.5 Intel/PPC | + | - | + | + | |
| Export | |||||
| SCC (closed captions) | + | - | + | - | - |
| QuickTime movie with closed captions | + | - | + | - | - |
| QuickTime movie subtitles | + | - | + | - | - |
| QuickTime SMIL Project | + | - | + | - | - |
| DVD Studio STL - italic style and position | + | - | + | - | + |
| DVD Studio Pro chapter marker | + | - | - | - | - |
| FCP XML - italic-style and position | + | - | + | - | - |
| FCP XML subtitles with fades | + | - | - | - | - |
| FCP XML Motion templates | + | - | - | - | - |
| FCP XML sequence marker with duration | + | - | - | - | - |
| STL EBU / EBU Arte | + | + | + | - | - |
| STL EBU complete latin character set | + | - | + | - | - |
| STL EBU N19 validation | + | - | - | - | - |
| DFXP - w3c Time Text for Flash | + | - | + | - | - |
| Avid DS | + | + | - | - | - |
| Avid ALE | + | + | - | - | - |
| QuickTime unicode without rendering | + | - | - | - | - |
| QuickTime italic/alignment per subtitle | + | - | + | - | - |
| TitleVision Cue format | + | - | - | - | - |
| SubStation italic and position per subtitle | + | - | - | - | - |
| Subtitles as Blu-Ray images | + | + | + | - | - |
| Adobe Encore Text | + | + | + | - | - |
| FAB image script for Blu-Ray | + | + | - | - | - |
| MS Excel XML | + | - | - | - | - |
| DLP Cinema XML | + | - | + | - | - |
| Annotation Transcriber RTF with start/stop times | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plain RTF | + | - | + | - | - |
| Rendered movies | - | - | + | + | - |
| Transcript as unicode tabbed text | + | - | + | - | - |
| SRT latin or UTF-8 | + | + | - | + | - |
| Google Video timed text | + | - | + | - | - |
| Multi-track QuickTime movie | + | - | - | - | - |
| Import | |||||
| Transcript as unicode text | + | + | + | - | - |
| STL EBU | + | + | + | - | + |
| DVD Studio Pro STL - italic style and position per subtitle | + | - | + | - | + |
| DVD Studio Pro track object description - multiple subtitle tracks with italic style and position per subtitle | + | - | - | - | - |
| FCP XML - italic style and position/alignment per subtitle | + | - | - | - | - |
| FCP XML - marker with marker name and duration | + | - | - | - | - |
| FCP XML - Text | + | + | - | - | - |
| FCP XML - Text Lower Third | + | - | - | - | - |
| FCP XML - Outline Text | + | - | - | - | - |
| DFXP - w3c Time Text for Flash | + | - | - | - | - |
| SCC (closed captions CH 1) | + | - | + | - | - |
| MicroDVD - any Windows encoding | + | - | - | - | - |
| SRT - unicode, any Windows encoding | + | + | - | + | - |
| Excel XML | + | - | - | - | - |
| DLP Cinema XML | + | - | - | - | - |
| Avid DS | + | - | - | - | - |
| InqScribe | + | - | - | - | - |
| Belle Nuit Subtiter | + | + | - | - | - |
| Browser-based Annotations | + | - | - | - | - |
| RTF with Timecode | + | - | - | - | - |
| Plain RTF,Text,HTML MS Word | + | - | + | - | + |
This feature comparison chart does not aim to be complete, if errors are found please leave us a note. We will fix it immediately. Features of compared applications which did not work reliable, have been set as not available.
As all applications offer different export formats and feature sets, only features "Annotation Edit" offers are included, although there is one exception ... ivideo rendering.
OS X native (Cocoa)
Annotation Edit: Yes. Some additions.
Belle Nuit Subtitler: No.
Sublime: No.
Miyu: Mixed.
MacCaption: No.
Conclusion: For DVD Studio Pro users there are two main competitors Annotation Edit and Sublime. If you need editable unicode subtitles or SCC, Sublime fails.
MacCaption's most prominent features are bound to closed caption encoding and has several features not mentioned here.
For Final Cut Pro users and users who need reusable subtitles across the line, there is only one choice, Annotation Edit.
(MacCaption have been reviewed 05/08)