Exporting and saving
The editor header has two related actions: Save and Export.
Save versus Export
Save writes back to the file the subtitles came from, in that file’s own format, with no dialog. If there is no source file yet, it asks where to save. Export always opens the format picker and saves a copy in the format you choose, wherever the original came from — useful for producing several formats of the same subtitle. Export never changes your working file, and is disabled until subtitles are loaded. The shortcut for Save is Ctrl/⌘+S.
The export formats
| SRT (SubRip) | The safe default for nearly any player, TV or media server. |
|---|---|
| VTT (WebVTT) | For HTML5 video and browser-based players. |
| ASS (Advanced SubStation Alpha) | Styled subtitles, with a default script and style header. |
| TXT (plain text) | No timestamps — just the dialogue, for scripts or transcripts. |
To change a file’s format in bulk, or from an image format such as SUP, use Convert.
Line layout
When the app writes subtitles, your Settings → General layout — line length, maximum lines and splitting of long subtitles — is applied automatically. There is no separate layout control in the export dialog.