User Configuration

Table font

Choose a font for the subtitle list (table).

Table font size

Choose a font size for the subtitle table.

UI Language

The language used in the app.

Local backup interval

Configure how often the system should backup your projects.

Alerts position

Application pop-up alerts, such as project saving or cues adjusting, can be shown in different screen positions: Bottom right, Bottom center, Bottom left, Top right, Top center, Top left.

Video resizing

If the aspect ratio of the video is different from the aspect ration in project settings, you have different options to fit the video to the screen: Black lines, Zoom & crop, Stretch to fit.

Cost alert threshold

If you spend more than the amount entered here, you will receive a warning.

Difference based on

For Review and Compare tools -
The level of changes/differences displayed and color-coded in the Review summary and Compare tool: Words, Characters, Sentences.

Timeline refresh rate

You can select the timeline refresh rate that better suits your needs. This will help with video lagging when the play-head is locked to the center of the timeline.

You can select the Highest, High, Medium, Low and Lowest rates, depending on your needs.

Lock active subtitles to center of the list

With this box checked, the highlighted subtitle in the table will always be in the middle of the screen.

Lock play-head to center of the timeline

With this box checked, the play-head will always be centered in the timeline.

Hide safe area

With this box checked, the safe area (screen margins) in the video player will be hidden from view.

Disable validation

With this box checked, the program will not run automatic checks on your subtitles.

Show floating remarks dialog

Checking this box will display the dialog window for remarks.

Show subtitles above and below the video

Checking this box will display the previous subtitle above the screen area and the next one - below.

Show floating validation errors dialog

Checking this box will display the dialog window for validation errors.

Don’t move video when navigating with arrow keys

With this box checked, the video won’t move while switching between subtitles with arrow keys. You can still move the video along with subtitles with PgUp and PgDown keys.

Disable timeline spotting (subtitle creation with the mouse) - Pro version only

Checking this box will disable creating subtitles by dragging the mouse on the timeline.

Ask to split timecode when splitting a subtitle

If checked, the app will ask if the timecode should also be split when splitting a subtitle.

Don’t confirm subtitle delete

If checked, when deleting a subtitle, there will be no prompt asking if the subtitle should be deleted or not.

Auto capitalize first letter of sentences

If checked, the first letter of a sentence will be automatically capitalized.

Auto break line

If checked, the app will automatically break a line when the number of characters exceeds maximum Line length (see above) on file import and word-wrap as you type.

Auto break subtitle when typing

If checked, the app will automatically add a new subtitle when the number of text lines exceeds the number set in the Text lines per subtitle field (see above).

Allow exceeding maximum subtitle lines

If checked, a subtitle can exceed the maximum 'subtitle lines’ set in the Project settings.

Custom video step duration

This parameter allows you to set custom backward and forward video steps. In the screenshot above, the step duration is set to 14 seconds, so you can go over the video with the 14 seconds steps, using hotkeys (Alt + “,” and Alt + “.” in the Ooona Default Schema).

Timing mode compensation

This feature allows you to take into account the human reaction time during the timing process.

Set IN/OUT time
hotkey behavior

Choose your preferred way of the IN/OUT-time hotkey behavior: separate clicks (click for IN, click for OUT),
hold - release (press and hold for IN, release for OUT),
set IN and auto-calculate previous OUT;
set OUT and auto-calculate next IN

Compensate only in-cues

With this box checked, only in-cues will be adjusted by the set human reaction time.

Auto calculate out cue

With this box checked, the out-cue will be calculated automatically after pressing the in-cue hotkey.

Apply set in/out hotkeys to the next subtitle

With this box checked, the next subtitle after the highlighted one will be timed.

Create a new subtitle when setting out-cue with a hotkey

With this box checked, when setting an out-cue with a hotkey, a new subtitle will be created.

Ignore playhead when splitting subtitle timecode

With this box checked, when splitting a subtitle timecode, the playhead position will be ignored and the app will split it according to the amount of text in each line.

Jump to next subtitle on out-cue

With this option checked, the next subtitle will be highlighted after setting the out-cue.

Auto snap to shot change

With this option checked, in/out cues that fall within the Shot change snap area will be automatically snapped to the defined location before/after the shot change.

The default for subtitle retiming is the number of characters, meaning a subtitle with more text will have a longer duration.

If you check this box, the app will try to distribute the time as evenly as possible when retiming the new subtitles, even if one of them has more text that the other. Typically applies to roll-up captions workflow

When checked, the app will try to respect the minimum subtitle duration at the expense of the other subtitles in the chain

When splitting and timing subtitles, the number of characters per line and the text lines per subtitle will be respected.

If you check this box, when a line has too many characters, the app will apply the same logic as the “Auto break line”.

Note that this setting will also take into account the punctuation you add in “Line end punctuation” and “Subtitle end punctuation”.

If you check this box, the app will try to split the text evenly between the subtitle lines.

Note that this setting will also take into account the punctuation you add in “Line end punctuation” and “Subtitle end punctuation”.

Here, you can add the line end punctuation you want the app to consider when splitting a line or a subtitle.

Here, you can add the line end punctuation you want the app to consider when splitting a subtitle.