---
name: "srt"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-pysrt"
version: "1.1.2-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/srt"
---

# srt(1)

Srt subtitle editor

## NAME

srt - Srt subtitle editor

## DESCRIPTION

usage: srt \[-h\] \[-i\] \[-e encoding\] \[-v\]

-

  {shift,rate,split,break} ... file

It can either shift, split or change the frame rate.

### positional arguments:

-

  file

### optional arguments:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show help message and exit

- **-i**, **--in-place**

  Edit file in-place, saving a backup as file.bak (do not works for the split command)

- **-e** encoding, **--output-encoding** encoding

  Change file encoding. Useful for players accepting only latin1 subtitles. List of supported encodings: http://docs.python.org/library/codecs.html#standard-encodings

- **-v**, **--version**

  show program's version number and exit

### commands:

-

  {shift,rate,split,break}

- shift

  Shift subtitles by specified time offset

- rate

  Convert subtitles from a frame rate to another

- split

  Split a file in multiple parts

- break

  Break long lines

## AUTHOR

This manpage was written by Etienne Millon \<me@emillon.org\> for Debian.