Video Player

Subtitle Edit includes an integrated video player for previewing subtitles with video.

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Opening Video

• Menu: Video → Open video file...
• Shortcut: Configurable via Options → Shortcuts
• Drag and drop a video file onto the Subtitle Edit window
• You can also open video from a URL: Video → Open video from URL...

Playback Controls

Shortcut	Action
Play/Pause toggle	Toggle video playback
Play	Start playback
Pause	Pause playback
Play next	Play the next subtitle
Play selected lines	Play only the selected subtitle lines

Navigation

Shortcut	Action
One frame back	Move one frame backward
One frame forward	Move one frame forward
100ms back	Jump 100 milliseconds backward
100ms forward	Jump 100 milliseconds forward
500ms back	Jump 500 milliseconds backward
500ms forward	Jump 500 milliseconds forward
1 second back	Jump 1 second backward
1 second forward	Jump 1 second forward
Custom back/forward	Configurable jump amounts

Note: Actual key bindings depend on your shortcut configuration. See Options → Shortcuts.

Go to Video Position

Jump to a specific time code position in the video.

• Menu: Video → Go to video position...

Playback Speed

• Toggle playback speed — Switch between normal and custom speed
• Slower — Decrease playback speed
• Faster — Increase playback speed

Full Screen

• Shortcut: Configurable
• Toggle full-screen video playback

Undock / Redock

You can undock the video player into a separate window for multi-monitor setups:

• Undock video controls
• Redock video controls

Supported Video Players

Configure the video player backend in Options → Settings → Video Player:

• libmpv — Recommended for best format support
• VLC — Popular alternative
• None — Disable video playback

Video Info

You can view detailed information about the video file by right-clicking on the video file name.

This displays:

• Video codec, resolution, frame rate, and bitrate
• Audio tracks with codec and channel information
• Subtitle tracks (if embedded)
• Duration and file size

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Audio Tracks

If the video has multiple audio tracks, you can toggle between them via the video menu or a shortcut.