If you wish to use Regions to manage subtitles for your project instead of the built-in srt tool, then this is all you need. Create Regions to the desired time periods, type in the subtitle's text & export it to srt easily with these scripts. While using the built-in tool, I ran into problems using non-English letters for the subtitles. For me, it was easier to do the job with Regions.
- First detect which Sony Vegas version you have. With Sony Vegas 14, they introduced a new namespace (ScriptPortal.Vegas) and the older (Sony.Vegas) no longer works.
- Download the scripts from the correct folder and copy to your Vegas script folder. For example: c:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro 13.0\Script Menu\ or c:\Program Files\VEGAS\VEGAS Pro 14.0\Script Menu\
- In Sony Vegas, go to Tools > Scripting.
- If you don't see these scripts, click to 'Rescan Script Menu Folder' and do again Step 3.
- Click to the desired script:
| Script filename | What it does? |
|---|---|
| Export SRT | Create Regions, type in text and this will export you to an *.srt file. If there're overlapping Regions or the duration of a Region is under 0.5 seconds, a MessageBox will warn the user before saving. |
| Import SRT as Regions | Import an *.srt file, each subtitle will be a Region. |
| Import SRT as Regions and Tracks | Import an *.srt file, each subtitle will be a Region and a Text Event on the timeline. |
| Import SRT as Regions and Tracks NoRegionDelete | Import an *.srt file, each subtitle will be a Region and a Text Event on the timeline. Plus, any previous Regions and Markers will remain intact. |
| Import SRT as Regions and Tracks Q | Import an *.srt file, each subtitle will be a Region and a Text Event on the timeline. Plus the times will be quantized to frame boundaries. |
| Import SRT as Regions and Tracks Q NoRegionDelete | Import an *.srt file, each subtitle will be a Region and a Text Event on the timeline. Plus the times will be quantized to frame boundaries and any previous Regions and Markers will remain intact. |
| Import SRT as Regions NoRegionDelete | Import an *.srt file, each subtitle will be a Region. Plus, any previous Regions and Markers will remain intact. |
| Import SRT as Tracks NoRegionDelete | Import an *.srt file, each subtitle will be a Text Event on the timeline. This doesn't remove any previous Markers or Regions at all. |
| Selected Tracks to Regions | Select a Track (or more if you want to) and this will create a Marker for each Event on the timeline. |