They should be the same lines as in the movie. Open the Subtitle File in Subtitle Workshop 4 and check the first and last line in the file. You'll find the time in the bottom right hand corner of the player - make a note of it. Open your movie in a player, like the excellent VideoLAN (VLC Media Player) and locate the first and last sentences in the movie. You'd be surprised how quickly subtitles can get out of whack if they're designed for the wrong frame rate. Common frame rates are 23, 25 and 29 frames per second. Movies have different frame rates depending upon the country that they are shown in and the system they are shown on. In this post I want to look at how to change the timing on subtitles. See: Finding and Adjusting Subtitles on AVI Files. Note: All of the software mentioned here is free. In a previous post, I discussed ways to find subtitles to add to your AVI movies and I also looked at using Google Translate to modify them if they weren't in English (or your chosen language).

Subtitle factory