Most Compatible Subtitle Format

Weirdsmobile, the first problem is how to import their file with the different positions respected.

I played with this a bit. The essential question is how your original file is handling caption position.

I created a 2 caption file and, in Subtitle Edit, set one as bottom middle (SE adds nothing to the code; it is the default) and one as top right (SE adds the following at the beginning of the caption text line).

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I saved it as an srt and also as  EBU STL set as teletext. PR imports the srt without position information. It imports the stl correctly. The position was also correct after I modified the teletext stream to Open Captions.

Whether such a method may work for you depends on what other formatting is needed from your import file.

Stan

If captions are to be burned in I woud change the import settings to convert the incoming caption file to Open Captions, and then you'll have more control. That settings button is at the bottom of the Captions window.

JVK

Since you do not yet have a response from anyone, I'll add my two cents.

PR does not correctly import a variety of formatting. Some of this was improved in the 2019 versions with the "Import Settings" button on the Caption Panel. But "position" is like most others - you can overwrite the file settings to make all the captions the same.

This should work out of the box. But that assumes that a) your file to be imported carries the position information and b) PR's method for importing position is the same.

I have experimented with some of PRs export options. But I don't recall doing so with importing files that had position information.

Can you provide a link to a file?

Stan