The Subtitle preview panel plays your video alongside the subtitles you are translating, so you see each line in the moment it appears on screen. The player follows the segment you are working on and seeks to its timecode, which makes it easier to judge reading speed, on-screen context, and whether a translation fits the shot.
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Where it appears: open it from the Panels menu while you are on a subtitle document (.srt, .stl, or .vtt). It opens in the bottom zone below the grid, and you can dock it to the sidebar or open it in a separate window like any other panel.
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Providing the video: the timecodes come from your subtitle document, and you supply the video that goes with it, by URL, by YouTube link, or by uploading a file. Each subtitle document has its own video.
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Adjusting playback: choose whether the overlay shows the source text, the target text, or both, and set pre-roll, post-roll, sync offset, and autoplay to suit how you work.
The panel is offered only where it is useful. It is not listed at all when no document in your scope is a subtitle file, and it is listed but unavailable when your scope holds subtitle files and the document you are on is not one.
Learn More
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Previewing Subtitles in the Editor: The full detail on opening the preview, attaching a video, and every playback setting.
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Panels: How Editor panels are arranged, docked, and detached.
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Document Selector: Switch between documents, and see which subtitle documents already have a video.