https://github.com/david-ca6/resolve-opencaptions
Free & Open-Source Multi-Track Subtitle to Text+ tool for DaVinci Resolve. No subscriptions. No paywalls. Just captions that work.
https://github.com/david-ca6/resolve-opencaptions
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Free & Open-Source Multi-Track Subtitle to Text+ tool for DaVinci Resolve. No subscriptions. No paywalls. Just captions that work.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/david-ca6/resolve-opencaptions
- Owner: david-ca6
- License: mpl-2.0
- Created: 2025-09-23T01:53:16.000Z (4 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-10-06T20:48:44.000Z (3 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-10-06T22:30:39.640Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: accessibility, captions, closed-captions, davinci-resolve, davinci-resolve-studio, davinci-resolve-studio-20, subtitles, video-editing
- Language: Python
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- Size: 387 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 2
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: readme.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Resolve OpenCaptions
Free & Open-Source subtitle to Text+ tool for DaVinci Resolve. No subscriptions. No paywalls. Just captions that work.
## Description
This is an open source tool that uses the DaVinci API to create a Text+ caption track on a DaVinci Timeline using .srt files and a Text+ template.
- OpenCaptions always works with the focused timeline, no need to restart it when you change the timeline.
- OpenCaptions will always create a new Text+ track, it will not overwrite existing Text+ tracks.
## Features
- Create Text+ from a .srt file and a Text+ template
- Multi-track support with up to six SRT files with different templates, each generating its own Text+ track
- Remove punctuation (optional)
- Case conversion [none, lower case, upper case, capitalize all words]
## Setup
1. Install [DaVinci Resolve](https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve) 19 or higher.
2. Install [Python](https://www.python.org/downloads/) 3.10 or higher.
3. Install OpenCaptions by placing the "OpenCaptions.py" file in the following folder:
Windows
> C:\ProgramData\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Fusion\Scripts\Comp\
macOS
> /Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/Fusion/Scripts/Comp/
4. Restart DaVinci Resolve.
## Usage
1. Create a "Captions Templates" folder in your Media Pool.
2. Place your Text+ templates in it.
3. Write or generate your subtitles track.
4. Export your subtitle track to a .srt file. (skip this step if you created the subtitles outside of DaVinci Resolve)
5. Run OpenCaptions from the Resolve Workspace menu. `Workspace -> Scripts -> Comp -> OpenCaptions`
6. Select up to five SRT/template pairs.
7. Click "Execute"; tracks are generated in order.
## Why Use OpenCaptions?
- Simple to use
- Totally free
- Totally open source, you can audit the code, and make your own changes
- Cross-platform, you can use it on Windows, macOS, and Linux
- Compatible with both DaVinci Resolve Free and DaVinci Resolve Studio (paid)
## Dependencies
- Python 3.10+
- tkinter (standard library)
## About
### Why the name "OpenCaptions"?
"Open" because it's open source
"Captions" because it works on subtitles and captions
And open captions are the name for subtitles burned directly into a video. Since we convert closed captions from SRT to Text+ to be burned in as open captions, it's a fitting name.
### Why make it?
The starting point of OpenCaptions is based on one of my older projects, [Resolve_TextPlus2SRT](https://github.com/david-ca6/Resolve_TextPlus2SRT).
But TextPlus2SRT was more a custom script for my own use than anything else; it was missing a lot of features, it only worked with Linux, required typing in a terminal, and it only allowed converting SRT to TextPlus, nothing more. OpenCaptions is intended to be a stronger base to work from to make a more powerful and user-friendly tool.